The story of Lord Krishna and the Kaliya naag i.e. the black cobra some five thousand years ago is simply a symbolic illustration. Lord Krishna did no such thing as overpower the black cobra. Here the cobra represents anger and irritation. It is a task of a snake charmer to control a snake, what does Lord Krishna have to do with it? What need Lord Krishna have for controlling the cobra? Could he not find a snake charmer? But no one understands the story, even to this day the fiction continues. Lord Krishna is depicted in the pictures of kaliyadaman (destruction of the black cobra). This ‘kaliyadaman' means anger, therefore when you conquer and subdue your anger, you can become Krishna . “Karma ne krush kare, the Krushna,” He who destroys ( krush ) his karmas, is Krishna.