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Hindu religious traditions
Gokula is the cowherd community where Krishna grows up with Nanda and Yashoda after Vasudeva brings him from Mathura. Its stories concern family affection, household work and the efforts of adults to protect the children. Repeated dangers eventually lead the community to leave together for Vrindavana.
Original artistic interpretation · GokulaTHE LIVING ARCHIVE
The narrative setting should be distinguished from Krishna’s birthplace in Mathura and from the later move to Vrindavana. Gokula supplies the protected household into which Vasudeva brings the child, while the community’s eventual migration marks a further stage of pastoral life.
AT A GLANCE
THE STORY
ROLE & ESSENCE
Gokula is important as the household and community of Krishna’s early upbringing. Parents, neighbours and elders respond to extraordinary events through the practical concern of keeping children safe. Their protection continues when they decide that remaining in the same place has become too dangerous.
Gokula
Gokul, Uttar Pradesh, India
Strong traditional identification
Gokul, Uttar Pradesh, India
See the linked narrative records.
This overview does not identify a site-specific excavation report. A living physical place does not prove every event traditionally associated with it.
Ancient regions, literary geography and modern pilgrimage identifications are distinguished.
Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
Original archive annotations are retained here. The current playable classification is shown in the side panel.
TRADITION & MEANING
The narrative distinguishes Krishna’s birth in Mathura, upbringing in the cowherd household and the migration to Vrindavana. Later pilgrimage geography gives these memories further local expression without making each stage an interchangeable name for the same event.
Yashoda’s attempt to bind Krishna brings the relationship into a familiar household scene. Rope repeatedly falls short until the child accepts the bond. The account preserves his extraordinary freedom while giving the mother’s effort and affection a decisive place in what happens.
Names and accounts can vary by recension, region and commentary. This entry distinguishes attested details from identifications still requiring a passage-level source.
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FOLLOW THE THREADS
4 connected profiles. Every path leads to an original record.
Krishna grows within the cowherd community.
Nanda’s household receives and raises Krishna.
Yashoda’s care shapes the household stories.
The community moves from Gokula to Vrindavana.
ENHANCEMENT
SUVARNAVEDA GAME DESIGN
+12 AUR · +4 HP
Any Character receives the Base Effect. One Enhancement may be equipped at a time. These bonuses and numerical rules are Suvarnaveda game design; they are not measurements supplied by sacred texts.
+13 AUR · +4 HP
Every eligible recipient receives this card’s same additional gains and effect.
Krishna directly protects Gokula’s inhabitants.
True Resonance adds to the Base Effect. A specific pairing takes precedence over a group pairing; they do not stack. Natural Character stats remain on their original 0–100 scale. Normal effective stats cap at 125; exceptional temporary effects cap at 130.
VISUAL ARCHIVE