Why Krishna dressed as "Brahamana"?

Question

Once Krishna, arjuna & bhima dressed as brahmana , approached Jarasandha and begged for a fight with bhima.

why they approached jarasandha like brahmana instead of Kshatriya.

although jarasandha realised that they were not brahmanas but kshatriyas but still he asked them for anything, why?

Answer 1

Once King Yudhisthira, in the presence of all, including his brothers, directly addressed Lord Krishna as follows: My dear Lord Krishna, the sacrifice known as the Rajasuya yajna is to be performed by the emperor, and it is considered to be the king of all sacrifices.
On hearing this statement of King Yudhisthira, Lord Krishna replied as follows: "My dear King Yudhisthira, I completely support your decision to perform the Rajasuya sacrifice.

It may be noted that by dispatching his younger brothers to conquer in different directions, King Yudhisthira did not actually intend that they declare war with the kings. Actually, the brothers started for different directions to inform the respective kings about King Yudhisthira's intention to perform the Rajasuya sacrifice. The kings were thus informed that they were required to pay taxes for the execution of the sacrifice. This payment of taxes to Emperor Yudhisthira meant that the king accepted his subjugation before him. In case of a king's refusal to act accordingly, there was certainly a fight. Thus by their influence and strength, the brothers conquered all the kings in different directions, and they were able to bring in sufficient taxes and presentations. These were brought before King Yudhisthira by his brothers.
King Yudhisthira was very anxious, however, when he heard that King Jarasandha of Magadha did not accept his sovereignty. Seeing King Yudhisthira's anxiety, Lord Krishna informed him of the plan explained by Uddhava for conquering King Jarasandha. Bhimasena, Arjuna and Lord Krishna then started together for Girivraja, the capital city of Jarasandha, dressing themselves in the garb of brahmanas.
Actually this was the plan devised by Uddhava before Lord Krishna started for Hastinapura, and now it was given practical application.

King Jarasandha was a very dutiful householder, and he had great respect for the brahmanas. He was a great fighter, a ksatriya king, but he was never neglectful of the Vedic injunctions. According to Vedic injunctions, the brahmanas are considered to be the spiritual masters of all other castes. Lord Krishna, Arjuna and Bhimasena were actually ksatriyas, but they dressed themselves as brahmanas, and at the time when King Jarasandha was to give charity to the brahmanas and receive them as guests, they approached him.

Lord Krishna, in the dress of a brahmana, said to the King: "We wish all glories to Your Majesty. We are three guests at your royal palace, and we are coming from a great distance. We have come to ask you for charity, and we hope that you will kindly bestow upon us whatever we ask from you. We know about your good qualities. A person who is tolerant is always prepared to tolerate everything, even though distressful. Just as a criminal can perform the most abominable acts, so a greatly charitable person like you can give anything and everything he is asked for. For a great personality like you, there is no distinction between relatives and outsiders. A famous man lives forever, even after his death; therefore, any person who is completely fit and able to execute acts which will perpetuate his good name and fame and yet does not do so becomes abominable in the eyes of great persons. Such a person cannot be condemned enough, and his refusal to give charity is lamentable throughout his whole life. Your Majesty must have heard the glorious names of charitable personalities such as Hariscandra, Rantideva and Mudgala, who used to live only on grains picked up from the paddy field, and the great Maharaja Sibi, who saved the life of a pigeon by supplying flesh from his own body. These great personalities have attained immortal fame simply by sacrificing this temporary and perishable body." Lord Krishna, in the garb of a brahmana, thus informed Jarasandha that fame is imperishable, but the body is perishable. If one can attain imperishable name and fame by sacrificing his perishable body, he becomes a very respectable figure in the history of human civilization.

