Bhagavad-Gita: Relationship Between Arjuna and Krishna One on One: Religion’s New Attitude In the Bhagavad-Gita, the relationship between Arjuna, the story’s hero and Krishna, the avatar, or incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu, is indeed a very personal one. It even seems to resemble a friendship at times, despite the fact that Arjuna is a human and Krishna is a god. The significance of Krishna’s familiar manner towards Arjuna in the Bhagavad-Gita is that it is a perfect representation of early Hinduism in reference to the changes in the relationship between god and devotee. As opposed to preceding religions of the time Hinduism allowed the believer to develop a close relationship with his god, allowing “much more opportunity for direct contact between gods and individual worshippers” (Bulliet et al. 199). This is particularly true in the case of the....

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