Lord Krishna’s life has all the nine rasas (flavors). For instance, he was naughty like a child, a warrior, joy personified and a source of knowledge. He was a perfect friend and guru. His birth on ashtami signifies His mastery of both the spiritual and material worlds. He is a great teacher and a spiritual inspiration as well as a consummate politician. On the one hand, he is Yogeshwara (the Lord of Yogis — the state to which every yogi aspires) while on the other, he is a mischievous thief. His behaviour is a perfect balance of the extremes — perhaps this is why the personality of Krishna is so difficult to fathom. The avdhoot is oblivious to the world outside and a materialistic person, a politician or a king is oblivious to the spiritual world. But Krishna is both Dwarkadheesh and Yogeshwar.