The guards informed Kansa that Devaki’s eight child was finally born.ĭevaki begged Kansa not to kill the baby, she pleaded that the prophecy must have been wrong as her son was meant to bring the end of Kansa but to no avail.
He headed back to the prison with the exchanged baby, who gave a loud cry as soon as she lay next to Devaki. His heart was filled with a deep sadness, as if he had left a part of his soul behind. Vasudeva went to Nandraja’s house and exchanged the babies. Just then Lord Vishnu’s Shesh Naag, the giant multi-headed snake came and helped Vasudeva carry Krishna safely across the river. Nandraja and his wife Yashoda had also given birth to a baby girl that night, so Vasudeva secretly carried baby Krishna across the Yamuna river, which was no longer in its calm state, but instead was raging as if it were the ocean. However, on the night of Krishna’s birth, as soon as Krishna was born, a bright light filled the prison and Vasudeva was woken up by a divine voice that guided him to take Krishna across the Yamuna and leave him with his dear friend Nandraja, the head of the Gopa tribe. As soon as a child was born to Devaki, Kansa would smash the child’s head against the walls of the prison. But after Vasudeva begged for his wife’s life and promised to hand each child to Kansa as soon as it was born, Kansa let go of his sister, and instead imprisoned Devaki and Vasudeva, and made sure that none of Devaki’s children survived. In his paranoia, Kansa brandished his sword and decided to kill Devaki right there and then. When Devaki was getting married, Kansa was told by fortune tellers that one of the offsprings of Devaki would bring his end.
Kansa agreed to let Devaki get married to Yadava prince Vasudeva in the hopes of taking over the Yadava clan too. Lord Brahma then summoned Lord Vishnu, who assured Mother Earth that he would take birth as Lord Krishna to end this tyranny.
Mother Earth took the form of a cow and went to Lord Brahma, the creator God of Hinduism, with her plight. Kansa had usurped the throne of Mathura from his father, the benevolent King Ugrasen. According to the tale, Krishna was born in the Yadava clan of Mathura to Queen Devaki and her husband, King Vasudeva.ĭevaki had a brother, Kansa, a tyrant, who along with some other demon kings was terrorising Mother Earth. The narrative and stories of Lord Krishna’s life are referred to as Krishna Leela. Hindu mythology portrays him as a prankster, a gentle lover, a universal supreme being and child-like God. Krishna is the god of love, tenderness and compassion. It is believed that Krishna was born in a dungeon of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, on this day at the clock struck midnight. The eighth day of the Bhadrapada month or Ashtami as per Hindu lunar calendar marks Janmashtami, and will be celebrated on August 24 (Saturday) this year. Janmashtami, also known as Krishna Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, is a major Hindu festival in India and celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna, who happened to be the eighth incarnation or avatar of Lord Vishnu, the supreme God of the Hindus.
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