Before coming to meditate under a tree, he ruled Dwarka for 36 years, not knowing that he would die when a hunter, mistaking him for a deer, would shoot him in his instep.  
Before coming to meditate under a tree, he ruled Dwarka for 36 years, not knowing that he would die when a hunter, mistaking him for a deer, would shoot him in his instep.  His mission of peace to Hastinapura failed but he did see his aunt Kunti and convinced her to try and bring her son, Karna, to the side of the goodguys.  Duryodhana [Doorr-YO-da-na] chose poorly when he chose this man's army over his counsel.  Accordingly, this brother of Balarama, offered his weapon, the Chakra, and his charioteering services to the opposing side.  FTP, name this avatar of Vishnu, who preaches the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna.
Before coming to meditate under a tree, he ruled Dwarka for 36 years, not knowing that he would die when a hunter, mistaking him for a deer, would shoot him in his instep.  
Krishna