Happy Janmastmi - Jai Shree Krishna

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Happy Janmashtami

 

Janmashtami,

one of the most popular festivals of Hindus celebrates the birth of

their beloved God, Sri Krishna. Detailed story of Janmashtami or Lord

Krishna's birth has been narrated in Puranas. Please read on to know

more about the various fascinating aspects of the legend of Janmashtami

as stated in Puranas.

Mathura, a prominent town of Northern India and the birth city of Sri

Krishna was ruled by King Ugrasen, a Yaduvanshi ( Belonging to the

Community of Yadavs). He was a great king loved by his subjects. He had

two children, a son Kansa and a daughter Devki. Kansa was quite cruel by

nature, his wickedness knew no bounds when he jailed his father and

forcefully became the king of Mathura.Love for sister Devki and Brother in law Vasudev

 

Though Kansa was hard hearted but he loved his sister immensely and

married her off to Vasudev, one the high ranking officers in his army.

However on the day of wedding, as a result of a heavenly prediction that

Devki's eighth child will be born to kill him, Kansa decided to

kill his sister. On Vasudev's pleading, he put both of them in dungeons

and let them live but with a promise that they will handover all their

children to Kansa, only to be killed by him.

Birth of Balrama

 

 

Kansa succeeded in killing all the six new born babies of Devki and

Vasudev, however the seventh child was saved by divine intervention as

the child was transferred from Devki's womb to that of Rohini's,

Vasudev's other wife. Thus Balram, the elder brother of Krishna was born

but Kansa thought that Devki had a miscarriage.

Birth of Krishna

The birth of the eighth child of Devki, Lord Krishna was followed by a

chain of dramatic events. Soon after the birth of the child, as if by a

sheer miracle, all the soldiers guarding the couple fell asleep and the

gates of the dungeon flew open themselves. Vasudev decided to smuggle

the child safely in a basket to his friend Nand in Gokul. Since it was

raining heavily, River Yamuna was all swollen and Vasudev feared that

both he as well as his child will drown if he tried to cross it,

however, as soon as the feet of the infant touched the river, the flow

of water became normal and Vasudev was able to cross it easily.

Sheshnag, the five headed serpent of Lord Vishnu protected the child

with its fangs. Vasudev knew that his was not an ordinary child but a

divine being. After handing his child, to his dear friend, Nand, Vasudev

returned back safely with a girl child and no one got to know about it.

Yogmaya's prediction

 

 

On hearing the news of the eighth born child, Kansa rushed to kill the

girl. He paid no heed to Devki's plead of sparing the girl. He held

the child by her legs and just as he was about to bang her against the

wall, the girl vanished into thin air and told Kansa that his slayer had

been born and was safe in Gokul. The girl child was none other than

Yogmaya (divine illusion). The eighth child grew up as Yashoda and Nand's

son in Gokul and later killed his maternal uncle Kansa, freeing all the

people of Mathura from his tyranny.

 

Jai Shree Krishna

 

 

 

 

 

RAMNATH & JAYA