In the Mahabharata, the one time Krishna ever comes close to breaking his vow of peace was when Bheeshma came close to killing Arjuna ( who was, mind you, a warrior, and therefore probably fully expected to at least come close to death, if not die himself)
Let me repeat that : God himself, epitome of Honor and goodness and nobility, was willing to kill someone after swearing that he wouldn’t, because that person came close to killing Arjuna
Something tells me he wouldn’t have done that for any other Pandava. I know he wouldn’t, in fact, because he didn’t give a shit when Abhimanyu died
When Krishna greeted the Pandavas , he greeted Yudhistira and Bhima as elders (correct me if I’m wrong), and Nakula and Sahadeva as juniors, but Arjuna ? Arjuna he embraced as an equal
He does not do this to anyone else. Throughout all of Kurukshetra (again, correct me if I’m wrong), save for Arjun, there is not a single person he greets as an equal, save maybe his own brother
Later on, he even mentions that out of the Yadavas, the Pandavas and all his devotees, Arjuna is the dearest to his heart
Let me repeat that, he sees Arjuna as closer to him than his family. Closer than his devotees. Closer even than his own wives
That’s not very platonic of him
Arjuna, meanwhile ? He sees Krishna as his god, his master. Sees himself as his slave. Now, for those of you who’ve read the Bhagavad Gita, remind me again what it defines love, real love, as ?
That’s right. Service. And who gave the Gita ? Yup. Krishna
In fact, the book straight up says he surrendered himself to Krishna - without knowing his true form, mind you
B.G 2.7 :
“Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of miserly weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me for certain what is best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.”
B.G. 11.42-42
“Thinking of You as my friend, I have rashly addressed You “O Kṛṣṇa,” “O Yādava,” “O my friend,” not knowing Your glories. Please forgive whatever I may have done in madness or in love. I have dishonored You many times, jesting as we relaxed, lay on the same bed, or sat or ate together, sometimes alone and sometimes in front of many friends. O infallible one, please excuse me for all those offenses.”
In some circles, Arjuna is considered so equal to Krishna that he is seen as yet another avatar of Krishna - literally the same person, reincarnated into two shapes
When Agni, the god of fire, chose to grant Krishna a boon, out of everything he could have had, he asked that his “friendship” towards Arjuna never decrease
“Then Vasudeva asked that his friendship with Arjuna might be eternal. The chief of the celestials granted unto the intelligent Krishna the boon he desired”
In fact, quoting Krishna directly, he straight-up says at one point
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"Thou art mine and I am thine, while all that is mine is thine also! He that hateth thee hateth me as well, and he that followeth thee followeth me! O thou irrepressible one, thou art Nara and I am Narayana or Hari! We are the Rishis Nara and Narayana born in the world of men for a special purpose. O Partha, thou art from me and I am from thee! O bull of the Bharata race, no one can understand the difference that is between us!"”
Later, he says to Vasudeva, his father (in fact, his very last words to him)
“Know, O father, that I am Arjuna and Arjuna is myself.”
The very last thing God himself thought about in his human shape was Arjuna. That seems like a bit excessive for a mere friendship, doesn’t it ?
When Krishna leaves Arjuna for Dwarka, the book says
“Vaisampayana said, 'As he of Vrishni's race was proceeding to Dwaraka, those foremost princes of Bharata's race, those chastisers of foes embraced him and fell back with their attendants. Phalguna repeatedly embraced the Vrishni hero, and as long as he was within the range of vision, he repeatedly turned his eyes towards him. With great difficulty, the son of Pritha withdrew his gaze that had fallen on Govinda. The unvanquished Krishna also (did the same).”
He also said the following. Notably, the implication is that without Arjuna, Krishna, lord of the Three Realms, could not find any enjoyment in any of them
“O lord of the earth! For Arjuna’s sake, I can slice off and give my own flesh. This tiger among men will also lay down his life for my sake.
O father! This is our understanding, that we will protect each other”
And you expect me to believe that they were “just friends” ??? We know that Krishna is at the very least bisexual (He married Aravan, after all). Who’s to say Arjuna wasn’t too ?
It’s not even subtext at this point. It’s just text. Plain goddamn text
Arjun, Draupadi and the twins playing Truth or Dare in Dwarka with Krishna and his siblings. I wanna see how this plays out cuz ain't no way one of them won't ask either Krishna or Arjun to kiss each other.
(Sorry for the late response, I was inactive here cuz of my exams!)
Omg yesss! A perfect excuse for these idiots in love to kiss, Arjuna I think would be the kinda the hesitant one meanwhile kanha is all for it, he'll make all sort of excuses to get arjuna like, "well it is a dare and a person true to dharma doesn't turn back from it etc etc" and Arjuna would give in at the end. (Which I am not sure since Arjuna was the one who asked to be part of raasleela so.. maybe he is as eager if not more to jump the opportunity!)
Draupadi's the no. 1 Krishnarjuna shipper, I wanna see balarama's reaction tho, would he be annoyed? Or would he ship it?
