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Kamsa, the King of Mathura (North India) was extremely ruthless and an evil force. His subjects were inexplicably terrified of him. When Kamsa’s sister Devki was married off to Vasudeva, an akashvani or voice from the sky was heard prophesying that Devaki’s 8th son would be the destroyer of Kamsa!
Kamsa immediately drew his sword to kill Devki but Vasudeva intervened and pleaded Kamsa to spare his bride. Vasudeva assured that he would hand over every new born of his to Kamsa. Kamsa ordered both Devaki and Vasudeva to be imprisoned immediately.
When Devaki gave birth to her first child, Kamsa came to the prison cell and slaughtered the newborn. This continued till he killed the first six sons of Devaki. Meanwhile, people of Mathura were fervently praying to the Gods to spare them from Kamsa’s tyranny.
Even before her 8th child was born, Devaki and Vasudeva started lamenting its fate and theirs. Lo! Lord Vishnu appeared before them and said He would come soon and rescue the couple and all of Mathura! He instructed Vasudeva to carry Him to the cowherd chief Nanda in Gokul right after his birth. Here, Nanda’s wife Yashoda had given birth to a daughter who was to be exchanged with baby Krishna.
Vishnu assured them that “nothing shall bar your path”.
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Vasudeva crossing the Yamuna River with Lord Krishna!

At midnight on 8th day of lunar month Shravan i.e. on Ashtami, the divine baby was born in Kamsa’s prison.
Remembering the instructions of Lord Vishnu, Vasudeva held the child tightly to his bosom and started for Gokula, but found that his legs were in chains. He jerked his legs and was unfettered! The massive iron-barred doors unlocked and opened up, miraculously.
While crossing river Yamuna, Vasudeva held his baby high over his head. The rain fell in torrents and the river was in spate. But the water made way for Vasudeva and surprisingly a five-mouthed snake (Anant Shesh Nag) followed him from behind and provided shelter over the baby.
When Vasudeva reached Gokul, he found the door of Nanda’s house open. He exchanged the babies and hurried back to the prison of Kamsa with the baby girl. Early in the morning, all the people at Gokul rejoiced the birth of Nanda’s beautiful male child. Vasudeva came back to Mathura and as he entered, the doors of the prison closed themselves.
When Kamsa came to know about the birth, he rushed inside the prison and tried to kill the baby. But this time it skipped from his hand and reached the skies. The child transformed into the Goddess Yogamaya, who told Kamsa: “O foolish! What will you get by killing me? Your nemesis is already born somewhere else. Your end is inevitable.” Saying so, she vanished.
In his youth Krishna killed Kamsa along with all his1 cruel associates, liberated His parents from prison, and reinstated Ugrasen as the King of Mathura.

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