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| Keywords: Akrura's Mystic Vision of Krishna.jpg en Akrura's Mystic Vision of Krishna/Vishnu and Balarama/Adishesha Page from a dispersed series of the Bhagavata Purana 10 39 Made in Basohli Jammu and Kashmir India c 1760-65 Artist/maker unknown India Opaque watercolor with gold on paper 11 1/2 x 16 inches 29 2 x 40 6 cm Currently not on view 1994-148-483 Stella Kramrisch Collection 1994 Label Kansa knew that Krishna was hidden at Vrindavan and sent many demons to kill him With superhuman power Krishna destroyed each in turn As Krishna approached manhood Kansa dispatched the nobleman Akrura to trick him into coming to Mathura for a tournament Although Akrura warned Krishna of the trick the god decided it was time to confront Kansa Here Krishna his brother Balarama several gopas cowherders and Akrura stop along the road to Mathura Akrura speaks with Krishna upper left asking the brothers to rest in the chariot upper right while he performs a ritual bath in the river Each time Akrura immerses himself he experiences a mystic vision of Krishna and Balarama First he sees the divine brothers sitting together underwater lower right although he knows they are actually seated in the chariot on the bank In his final vision lower left he perceives their eternal form four-armed Vishnu Krishna resting on Adishesha the endless serpent Balarama circa 1760 -65 http //www philamuseum org/collections/permanent/88372 html mulR 17986 24 unknown India PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard 18th-century watercolor paintings from India Watercolor paintings of people of India 1760s watercolor paintings Basohli style Paintings of Krishna Art of India in the Philadelphia Museum of Art 1760s paintings from India Balarama Akrura Vrindavan Bhagavata Purana Stella Kramrisch Collection | ||||
