Birth of Loard Krishna

Birth of Lord Krishna

Sri Krishna was born in a prison cell in the city of Mathura, in the banks of river Yamuna, approximately 3000 year before the birth of Jesus Christ. It was predicted that his birth would spell the death of his wicked uncle Kamsa. This prompted the Kamsa to put in prison his sister Devaki and her husband Vasu Deva and ordered that each child of theirs should be put to death as soon as it is born.

But, inscrutable are the ways of providence and the eight child was born to the accompaniment of thunder and lighting and this was Krishna a blue baby boy like a lotus flowers with a beautiful smile on his tiny lips. Seeing this extraordinary baby, the parents bowed down in a reverential attitude.

A voice was heard directing Vasu Deva to take the child to Gokulam and entrust him to Yasodha and bring back her baby girl to Mathura. All the prison doors opened and the river parted for Vasudeva to take the child to Gokulam and bring back the baby girl to Matura. Krishna is the eighth of the ten incarnation of Maha Vishnu and he slew Kamsa and wiped out all the other wicked demons. Krishna was a formidable warrior, an unsurpassed statesman, the greatest philosopher and world teacher.

Declaring himself the teacher of universe, Krishna reveals to Arjuna the most profound knowledge and expounds the importance of duty above everything else. This is how he happened to deliver the eternal message of the Bhagavad Gita.

Indeed the Bhagavad Gita which forms part of Mahabharata is the most popular religious poem of Sanskrit literature. It is said to be the most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song and is the most influential work in Indian thought.

Resources: “Sri Krishna Jayanthi-Birth of Lord Krishna” by Chelvatamby Maniccavasagar