Krsna was 90 years on Earth when He spoke Bhagavad Gita

[Paramananda das]

Please accept my humble obaisences

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Krishna is said to have been "born" on the

19 July 3228 BCE    and left this planet  in 3102, which means that He manifested His lilas  for approximately 126  years. Lord Krishna  appeared at midnight on the eighth day of the dark half of the  month of Shravana, approximately five thousand years ago.

 

Sometiems Srila Prabhupada stated that Krsna was 125 years "old" on the Battle of Kuruksetra of course Srila Prabhupada was demonstrating that though Krsna had been here for 125 years He still look like an eternal youth.

In Brahma Samhita , Brahmaji has stated

:

TEXT 33

advaitam acyutam anadimananta-rupam

adyam purana-purusam nava-yauvanam  ca

vedesu durlabham adurlabhamatma-bhaktau

govindam adi-purusam tam ahambhajami

SYNONYMS

advaitam--without a second; acyutam--without decay; anadim--without a beginning; ananta-rupam--whose form is  endless, or who possesses unlimited forms; adyam--the beginning; purana-purusam--the most ancient person; nava-yauvanam--a blooming youth;  ca--also; vedesu--through the Vedas; durlabham--inaccessible; adurlabham--not  difficult to obtain; atma-bhaktau--through pure devotion of the soul; govindam--Govinda; adi-purusam--the original person; tam--Him; aham--I; bhajami--worship.

TRANSLATION

I worship Govinda, the primeval Lord, who  is inaccessible to the Vedas, but obtainable by pure unalloyed devotion of the  soul, who is without a second, who is not subject to decay, is without a  beginning, whose form is endless, who is the beginning, and the eternal purusa;  yet He is a person possessing the beauty of blooming  youth.

PURPORTby Srila Bhaktissidhanta Prabhupada

Advaita means "indivisible truth who is  knowledge absolute." Brahman, the infinite, emanates from Him as His effulgence  and God-immanent (Paramatma) as His constituent; but nevertheless He remains one  and indivisible. Acyuta means that though myriads of avataras emanate from Him  as subjective portions and millions of jivas as separated spiritual particles,  still He remains intact as the undivided whole of fullest perfection. Though He  indulges in exhibiting the pastimes of births, etc., still He is without a  beginning. Though He disappears after the pastimes of His appearance, still He  is eternal. Though without origin, yet He is with an origin in His pastime of  appearance; and although eternal in essence, He is still a person in the full  bloom of youth. The sum and substance of it is that though He possesses diverse  and apparently mutually contradictory qualities, still they are in universal  harmonious concordance by dint of His unthinkable potency. This is what is meant  by cid-dharma (transcendental nature) as distinguished from the material. His  graceful threefold-bending form with flute in hand, possesses eternal blooming  youth and is above all unwholesomeness that is to be found in limited time and  space. In the transcendental realm there is no past and future but only the  unalloyed and immutable present time. In the transcendental sphere there is no  distinction between the object and its qualities and no such identity as is  found in the limited mundane region. Hence those qualities that seem to be  apparently contradictory in the light of mundane conception limited by time and  space, exist in agreeable and dainty concordance in the spiritual realm. How can  the jiva realize such unprecedented existence? The limited intellectual function  of the jiva is always contaminated by the influence of time and space and is,  therefore, not in a position to shake off this limitedness. If the potency of  cognitive function does not extend to the realization of the transcendental,  what else can? In reply. Brahma says that the transcendental Absolute is beyond  the reach of the Vedas. The Vedas originate in sound and sound originates in the  mundane ether. So the Vedas cannot present before us a direct view of the  transcendental world (Goloka). It is only when the Vedas are imbued with the cit  potency that they are enabled to deal with the transcendental. But Goloka  reveals itself to every jiva-soul when he is under the influence of the  spiritual cognitive potency joined to the essence of ecstatic energy. The  ecstatic function of devotion is boundless and is surcharged with unalloyed  transcendental knowledge. That knowledge reveals goloka-tattva (the principle of  the highest transcendental) in unison with devotion, without asserting itself  separately but as a subsidiary to unalloyed devotion.

Here is a nice Bio of Lord Sri Krishna: http://www.dharmakshetra.com/literature/bio%20of%20sri%20krsna.html

Bio of Sri  Krishna

Sri Krishna's  Appearance was at midnight  during the month Sravana (July 19/20), the was year 3228 BC born to Devaki then  taken by Vasudeva from Mathura to Nanda and Yasoda in Gokula. Gokula is on the oppisate side of the Yamuna River from Mathura.

He lived in Gokula until  3 years of  age. He was very big and strong for his age. Just like a rich mans  son who grows quickly because of good nutrition, in the same way Sri Krishna was  very healthy and strong and walking and playing independently at an early age..  He killed killed Putana, Sakatasura, Trinivarta demons during this  time.

From the ages 3 - 6 the entire  kingdom of Nanda Maharaja moved to Vrindavana. They move for two reasons one was  that Demons were causing a disturbance, secondly because they were involved in  cow protection and the grass was very juicy in Vrndavan and supplied ample feed  for Nandas 900,000 cows. Sri Krsna killed Bakasura, Aghasura, Dhenuka and Balarama killed Pralamba during this age period.

