Why Krishna Married 16000 Women? | 16108 Wives Of Lord Krishna

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Why Krishna Married 16000 Women?

Krishna originally married eight women – Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Kalindi, Nagnajiti, Mitravinda, Lakshmana and Bhadra. But he is also famous for having 16000 wives. Let us find out why Krishna married so many women and ended up having 16,108 wives.

Bhoomi Devi (Mother Earth) had a son named Naraka. Even though Naraka was the son of a divinity, he had the nature of a demon. Naraka was powerful and he took pleasure in terrorizing the inhabitants of the three worlds.

Narakasura would raid and plunder the kingdoms of the three worlds. He did not even leave the women and would kidnap them for his own personal harem. Narakasura heard that Indra, the king of the devas, had thousands of divine elephants in his army. Now Narakasura being greedy wanted to possess everything, so he attacked the heavens. Indra was helpless as he watched Narakasura plunder the heavens. Naraka himself began pursuit of the devas. While pursuing the devas, a glimmering object far away caught his eye. Upon inspection, he realized that the glimmering object was Aditi - the mother of the Devas. He then tried to assault Mother Aditi.

Now Indra, feeling humiliated at his loss and even worse that his mother was assaulted, wanted revenge and he knew that there was only one person who was a match for Naraka. It was Krishna.

Indra reached Krishna's palace when Krishna was spending quality time with his wife Satyabhama. He told Krishna about the happenings and begged him for his help. Krishna was enraged that Naraka had laid his hands on Mother Aditi and said that Naraka must die for his actions.
Satyabhama looked annoyed because Krishna was about to leave her. Wanting to please both Satyabhama and Indra, Krishna decided to take Satyabhama with him into battle.

Krishna summoned his mount Garuda (a giant eagle) and made way towards Naraka's fortress.

Naraka's palace was guarded by the five-headed demon Mura. Mura shot countless weapons at Krishna, but Krishna shot each one down with his bow and arrow. Then Krishna picked up his flying discus and hurled it towards Mura dislocating Mura's five heads. Mura fell to the ground, dead. Thus Krishna is called ‘Murari’. Krishna challenged Naraka to battle and Narakasura was killed by the arrow of Devi Satyabhama, an avatar of Bhudevi.. Krishna then placed Bhagdatta on the throne and freed all of Naraka's prisoners. Amongst the prisoners were 16,100 women whom Narakasura had captured. Knowing that the society would not accept women who has been held captive by a demon for years, Krishna married the 16,100 women making them all their wives and giving them a respectable place in the society.

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