Balarama

Elder brother of Krishna, plough-bearing strongman, often counted an avatara

Parentage

• parent: Vasudeva
• parent: Rohini

Domains

• strength
• agriculture

Powers

• Drag and divert the river with his plough

Epithets

• हलायुध sanskrit · Halāyudha · epithetHe whose weapon is the ploughBhāgavata Purāṇa, Book 10; Mahābhārata (primary)
• संकर्षण sanskrit · Saṅkarṣaṇa · epithetThe drawing-together one; first of the Pāñcarātra vyūhasHarivaṃśa; Pāñcarātra vyūha doctrine (primary)
• बलदेव sanskrit · Baladeva · epithetThe god of strengthBhāgavata Purāṇa; Mahābhārata (primary)

Relations

• sibling: Subhadra

Sources

• existence: Mahabharata (primary); Bhagavata Purana (primary)