a short story of lord krishna
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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
Devaki
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
But Vasudeva intervened, and begged Kansa not
to slay Devaki and show her some mercy.
He promised Kansa that he would hand over the 8th child born to
them, if he would let Devaki live.
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
Then Devaki finally gave birth to her eighth child at midnight.
In order to reveal His divine nature to His parents, Krishna
appeared in His four-handed form of Lord Vishnu.
“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
But yamuna was very eager to see and touch lord Krishna …
The water of the river had turned wild
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.
Vasudev reached gokul and kept krishna in yashodas arm
and picked up Nanda-Yashodas girl child and returned to the jail
When Kansa was informed about the birth of the 8th child. He
came and dashed her on the stone slab
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!"
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 …
