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The Incredible Story of Krishna Janmashtami:
A long time ago, in Mathura, there was a king named
Kans who was infamous for his greed and unfair rule. After the marriage of his
sister Devaki to Vasudev, a prophetic voice from above announced, “Kans, your
tyranny is going to come to an end. The 8th son born to Devaki and Vasudev will
kill you.”
This enraged Kans and he imprisoned the newlyweds.
Kans went on to kill 7 of Devaki’s children. When she gave birth to her 8th
child, the prophetic voice returned, and said, “Take the child across the river
Yamuna to Gokuland exchange him with your friends Nand’s and Yashoda’s newly
born daughter.” Vasudev looked down to realize, his hands had been unchained.
He quickly picked up his child and put him in a basket, arriving at the gates
to find them opened on their own and the guards asleep.
As he crossed the stormy river, the basket upon his
head, the water never rose above his shoulders. When he struggled, a ten-headed
snake appeared to protect the child from the pouring rain. Vasudev by now had
realized that his child was a divine being. At Nand’s house, Vasudev switched
the children and returned to the prison.
When Kans arrived and tried to harm the child, it
took the form of Goddess Durga and said “The 8th child, who is going to end
your reign of terror, has been born and will fulfill his prophecy.” The child,
Krishna, was raised by Yashodaand went on to kill Kans, And so, every year we
celebrate the birth of Krishna, also known as Janmashtami, across India.
Lord Krishna's Family:
According to some scriptures, the King of Dwarka,
Lord Krishna had eight principal wives and 16100 junior wives. Some scriptures
also say the number is 16,000, probably for the sake of ease. Lord Krishna had
ten sons from each wife, which means 16108 wives produced 1 lakh, 61 thousand
80 sons.
Lord Krishna Major Wives or Patarani Names:
The eight major wives of Krishna are also called
Ashtabharya or Patarani. According to Srimad Bhagavata, they were Rukmini,
Satyabhama, Jambavati, Nagnajiti, Kalindi, Madra, Mitravinda, and Bhadra.
Sri Sukh Goswami said each of the wives of Krishna gave birth to ten sons not
less than in any respect to their father's personal opulence.
Despite the romantic signs, they beamed from their
arched eyebrows, their secret looks, and coy smiles that so charmingly
displayed their intentions. Yet these sixteen thousand wives were not capable
of agitating His (Krishna) senses with their arrows of Cupid and other means.
Lord Krishna Major Wives or Patarani Children Names:
Children From Rukmini - The first son was Pradyumna. The others were Charudeshna,
Sudheshna, Charudeha, Sucharu, Charugupta, Bhadracharu, Charu Chandra, Vicharu,
and Charu. None of these was inferior to their father.
Children From Satyabhama - Bhanu, Subhanu, Svarabhanu, Prabhanu, Bhanuman,
Chandrabhanu, Brihadbhanu, Atibhanu, Sribhanu and Pratibhanu.
Children From Jambavati
- Samba, Sumitra, Purujit, Satajit, Sahasrajit,
Vijaya, Chitraketu, Vasuman, Dravida and Kratu.
Children From Nagnajiti
- Vira, Chandra, Asvasena, Chitragu, Vegavan, Vrisha,
Aama, Sanku, Vasu, and Kunti.
Children From Kalindi
- Sruta, Kavi, Vrisa, Vira, Subahu, Bhadra, Shanti,
Darsa, Purnamasa and Somaka.
Children From Madra
- Praghosa, Gaatravan, Simha, Bala, Prabala, Urdhvaga,
Mahasakthi, Saha, Oja, and Aparajita.
Children From Mitravinda
- Vrika, Harsha, Anila, Gridhra, Vardhana, Unnada,
Mahamsa, Pavan, Vanhi and Ksudhi.
Children From Bhadra
- Sangramajit, Brihatsena, Sura, Praharana, Arijit,
Jaya, Subhadra, Vama, Ayu, and Satyaka.
Lord Krishna Other Wives and Children:
Apart from his eight principal wives, Lord Krishna
was described to have many junior wives, whom he had rescued from the demon Narakasura.
Krishna accepted them as his wife upon their insistence to save themselves from
the society who saw them as slaves of the demon king Narakasura.
After marriage, they all lived in Dwarka. The chief
amongst these junior wives is sometimes called Rohini. Diptiman, Tamratapta,
and others were the sons of Rohini and other wives. Rukmini's daughter
Charumati was the only girl mentioned in Srimad Bhagavata as the daughter of
Lord Krishna. Charumati married Bali, the son of Kritavarma.
However, few commentators explain that each of the
Lord's queens had one daughter. Which means, Lord had 16108 daughters.
Regarding His sons and grandsons, the scripture says their numbers were in tens
of millions. From these sons and grandsons of the sixteen thousand mothers,
tens of millions descendants of Krishna took their birth.
When I talking about lord Krishna then there must I have remembering one Mahabharata Sloka (a couplet of Sanskrit verse) come to my mind and that is,
“เคฏเคฆा เคฏเคฆा เคนि เคงเคฐ्เคฎเคธ्เคฏ เค्เคฒाเคจिเคฐ्เคญเคตเคคि เคญाเคฐเคค।
เค
เคญ्เคฏुเคค्เคฅाเคจเคฎเคงเคฐ्เคฎเคธ्เคฏ เคคเคฆाเคค्เคฎाเคจं เคธृเคाเคฎ्เคฏเคนเคฎ् ॥
เคชเคฐिเคค्เคฐाเคฃाเคฏ เคธाเคงूเคจां เคตिเคจाเคถाเคฏ เค เคฆुเคท्เคृเคคाเคฎ् ।
เคงเคฐ्เคฎเคธंเคธ्เคฅाเคชเคจाเคฐ्เคฅाเคฏ เคธเคฎ्เคญเคตाเคฎि เคฏुเคे เคฏुเคे ॥”
Lord Krishna Says that He takes avatar or Birth on
earth, I appear. Whenever there is loss of religion, then he comes. When
unrighteousness increases, then he manifest in the form of people, He come to
protect the gentlemen, He come to destroy the wicked, He come to establish
Dharma and in the ages He take birth.
May lord Krishna blessed you all with his divinity
and show path to all of you that what are you working for, gives you strength
to achieve your goals.
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