At the ages from7-10 Nandas group  again moved, due to grass,  to Nadagram.The Lila or pastime when Brahma steals  cows and cowherd boys took place during this time. Indra inundated the residents  of Vrindavan and Krsna reveals his authority to Lord Indra. Sri Krsna lifted Govardhana Hill with his pinkie finger and used it as an umbrella to shield the  residents. He also enjoyed rasa-lila with the gopis

Toward the end of his 10th year he  was invited to Mathura for a wrestling match. Akura came to pick him up and saw  the universal form of the lord near the outskirts of vrndavan-mathura in the Yamuna river at noon while bathing and chanting gaytri mantra. After arriving at Mathura he killed Canura and Balarama killed Mustika. Later on he killed the  wicked King Kamsa and Balarama killed his brothers

From his11-28 year he lived in Mathura He was Initiated with Balarama into chanting Gayatri by Gargamuni the  royal priest. Sri Krsna was Instructed along with Balarama in the sixty four  arts taught by Sandipani Muni. He protected Mathura from jarasandha, kalayavana  and from many other demons.

During his 29th -  32nd year he established  his kingdom in Dvaraka. Viswakarma the architect of the demigods was employed by  Sri Krsna to design and build Dwaraka.

He received a letter from Rukmini and  kidnaps her as she desired and married her and 7 other princesses He maintains a marriage to 16,100  princesses and 161,080 sons were born to him.

Sri Krishna drives Arjuna's Chariot and  speaks Bhagavad-Gita in the midst of the Kurukshetra Battle he was 90 years + (3138 BC) after  the fierce battle he saves King Pariksit,  who was still in the womb of his  mother, from the Bhramastra of Aswattama.

He then instructs Uddhava on the intense  love of the residents of vrndaban.

Toward the end Sri Krishna appearing like a  mere mortal being wounded by a hunter Sri Krsna wraps up his Lila at the age of 125. His Disappearance was on February 18th 3102 BC

Its interesting to note that Sri Krsna look  no older than a youth of 16 even when he was 125.

Vaisnava das anu das

Paramananda das

[Paramananda das]

SB 1.8.32: Some say that the Unborn is born for the glorification of pious kings, and others say that He is born to please King Yadu, one of Your dearest devotees. You appear in his family as sandalwood appears in the Malaya hills.

SB 1.8.33: Others say that since both Vasudeva and Devakī prayed for You, You have taken Your birth as their son. Undoubtedly You are unborn, yet You take Your birth for their welfare and to kill those who are envious of the demigods.

[Paramananda das]

 Śrīmad Bhāgavatam1.8.32

kecid āhur ajaḿ jātaḿ

puṇya-ślokasya kīrtaye

yadoḥ priyasyānvavāye

malayasyeva candanam

SYNONYMS

kecit — someone; āhuḥ — says; ajam — the unborn; jātam — being born; puṇya-ślokasya — of the great pious king; kīrtaye — for glorifying; yadoḥ — of King Yadu; priyasya — of the dear; anvavāye — in the family of; malayasya — Malaya hills; iva — as; candanam — sandalwood.

TRANSLATION

Some say that the Unborn is born for the glorification of pious kings, and others say that He is born to please King Yadu, one of Your dearest devotees. You appear in his family as sandalwood appears in the Malaya hills.

PURPORT

Because the Lord's appearance in this material world is bewildering, there are different opinions about the birth of the Unborn. In the Bhagavad-gītā the Lord says that He takes His birth in the material world, although He is the Lord of all creations and He is unborn. So there cannot be any denial of the birth of the Unborn because He Himself establishes the truth. But still there are different opinions as to why He takes His birth. That is also declared in the Bhagavad-gītā. He appears by His own internal potency to reestablish the principles of religion and to protect the pious and to annihilate the impious. That is the mission of the appearance of the Unborn. Still, it is said that the Lord is there to glorify the pious King Yudhiṣṭhira. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa certainly wanted to establish the kingdom of the Pāṇḍavas for the good of all in the world. When there is a pious king ruling over the world, the people are happy. When the ruler is impious, the people are unhappy. In the age of Kali in most cases the rulers are impious, and therefore the citizens are also continuously unhappy. But in the case of democracy, the impious citizens themselves elect their representative to rule over them, and therefore they cannot blame anyone for their unhappiness. Mahārāja Nala was also celebrated as a great pious king, but he had no connection with Lord Kṛṣṇa. Therefore Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira is meant here to be glorified by Lord Kṛṣṇa. He had also glorified King Yadu, having taken His birth in the family. He is known as Yādava, Yaduvīra, Yadunandana, etc., although the Lord is always independent of such obligation. He is just like the sandalwood that grows in the Malaya hills. Trees can grow anywhere and everywhere, yet because the sandalwood trees grow mostly in the area of the Malaya hills, the name sandalwood and the Malaya hills are interrelated. Therefore, the conclusion is that the Lord is ever unborn like the sun, and yet He appears as the sun rises on the eastern horizon. As the sun is never the sun of the eastern horizon, so the Lord is no one's son, but He is the father of everything that be.