|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 167 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 18

Naham Bhakshithavan Amba  Sarve Midhyabhishamsina: | Yadhi Sathyagirastharhi Samaksham Pashyame Mukham|| Yadhyevam  Tharhi Vyadhehithyuktha: Sa Bhagavan Hari: | Vyadhaththavyahathaishwarya: Kreedamanuja Balaka: ||

The two little beautiful children, Balaram and Krishna began to walk, adorned in various precious ornaments all over the body that produce jingling noises, looking at their mothers, smiling at them affectionately, the two mothers were watching in awe, seeing their children keeping baby steps and they felt extremely proud.  Slowly the children started moving  all over the courtyard and huge cow shed covered their body in dust and cow dung, mothers did not bother about the appearance of  their children, whenever they see their children affectionately,  their bosom starts overflowing with milk, they immediately carry their children and feed with extreme pleasure.  The children of cowherds run behind the two lovely children to get hold of them, but these two would rush behind their mothers and take shelter in them.  In this way, these two lovely children raptured the attention of the entire people of Vraja.  They started running behind the calves and cows holding their tails, Devi Yasodha had to run behind them and get hold of the children, the children have started running behind all the animals in the Vraja holding their tails, Devi Yasodha is extremely worried about the safety of the children.  The little Krishna became too uncontrollable, he unfastens the cows and calves and force them to leave the shed without the knowledge of his parents and repeated the same in the house of cowherds of Vraja, when they run behind the cows and calves, he claps loudly and watching them. The little Krishna with a group of children of cowherds began to steal butter, curd, and milk from the homes of villagers, when they get hold of him, would manage the situation with his foolish answers.  The people of Vraja were tired of protecting curd, milk, and butter in their homes, so they have started hanging the mud pot of curd and butter on the roof with the hope that children cannot reach.  The little Krishna throws stones aiming at the mud pot and gets all that stored in his mouth.  Once, he was caught in hand by a cowherd while stealing the curd, was spew out the curd all over her face and ran out of her home. In this way, he performed various childhood pranks upon the young maiden of cowherds; they were tired of complaining about the children to Devi Yasodha who flatly refused all the complaints.  Little Krishna found that the cowherds began to store their curd, milk, and butter hanging on the roof, he cleverly moves the grinding stone under the hanging mud pot and began to steal, sometimes break the mud pot and leave their homes.  The cowherds were tired of protecting dairy products and mud pots from the children, they frequently complain to Devi Yasodha who questions her child, would get back funny answers in reply that the entire cowherds are liars, further he manipulate Devi Yasodha with his beautiful smile and childish answers.  In this way, Krishna continued stealing the butter, curd, and milk from the houses of cowherds, gradually he was stealing their hearts as well.  Later, they began to wait for the little child of Yasodha to come home and steal their dairy products, to get an eyeful of his lovely appearance, they truly forgot all their worries and troubles of life seeing the mischief of lovely Krishna, in this way he has become inseparable part from their lives. They eagerly wait for the little Krishna to visit their homes, and considered his visits as the blessing of Lord. 

|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 166 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 17

Devi Yasodha was feeding her child after the dreadful incident of the whirlwind, little Krishna opened his tiny mouth and yawned while taking a mouthful of milk.  Devi Yasodha looked at his tiny mouth and perplexed, she witnessed sky, stars, Surya, Agni, Chandra, ocean, island, woods, hills, mountains, and the entire Universe.  Devi Yasodha closed her eyes instantly, in this way, the Little Krishna performed an amusement to his mother.

The face of the supreme Lord represents sound and wisdom, the place where the twice-born have initiated.  The function of creation takes place from the friction of matters as per the Law of physics; hence the supreme spirit  is often mentioned as ‘supernatural power’ that causes the creation with the union of Prakrithi which undergoes constant transformation.  The little Krishna opened his mouth to reveal the eternal truth that the entire Universe and its living beings are merged in him.  The constant contemplation and meditation upon the Supreme Lord with intense devotion and faith would provide the ultimate knowledge/Paramarththa Thaththva of supreme soul who resides as soul in living beings, the knowledge of ‘Oneness-in-All’ and its all-pervading nature.

