Krishna's devotees: please answer this..?

Question

once krishna left battlefield , when Jarasandha came to attack mathura,
from this pastime of Krishna , he is known as Ranachora Krsihna (Ranachora: one who leave battlefield without fighting). there are many temples in Gujurat where devotees of
Krishna, worship him with the name RanaChoraJi.

Why Krishna left battlefield, without fighting with Jarasandha??

Answer 1

Dear Prahlad,

The act of Krsna's leaving the battlefield is a display of one of His six opulences of supreme renunciation.

Krsna is the supreme powerful, the supreme wealthy, the supreme famous, the supreme wise, the supreme beautiful; similarly He is the supreme renouncer.

And though in his pasitme, there were purposes created by him, like attending to the secret leter by rukmini, which will revealed later, as you read further and spiritually making jarasandra understand that Lords activities cannot be measured.

also, jarasandra had huge ego, who was infact a great devotee, before him being human born. So this was Lords Play to break that ego and free the devotee form ego.

Let me kindly know if you have further queries regarding this. The prime reason is to show that he is the supreme renouncer.

A daemon being defeated 17 times.

This time, Jarasandha thought that Krsna and Balarama were very much afraid of His military strength and were fleeing from the battlefield. He began to follow Them with all his chariots, horses and infantry. He thought Krsna and Balarama to be ordinary human beings, and he was trying to measure the activities of the Lord. Krsna is known as Ranacora, which means "one who has left the battlefield." In India, especially in Gujarat, there are many temples of Krsna which are known as temples of Ranacoraji. Ordinarily, if a king leaves the battlefield without fighting he is called a coward, but when Krsna enacts this pastime, leaving the battlefield without fighting, He is worshiped by the devotee. A demon always tries to measure the opulence of Krsna, whereas the devotee never tries to measure His strength and opulence, but always surrenders unto Him and worships Him. By following the footsteps of pure devotees we can know that Krsna, the Ranchorji, did not leave the battlefield because He was afraid, but because He had some other purpose. The purpose, as it will be revealed, was to attend to a confidential letter sent by Rukmini, His future first wife. The act of Krsna's leaving the battlefield is a display of one of His six opulences. Krsna is the supreme powerful, the supreme wealthy, the supreme famous, the supreme wise, the supreme beautiful; similarly He is the supreme renouncer. Srimad-Bhagavatam clearly states that He left the battlefield in spite of having ample military strength. Even without His militia, however, He alone would have been sufficient to defeat the army of Jarasandha, as He had done seventeen times before. Therefore, His leaving the battlefield is an example of His supermost opulence of renunciation.

After traversing a very long distance, the brothers pretended to become very tired. To mitigate Their weariness They climbed up a very high mountain several miles above sea level. This mountain was called Pravarsana due to constant rain. The peak was always covered with clouds sent by Indra. Jarasandha took it for granted that the two brothers were afraid of his military power and had hidden Themselves at the top of the mountain. First he tried to find Them, searching for a long time, but when he failed he decided to trap and kill Them by setting fires around the peak. He therefore surrounded the peak with oil and set it on fire. As the blaze spread more and more, Krsna and Balarama jumped from the top of the mountain down to the ground--a distance of eighty-eight miles. Thus, while the peak was burning up, Krsna and Balarama escaped without being seen by Jarasandha. Jarasandha concluded that the two brothers had been burned to ashes and that there was no need of further fighting. Thinking himself successful in his efforts, he left the city of Mathura and returned to his home in the kingdom of Magadha. Gradually Krsna and Balarama reached the city of Dvaraka, which was surrounded on all sides by the sea.

Following this, Sri Balarama married Revati, daughter of King Raivata, ruler of the Anarta province. This is explained in the Ninth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam. After the marriage of Baladeva, Krsna married Rukmini. Rukmini was the daughter of King Bhismaka, ruler of the province known as Vidarbha. Just as Krsna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, Rukmini is the supreme goddess of fortune, Maha-Laksmi. According to the authority of Caitanya-caritamrta, the expansion of Krsna and Sri Radharani is simultaneous; Krsna expands Himself into various Visnu-tattva forms, and Srimati Radharani expands Herself into various sakti-tattva forms by Her internal potency, as multi-forms of the goddess of fortune.


Regards,

-deito

Answer 2

Lord Sri Krsna wanted to save Mathura from the eighteenth attack of the great military divisions of King Jarasandha. In order to prevent further killing of soldiers and to attend to other important business, Lord Krsna left the battlefield without fighting. Actually He was not at all afraid, but He pretended to be an ordinary human being frightened by the immense quantity of soldiers and resources of Jarasandha. Without any weapons He left the battlefield. Although His lotus feet were as soft as the petals of the lotus flower, He proceeded for a very long distance on foot.

This time, Jarasandha thought that Krsna and Balarama were very much afraid of His military strength and were fleeing from the battlefield. He began to follow Them with all his chariots, horses and infantry. He thought Krsna and Balarama to be ordinary human beings, and he was trying to measure the activities of the Lord. Krsna is known as Ranacora, which means "one who has left the battlefield." In India, especially in Gujarat, there are many temples of Krsna which are known as temples of Ranacoraji. Ordinarily, if a king leaves the battlefield without fighting he is called a coward, but when Krsna enacts this pastime, leaving the battlefield without fighting, He is worshiped by the devotee. A demon always tries to measure the opulence of Krsna, whereas the devotee never tries to measure His strength and opulence, but always surrenders unto Him and worships Him. By following the footsteps of pure devotees we can know that Krsna, the Ranchorji, did not leave the battlefield because He was afraid, but because He had some other purpose. The purpose, as it will be revealed, was to attend to a confidential letter sent by Rukmini, His future first wife. The act of Krsna's leaving the battlefield is a display of one of His six opulences. Krsna is the supreme powerful, the supreme wealthy, the supreme famous, the supreme wise, the supreme beautiful; similarly He is the supreme renouncer. Srimad-Bhagavatam clearly states that He left the battlefield in spite of having ample military strength. Even without His militia, however, He alone would have been sufficient to defeat the army of Jarasandha, as He had done seventeen times before. Therefore, His leaving the battlefield is an example of His supermost opulence of renunciation...

Answer 3

Perhaps he was getting bored with fighting Jarasandha. He had already defeated him so many times. And as others have noted, Lord Sri Krsna was concerned about His wife-to-be and didn't feel like bothering with Jarasandha. Why bother fighting with some stupid person?

There are also Ksatriya issues behind the scenes here that are no longer understood by the common people in the age of Kali.

Answer 4

Remember that he had defeated Jarasandha 17 times before. He wanted Jarasandha to go and recruit more demoniac soldiers to be killed. After all Sri Krsna appeared in order annihilate the demons and to protect the devotees. So every time Jarasandha would be defeated he would gather more demoniac soldiers. This made Sri Krsna's job more easier.

Answer 5

Lord Sri Krishna`s mission was to kill the demons & everytime He used to leave him at the end of the war so that Jarasandha goes back & returns with some more demons to fight against Krishna.
By this Sri Krishna Killd more demons.

Answer 6

His vimana run out of fuel, maybe.

Answer 7

i am not sure. i believe that whater ever he does has some deep meaning.