While Lord Krishna was speaking in the garb of a brahmana along with Arjuna and Bhima, Jarasandha marked that the three of them did not appear to be actual brahmanas. There were signs on their bodies by which Jarasandha could understand that they were ksatriyas. Their shoulders were marked with an impression due to carrying bows; they had beautiful bodily structure, and their voices were grave and commanding. Thus he definitely concluded that they were not brahmanas, but ksatriyas. He was also thinking that he had seen them somewhere before. Although these three persons were ksatriyas, they had come to his door begging alms like brahmanas. Therefore he decided that he would fulfill their desires, in spite of their being ksatriyas. He thought in this way because their position had already been diminished by their appearing before him as beggars. "Under the circumstances," he thought, "I am prepared to give them anything. Even if they ask for my body, I shall not hesitate to offer it to them." In this regard, he began to think of Bali Maharaja. Lord Visnu in the dress of a brahmana appeared as a beggar before Bali, and in that way He snatched away all of his opulence and kingdom. He did this for the benefit of Indra, who, having been defeated by Bali Maharaja, was bereft of his kingdom. Although Bali Maharaja was cheated, his reputation as a great devotee who was able to give anything and everything in charity is still glorified throughout the three worlds. Bali Maharaja could guess that the brahmana was Lord Visnu Himself and that He had come to him just to take away his opulent kingdom on behalf of Indra. Bali's spiritual master and family priest, Sukracarya, repeatedly warned him about this, and yet Bali did not hesitate to give in charity whatever the brahmana wanted, and at last he gave up everything to that brahmana. "It is my strong determination," thought Jarasandha, "that if I can achieve immortal reputation by sacrificing this perishable body, I must act for that purpose; the life of a ksatriya who does not live for the benefit of the brahmana is certainly condemned."

Actually King Jarasandha was very liberal in giving charity to the brahmanas, and thus he informed Lord Krishna, Bhima and Arjuna: "My dear brahmanas, you can ask from me whatever you like. If you so desire, you can take my head also. I am prepared to give it."

After this, Lord Krishna addressed Jarasandha as follows: "My dear King, please note that we are not actually brahmanas, nor have we come to ask for foodstuffs or grains. We are all ksatriyas, and we have come to beg a duel with you. We hope that you will agree to this proposal. You may note that here is the second son of King Pandu, Bhimasena, and the third son of Pandu, Arjuna. As for Myself, you may know that I am your old enemy, Krishna, the cousin of the Pandavas."

When Lord Krishna disclosed their disguise, King Jarasandha began to laugh very loudly, and then in great anger and in a grave voice he exclaimed, "You fools! If you want to fight with me, I immediately grant your request. But, Krishna, I know that You are a coward. I refuse to fight with You because You become very confused when You face me in fighting. Out of fear of me You left Your own city, Mathura, and now You have taken shelter within the sea; therefore I must refuse to fight with You. As far as Arjuna is concerned, I know that he is younger than me and is not an equal fighter. I refuse to fight with him because he is not in any way an equal competitor. But as far as Bhimasena is concerned, I think he is a suitable competitor to fight with me." After speaking in this way, King Jarasandha immediately handed a very heavy club to Bhimasena, and he himself took another, and thus all of them went outside the city walls to fight.

Answer 2

Jarasandha, being very charitable toward the brahmanas Krsna, planned to fight with Jarasandha and went to him with Bhima and Arjuna in the dress of brahmanas.

A person whose word of honor is never broken is called truthful. Krsna once promised Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas, that He would bring her five sons back from the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. After the battle was finished, when all the Pandavas had come home, Kunti praised Krsna because His promise was so nicely fulfilled. She said, "Even the sunshine may one day become cool and the moonshine one day become hot, but still Your promise will not fail." Similarly, when Krsna, along with Bhima and Arjuna, went to challenge Jarasandha, He plainly told Jarasandha that He was the eternal Krsna, present along with two of the Pandavas. The story is that both Krsna and the Pandavas--in this case Bhima and Arjuna--were ksatriyas (warrior-kings). Jarasandha was also a ksatriya and was very charitable toward the brahmanas. Thus Krsna, who had planned to fight
with Jarasandha, went to him with Bhima and Arjuna in the dress of brahmanas. Jarasandha, being very charitable toward the brahmanas, asked them what they wanted, and they expressed their desire to fight with him. Then Krsna, dressed as a brahmana, declared Himself to be the same Krsna who was the King's eternal enemy...

Answer 3

He acted as Indian President.

