The name of the eldest son of the Lord Krishna's is Pradyumna. 1. He was the son of the Rukmani and Lord Krishna. 2. He was eldest among all the sons of Shri Krishna. 3. It is said that Pradyumna was very handsome and possessed the beauty of Kamadeva. 4. On the seventh day after Pradyumna's birth, a demon named Kalashambara stole him from the chamber of Rukmini. 5. Taking the infant with him, Kalashambara flew towards his own city. Kalashambara's wife Mayavati was childless. On receiving the infant from her husband, her joy knew no bounds. 6. Meanwhile at Dwarka, Rukmini was mad with grief. Lord Krishna consoled her and told that everything was under the subjugation of destiny and he could do nothing about it. Lord Krishna, who could forsee the events of future, implied that Pradyumna would return to Dwarka someday. 7. Pradyumna grew up in Kalashambara's palace under the care of Mayavati. Soon he discerned that Mayavati wasn't his mother. One da
Who was Balaram ? To start with let's understand the nature of Balaram. Balaram , elder brother of Krishna was nothing like Krishna. Krishna was cunning, manipulative, knew exactly how to handle a situation and how to gain maximum from the situation. He was mastermind, a quality which was instrumental in success of Pandavas. On other hand Balaram was naive, honest, someone who wore his emotions on his sleeves. Krishna was completely opposite, in entire story of Mahabharat Krishna kept his cards close to his chest. For instance he could have told Pandvas about the truth of Karna but he chose not to (for obvious reasons). Incident of Subhadra's marriage will make difference crystal clear. We all know Duryodhan was favourite student of Balaram . It was natural for Balaram to think him as a prospective groom for his sister Subhadra . On similar line, Arjuna was close to Krishna and Krishna wanted Arjuna to be his brother-in-law. But Krishna never admitte