text: As Krishna , he is usually depicted with a blue face , an after-effect of swallowing a poison that threatened the world , and is often represented playing a flute or sporting with the milkmaids he seduced .
  
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  He is usually depicted with the blue face as Krishna , an after-effect of swallowing a poison that threatened the world , and is often represented sporting with the milkmaids he seduced , or playing a flute .