Life and legends

Descent and great journey

Krishna was born in the month of Bhadrapada at 12 o'clock in the night in Krishna Paksha on Ashtami Tithi, Rohini Nakshatra. Krishna's birthday is celebrated in the name of Janmashtami all over the world including India, Nepal, America. Krishna was born in the prison of Mathura. He was the 8th child of mother Devaki and father Vasudev. According to the description of Shrimad Bhagwat, Bhojvanshi king Ugrasen ruled in Mathura in Dwaparayuga. He had a ferocious son, Kansa, and a sister, Devaki. Devaki was married to Vasudev. Kansa imprisoned his father and himself became the king of Mathura. Kansa was to die at the hands of his nephew, Devaki's 8th child. Kansa also imprisoned his sister and brother-in-law in the prison of Mathura and killed all the children of Devaki one after the other. When Krishna was born at midnight, the prison doors opened automatically and all the soldiers were sleeping. The shackles on Vasudev's hands were also removed. Yashoda, the wife of Nand, a resident of Gokul, was also going to have a child. Vasudev kept his son in the soup and left the prison.

Many Indian texts state that all hundred sons of Gandhari die in the legendary Kurukshetra war (war of the Mahabharata). On the night before Duryodhana's death, Krishna sent his condolences to Gandhari. Gandhari accuses Krishna of deliberately not ending the war, and in anger and sorrow curses him that everyone in her own "Yadu dynasty" will perish along with him. According to the Mahabharata, a fight breaks out among the Yadavas during a festival, in which they kill each other. A few days later, a hunter named Jara shoots Krishna while sleeping under a tree, mistaking him for a deer. Krishna forgives Jara and leaves his body. The pilgrimage (tirtha) site of Bhalka in Gujarat marks the place where Krishna ended his incarnation and returned to Vaikuntha. It is also known as Dehotsarg. The Bhagavata Purana, Chapter 31, states that after his death, Krishna returned directly to Vaikuntha because of his yogic concentration. Even the waiting gods like Brahma and Indra did not find the way for Krishna to leave his human incarnation and return to Vaikuntha.

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