Shuka Bhramam speaks “ Oh! Rajan, once Sage Gargacharya who is the preceptor of Vasudeva and Yadhu clan, met Vasudeva and enquired about the naming ceremony of the children.  Vasudeva reverentially greeted his preceptor and requested to perform the naming ceremony of the children in Gokulam.  Thus, Gargacharya arrived in the palace of Nandababa was received with great honor, washed his feet and provided a comfortable seat for him and speaks “ Oh! Guro, kindly advise me about your visit, I am fortunate to receive you and our home is purified with your presence.  Therefore kindly give me instruction to perform the naming ceremony of the children and bless them.”  Gargacharya speaks “Oh! Nanda, Listen to me, I am anxious to do that.   I am the preceptor of Yadhavas If I have performed the naming ceremony of your children, Kamsa may mistake them as children of Devi Devaki and Vasudeva.  You might have heard the tragic death of six children in the hands of Kamsa, and the girl child who reached the abode of supreme Lord.” Nandababa replied “Oh! Guro, I have a humble request to you, once the cowherds leave the village to grace their cows, there will be no one in the Vraja, at that moment you can perform the naming ceremony of the children without anyone’s knowledge.”  Thus, they have decided to perform the naming ceremony of the children secretly. Devi Rohini gave bath to her son and attired him in lion clothe, adorned in sandalwood paste and vermilion, and tied the knot on the upper head.  Devi Yasodha gave bath to her child, attired him in a loincloth, tied knot on the upper head, and decorated his forehead with vermilion and sandal paste.  Gargacharya took the elder one, son of Devi Rohi, on his lap and said “ Oh! Nanda, this child would perform various amusements and entertain his friends, so I am naming him ‘Rama’; moreover, he is having powerful bodily features so I call him ‘Balarama’.  He will unite the entire clan of Yadhus with his power, so I name him ‘Sankarshana’.”  Gargacharya turned to the little child of Yasodha and spoke “ Oh! Mahabhaga Even though he has two complexions, he is dark-complexioned, so I name him ‘Krishna’, previously he was born as the son of Vasudeva, therefore I name him ‘Vasudeva’ too.  This child has numerous names; he will be named in accordance with his Guna and Karma, even I am incompetent to describe them all.  This child of yours will perform numerous amusements and protect the entire Vraja from all the dangers.  Oh! Nanda, your child possesses all the virtues of Lord Narayana.  This child will have all the Shriya/richness and Keerthi/fame, therefore protect your child/completely surrender to the supreme Lord. Oh! Mahabhaga, you are fortunate one to have a child-like Lord Vishnu who has the virtues of Lord Narayana.”  Thus, Gargacharya left the palace of Nandababa.

|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 165 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 16

Dhaithyo Namna Thrinavarththa: Kamsabhrithya: Pranodhitha: | Chakravatha Swaroopena Jaharasinamarbakam ||

Once, Devi Yasodha was entertaining her little child on lap, singing a lullaby and taking extreme pleasure looking at his lovely face.  Suddenly, the atmosphere of the entire Gokulam has become alarming with dust storm, eventually, the complete vision was lost.  The divine child understood the sand storm is not an ordinary one; it was a demon named Thrinavarththa assigned by Kamsa to kill the children of Gokulam.  Immediately the little child of Yasodha increased his weight, Devi Yasodha was mystified, watching sudden heaviness of the child on her lap.  She has assumed that the baby has put on weight as he was taking pleasure in her bosom milk for quite some time.  Devi Yasodha kept the child on the floor, and turn aside from looking for something.  Soon, the demon Thrinavarththa in the form of whirlwind wrapped the child with its powerful wind.  The people of the entire Gokulam were screamed in extreme fear, they could not open eyes because of the dust, and vision became absolutely zero.  Devi Yasodha was panic-struck, searching for her child, but found he was missing.  Devi Yasodha cried out loudly, eventually lost her consciousness, the cowherds produced shriek out of fear and anxiety. The demon Thrinavarththa started feeling the extraordinary heaviness of the thing he has picked up from the courtyard of Nandababa, doubted that he has picked up some heavy rock instead of the child in a hurry, it has become impossible to keep a hold on the child due to its extreme heaviness.  The little Krishna caught on the neck of Thrinavarththa and squeezed him,   remembered his Mother who was besieged with intense grief upon the missing of the child, at that moment he took the life out of demon Thrinavarththa who fell on the ground with a loud thud.  The cowherds stunned to hear the loud noise, saw little Krishna holding tightly on the neck of a cow fallen dead on the ground.  The people of Vraja felt relieved to see the child safe and sound.   They believed that the child was returned safely with their sincere prayers; they spoke to each other that their prayers and austerities protected the child and cheered at the safe return of the child.  Devi Yasodha regained her life, picked up the child affectionately, once again started feeding her bosom milk and forgot herself in the beautiful smile of Little Krishna.  Nandababa remembered the words of Vasudeva who pointed out the bad omens he had been witnessing for the past few days.

