The text dwells so extensively on Krishna because it understands him not as one divine figure among many, but as the complete and original manifestation of the Supreme. Rather than presenting Krishna as a partial or limited avatāra, it portrays him as the very source from whom all other divine forms emanate, the fullest revelation of Brahman and the highest object of worship. When a scripture takes as its subject the supreme reality in personal form, it naturally lingers over that form’s qualities, actions, and relationships, treating them as the most direct window into the nature of God.

At the same time, the work is consciously structured around bhakti, devotion, as the central spiritual path. Krishna’s life is narrated in such detail because each phase of that life becomes a distinct doorway into devotion: the divine child who evokes parental love, the friend who invites intimacy, the beloved who awakens the deepest longing, the king and teacher who inspire reverence and service. By showing how different devotees relate to Krishna through awe, friendship, parental affection, and romantic love, the text illustrates that love of God can permeate every human emotion and role.

Krishna’s līlās, or divine pastimes, also function as a comprehensive spiritual teaching. His playful childhood in Vṛndāvana embodies spontaneous, self-forgetful devotion; his involvement in the Mahābhārata world reveals complex questions of dharma and righteous action; his teachings, including those echoed from the Bhagavad Gītā and the Uddhava Gītā, articulate detachment, wisdom, and the nature of ultimate reality. In this way, narrative and theology are woven together so that abstract truths about Brahman, dharma, and liberation are made tangible through story.

Because of this, the act of hearing and remembering Krishna’s life is itself elevated to a primary spiritual practice. The text repeatedly emphasizes that meditating on Krishna, listening to his stories, and cultivating love for his name and form constitute a direct path to liberation through devotion. By presenting the divine in such a vivid, humanly accessible way—through emotions, relationships, and aesthetic experience—it allows seekers to approach the transcendent not as a distant abstraction, but as an intimately knowable presence whose life-story becomes the very means of spiritual realization.