Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Why is Krishna called "Mohan"?

 

Krishna is called Mohana because he charms and attracts the hearts of everyone. All the worlds, sages and devas alike are enchanted by him.

Bhagavatam says

The Supreme Lord Krsna retired to his abode after captivating the eyes of persons with his superb personality which surpassed the world in beauty (and made people’s eyes unwilling to see anything else), and by his words he fascinated the hearts of those who remembered them, by his foot-prints he suspended the movements and actions of those who espied them (and had thus concentrically attracted to himself all the propensities of the people who saw him), and after having spread his glory all over the earth

  • Chapter 1, 11th Skandha, Srimad Bhagavatam.

That's why Krishna is the Lord of sweetness

O Krishna! Your lips are sweet, Your face is sweet, Your eyes are sweet, Your smile is sweet, Your heart is sweet, Your gait is sweet. O Shree Krishna, the Lord of sweetness! Everything about You is sweet.

  • Madhurashtakam of Sri Vallabhacharya.

Mohana is also one of the 1000 names of Vishnu mentioned in Skanda Purana

Marana (slayer), Mohana (enchanter), Mohin (deluder), Stambhoccatanakrt (one who paralyses and extirpates by magic),

  • Chapter 63, Avantiksetra Mahatmya, Skanda Purana.