Krishna is the purna avatara and goes from sheer sensuality to serene spirituality. He does this because he is both human and divine. This is seen in the romantic persona of Krishna that unfolds in the tenth book of the 'Bhagavata Purana' as he lifts mount Govar-dhana and brings Indra to his knees, signalling the ascendancy of a religion of love over the sacerdotal Vedic hegemony. This then conti-nues in the 'Gita Govinda', the creations of the asthachap kavis of the Nathadwara tradition and then in the compositions of the riti kal kavis. This period of a thousand years sees the depiction of Krishna's lilas and romantic kridas, his amorous involvement with the gopis and then in the Rajput courts as a courtly nayaka.
Why does Krishna lend himself to diverse forms of art and expression?
Poetry remains the basis of all of Krishna's artistic expressions, be they painting, music or dance. They must be seen as parts of the whole of Krishna's persona and not as individual artistic representations, for underpinning them is Krishna madhurya and the ethos of the rasikas prem bhakti.
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