Page 6 - Sri Aurobindo on Sri Krishna

More on the Historicity of Sri Krishna

The Mahabharata is a poem and not history, but it is clearly

a poem founded on a great historical event, traditionally

preserved in memory; some of the figures connected with

it, Dhritarashtra, Parikshit, for instance, certainly existed

and the story of the part played by Krishna as leader,

warrior and statesman can be accepted as probable in itself

and to all appearance founded on a tradition which can be

given a historical value and has not the air of a myth or a

sheer poetical invention.

contd. . .