Those who were with Krishna were in all appearance men like other men. They spoke and acted with each other as men with men and were not thought of by those around them as gods. Krishna himself was known by most as a man—only a few worshipped him as the Divine.
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LetterThe Gita in Sri Aurobindo’s Words
Krishna as an Avatar · Letter 5
CWSA 28 · Letters on Yoga - I · p. 952