Lord Krishna father mother names

[paul linus]

Biological parents of Lord Krishna were Lomg Vasudeva and his first wife Devaki but he was brought up by Nanda Baba and Yashoda in Gokul.

 

[Nil Thapliyal]

According to Bhagavad Purana the King Vasudeva was a Yadav prince. He was son of King Shurasena.

According to Harivansa Purana Nanda Baba was his brother (cousin). Nanda Baba was into the professional of rearing cattle. He was not a king.

 

[paul linus]

Yes, Nanda Baba was a Gwala. He is also known as Nanda Gopa or simply Nand. This is the reason Krishna is also addressed as Nandlal.

Nand was the head of Gopas, which was a caste system then. The Gopas were cattle herdsmen.

 

[Nil Thapliyal]

Vasudeva had taken Krishna on the first day of his birth to Nanda with a request to raise him so that his uncle Kansa cannot kill him as he did to other new-born babies of the couple.

 

[paul linus]

Yes, Kamsa had killed six babies of Vasudev and Devaki as there was a prediction that he would die by their eighth child. Krishna was the 8th child.

The seventh child was Balarama. Hindu texts write when Balarama was conceived he was moved from the womb of Devaki to that of Rohini.

So Rohini is the surrogate mother of Balarama.

 

[Nil Thapliyal]

Very true. Devaki's cousin Kamsa was the ruler of Vrishni kingdom. In the Puranas he is described as rakshasa (demon). He overthrew his father Ugrasena (not biological father) and became king of Mathura. Once he head a heavenly voice that said Devaki's 8th son will kill him.

He wanted to kill Devaki but Vasudeva saved her saying all their babies will be handed over to him.

 

[paul linus]

Krishna returned to Mathura and killed Kamsa. Ugrasena was again made the king of Mathura. He was then just 11 years and six months old.

 

[Nil Thapliyal]

The cowherd chief Nanda Baba too is worshiped. His capital Nandagaon is a religious place. It is near Barsana in Braj, Uttar Pradesh. He resided here with followers and other cowherds. His residence is called as Nanda Bhawan. First three years of Lord Krishna's childhood were spent here. It houses a famous temple too called Mahavan.

 

[paul linus]

There is one thing missing in this discussion. Krishna was exchanged with Yosada's daughter Yoganidra or Yogamaya. Both the babies were born on the same day. Yosada was not aware of the exchange and believed she had given birth to a son. Well, back at the Kamsa's end, he found Yogamaya as the 8th child of Devaki and tried killing him. She assumed her real form of Devi. She flew to the sky. Thereafter she retired in Vindhya hills, which is now called as Vindhyavasini Devi.

 

[Nil Thapliyal]

Yogamaya was the incarnation of Durga. She vanished while Kamsa tried to kill her, but she predicted that Kamsa will be killed at the hands of Krishna. She is worshiped by Hindus at Yogmaya Temple, which is a Hindu temple shakti peetha. It is in Mehrauli, New Delhi, near to Qutb minar.