Answer 4

First and foremost , the question seems to be based on the popular misconception that a Bahmin is one born toa ?Brahmin and Brahminism is a cast e.thie is totally wrong .a bahmin is one who takes the vow to stand by the path of Dharma and show compassion to all the lives under all circumstnces and objure violence and force for ever.
Evn a non-bahmin Saint Thiruvallur of Tamil Fame has said in his Thirukkural who a Bahmin is in these words in one of his couplets under the section "Arathuppaal" ( The section of Dharma - Justice )
"Anthanar enbore Aravore ,
evvuyirkum sentanmai poondu olzukalaal"
This means that those who are called Baramins are the people who stand by justice and conduct themselves according to dharma and show compassion to all lives ..This does not mean that they ae people born of a Bahmin by his conduct alone . It is not a caste . It is a group of people who have taken the vow to abide by the rules of Dharma ,before the sacrficial fire and wearing the sacred thread in token of the vow .
If the Gods are portrayed with a sacred thread , they are shown as the leaders treadingthe path of Dharma (Justice ) and full of comapssion.For instnace even the saint thiruvalluvar , a non-brahmin by birth ois portrayed with a sacred thread in many pictures and idols , though he had not taken the sacred vow .It is because he has tread the path of Justice and had made a great literary work tha teaches dharma and jus conduct in all walks of life.
Since these people are required to preach dharma and conduct the religious ceremonies and teach the ordinary massee of the path of Dhama . serve as doctors and astrologers , they ae required to use their brain and live by thier brain and so should be endowed with a bain that all societies in the entire world respect , they are supposed to have emanated from the head of god .They are the head of the God The shakhtriyas ar those who ae tosere the society as Kings , warriors , Judges , policemen, administrators etc .These people do not belong to one caste . They miight be belongin to several castes if their castes are to be labeled based on the professions of their parents .Since these people are required to have a heart to fight injustice withoutfear or favour , They are supposed to have a stout heart that is free from bias , fear or favour to establish law and order , defend the country and shall be bold enogh to kill offenders even if they happen to be their blood relations . So they are supposed to have emanated from the chest of God .They are the chest of god .It is the chest we always refer to the quality of courage and boldness.Soshkhtriyas is not not a caste by itself .So is the vysyas ,They may be belonig to a large numbr families practicing so many professions .But as vysyas , the are supposed to produce food ,manufacture the requirements of the sociey , distribute the provisons to the society .since hey are required o porvide for the hunger of he society , they ae supposed to have emenated from the stomuch of god . Theuy are the stomuch of god The Shudras are those who undertake the hardest pat of the labou of he society and cater tothe needs of all the other sections and support the society , like the legs supposrting the entire ntire body. So they are supposed to hae emanated from the legs of the God They are the feet pof the God . One must remember that the greatest Saints and Rishies and the most powerful kings pray to godthat they be accorded a place a the feet of the god .They all want to reach thefeet of the god and not head .so the feet of god id not low or inferior to any part of god .In fact the |god |Brahmma himself is said to have come from the naval of VishnuHe is not inferior to the Brahmins, the shkthriyas and the vysyas .So please forget the idiotic classification of order of superiority that the crooks amoing he ?Brahmins made to enjoy themselves at the cos of the other sections of the society . Vyasa , who has spoken of Varunasrama in Bhagavad -Gita himself was bornof a fisher women and he no a bahmin by birth. he himself has writen about the varunashma , Shram is work ,.efort ,labour . Bhagavad -Gita is essentially speaking about the various sections o the society dischaging the funcions assigned to them as a sadred duty and sacrifice to the god without expeciong anyfruit of the action.. The divison of labour of the members of he society some 6ooo yeas ago was not much and as complicaed as it is toiday .so they ahv been broadly divided in tofour classes .So they aer referd to as Varunaasrama .the claassifictiono labour /d]uties into four sections referred to as varunam or colour .People at no time have been of four colours and castes are not made of colour of the skin.
since a brahmin is not expected to kill and is expected to use his brain only under all circumstnces , Lord krishna after taking the vow of justioce wearin gthe sacred threa d di dinot kill and had the evils vanquished through the shaktriyas .To help th eshaktriyas tovanquish the powerful evils qwuarded buy ther good deeds , krsina in the form of a brahmin begs them of their powers so as to fecilitate the shaktriyas toivanguish he evil doers . One can become a shkthriya by discarding his vow not tokill and removing his sacred thrad worn in token of abjuring violence .One can also take to the par=th of justice and non-violence by taking he vow toabjure violence and wearing the sacred thread in token of it .

Answer 5

it was a summer season so brahmans dress are cool to wear

Answer 6

uh... sorry you lost me.