Krishna was a dynamic incarnation of Lord Vishnu. He was an Avatar. An Avatar is one who is attuned to the supreme Consciousness from his very birth. Every aspect of Krishna's life and deeds has a mystic symbolism indicating a sublime truth. Krishna in Sanskrit means Dark. Krishna is blue in colour and wears yellow clothes. Krishna was born in Mathura. Krishna is often represented as playing a flute. The enchanting music emanating from the fte of the Lord is the bliss of Godhead enjoyed by the man of realization. The milkmaids of Brindavan were called gopis. These gopis were enchanted by the divine music flowing out of Krishna's flute. They danced in their ecstasy around Krishna. The dance of the gopies is known as rasa-leela. Krishna has played lot of games in his childhood. In his childhood, Krishna is said to have eaten mud on an occasion. His mother Yashoda chided him. Krishna denied having eaten mud. Yashoda would not take his word. She asked him to open his mouth. The child did so. Yashoda was wonderstruck to see the entire universe within the child's mouth. Lord Krishna is also described as holding a staff in one hand and showing a symbol of wisdom (jnana Mudra) with the other. In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna surrenders to Krishna completely and seeks his advice before Mahabharta- the great war.