a short story of lord krishna

A short story about Lord Krishna …• Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is traditionally attributed the authorship of the Bhagawat Gita.. Kansa grew up to become an evil prince

A short story about Lord Krishna …

• Krishna is a central figure of Hinduism and is

traditionally attributed the authorship of the

Bhagawat Gita

• He is known as the eighth and "complete"

incarnation (avatar) of Lord Vishnu, come to

restore good to the earth in a time of great

dharmic imbalance

About 5000 years back there lived a king named Ugarsena

in the Yadava dynasty - in Mathura (Uttarpradesh)

King Ugarsena had two children

Kansa

Kansa grew up to become an evil prince and

was very cruel

Devaki got married to Vasudeva

The marriage celebrations were on and

Kansa out of his love for his sister, decided to be the charioteer

At the same time there was a sky prophecy (Akashwani) -

“Hey! Kansa!! Devaki‛s eighth child would kill you”.

Kansa was very superstitious and hence wanted

to kill his sister Devaki at that very moment

He promised Kansa that he would hand over the 8th child born to

them, if he would let Devaki live

But Vasudeva intervened, and begged Kansa not

to slay Devaki and show her some mercy

Kansa agreed and placed them under house arrest

with strict vigil on them.

Kansa then imprisoned his own father Ugrasen and made himself a king.

His evil ministers further advised him that he shouldn’t take

any chance and kill all the children of devaki

And one day devaki gave birth to her first

baby boy

As promised Vasudeva handed over six of his children

one after one whom the cruel Kansa killed mercilessly

However, the seventh child in Devaki’s womb got transferred

miraculously to the womb of Rohini (first wife of Vasudeva)

This child conceived in Rohini’s womb was Balarama

In order to reveal His divine nature to His parents, Krishna

appeared in His four-handed form of Lord Vishnu

Then Devaki finally gave birth to her eighth child at midnight

“Dear parents don’t cry Take me across the Yamuna River to Gokul and exchange me with Nanda*-Yashoda’s daughter

You will return to the prison before anyone comes to know."

Nanda was the head of a community of cow-herders

The prison doors opened automatically, shackles

removed and all the guards slept

It was a stromy night and when vasudev reached yamuna river

He placed krishna in a basket and carried him on his head

Ananta Shesha Naga, covered Krishna as an umbrella and

protected krishna from the rains

Krishna slowly removed his foot from the basket and touched the

water with his toe,

the river parted making it easier for Vasudev to pass through

But yamuna was very eager to see and touch lord Krishna …

The water of the river had turned wild

Vasudev reached gokul and kept krishna in yashodas arm and picked up Nanda-Yashodas girl child and returned to the jail

Instantly the girl flew away in the sky saying,

"You evil Kansa! I'm Yogmaya

Your destroyer is already born and is safe and sound in Gokul!"

When Kansa was informed about the birth of the 8th child He

came and dashed her on the stone slab

The next day, it was declared that a baby boy was

born to Nanda and Yashoda

He was named KRISHNA

Based on scriptural details and

astrological calculations the date

of Krishna's birth, known as

Janmashtami, is 19 July 3228

BCE and departed on 3102 BCE

The further story will be added soon …