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    Krishna was born to Devaki and Vasudev in prison, as the eighth child whose birth was prophesied to kill the tyrannical king Kans. To protect the child, Vasudev exchanged Krishna at birth with the daughter of Nand and Yashoda. Krishna was raised by Yashoda in Gokul. As an adult, Krishna had 16,100 wives and over 100,000 sons. His primary wives were Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Nagnajiti, Kalindi, Madra, Mitravinda, and Bhadra, and he had prominent sons with each of them. Krishna's story is celebrated

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    Krishna was born to Devaki and Vasudev in prison, as the eighth child whose birth was prophesied to kill the tyrannical king Kans. To protect the child, Vasudev exchanged Krishna at birth with the daughter of Nand and Yashoda. Krishna was raised by Yashoda in Gokul. As an adult, Krishna had 16,100 wives and over 100,000 sons. His primary wives were Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Nagnajiti, Kalindi, Madra, Mitravinda, and Bhadra, and he had prominent sons with each of them. Krishna's story is celebrated

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    Story of Krishna Janmashtami | Lord

    Krishna's Family Tree

    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.
    Conclusion:
    When I talking about lord Krishna then there must I have
    remembering one Mahabharata Sloka come to my mind and that is,
    “यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
    अभ्यु त्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥
    परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दु ष्कृताम् ।
    धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि यु गे यु गे ॥”
    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.
    Thank You! Million-$-Knowledge

    || Jay Shree Krishna ||


    || Happy Janmashtami ||
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