The demon Thrinavarththa represents the human mind and intellect that’s wedged on the silly matters/Thrina +Avarththa = grass /silly + repetition/.  The human mind and intellect have immense strength of a whirlwind, the constant anxiousness and thoughts over the silly matters could cause severe consequences like depression and mental illnesses.  The legend of Thrinavarththa Moksha depicts the victory of little child Krishna over the whirlwind like demon Thrinavarththa.  The mind and intellect that immersed in the constant contemplation upon the supreme Lord who resides as a soul could easily win over the whirlwind like a cluster of unwanted thoughts that causes depression and endless miseries.  

|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 164 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 15

Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran is the essence of Veda, it teaches the quintessence of Bakthi, Gnana and Vairagya.   The legends of various passionate sports of supreme Lord Krishna enhances devotion, it brings huge transformation in the listeners/readers as well.   The Veda and Upanishads are not easily understandable, therefore Maharishi Vedavyasa described the core spirit of Veda through the various Puranas. The devotion to supreme Lord would bring the serenity of mind, it removes cluster of unwanted thoughts of the listener/reader as well as the people surrounded by them, and ultimately it brings union with the Supreme Lord.  The human body is meant as ‘Shakata’/wheel, mind and intellect can wedge with body-conscious/’I’ consciousness or supreme consciousness.  The body consciousness constantly seeks people and material comforts for its well being, eventually, it will heave into extreme grief and misery.  The supreme consciousness removes the attachments to worldly matters and bondage; eventually, it leads to the state of supreme bliss, it can be achieved with the gradual process through the constant practice of meditation.  The legend of Shakatasura Vadham intends to transform the human intellect from ‘I’ consciousness to supreme consciousness. The human body is not only meant for taking pleasure in worldly matters and become ashes at the end, but it also has to be utilized for the realization of supreme Bhramam as well.

King Pareekshith speaks “ Oh! Prabho, you have described the marvelous passionate sport of Krishna, kindly narrate the various pastimes of Lord Krishna which brings the coolness of breeze to the ears. It removes unwanted thoughts in the mind and brings pleasantness to heart, and increases devotion to the supreme Lord; eventually, it creates an unbreakable companionship with the supreme Lord.  Therefore, kindly describe the passionate sport of Lord Krishna elaborately.”

Shuka Bhramam speaks “ Oh! Rajan, days have passed, Devi Yasodha immersed in attending and taking care of her little child who is Parambramam.   One day she noticed her infant on the cradle changed its position, it was turned on stomach and it was the day of the birth star of the child.  Devi Yasodha and Nandababa decided to celebrate the moment with the neighboring cowherds, and serve a sumptuous meal.  They have invited several twice-born and cowherds on that occasion, the twice-born were received with great honor and provided an abundance of charities.  Soon the whole village assembled in the palace of Nandababa.  The cowherds were received with great pleasure and offered various gifts.   Devi Yasodha fed the child and put him in the cradle to sleep and kept the cradle under the emptied bullock cart in the courtyard so that the child could get a good comfortable sleep.  The husband and wife engaged in receiving people and serving them with gifts and cooking meals for them.  None of them could attend the child, the entire village people were too busy with their work assigned in the celebration.  The divine child understood the empty cart was not an ordinary one, it slowly moved to the cradle of the baby as if it was going to crush the cradle.  Soon, the little child cried in a loud voice, no one could listen to his cries, he stretched out both the legs with a great force and kicked the cartwheel, in a moment the cart flew in the sky and fallen on the ground with a big thud, eventually it broken into pieces.  The loud voice of the broken cart took the attention of the people assembled; they were alarmed and ran out to check the baby under the cart.  They were frightened and mystified to see the wooden cart in several pieces; they looked at each other and enquired the reason for it.  The children of cowherds around the cart informed that they have seen the little child of Devi Yasodha kicked forcefully with its legs and the next moment the bullock cart flew into the sky and fallen on the ground, broken in several pieces.  Nandababa and Devi Yasodha were not willing to believe the children and called off it as made up stories,  they believed that it was something went wrong with the arrangements of things in the courtyard.  Further, they commented that nothing serious has happened because of the presence of innocent and good-hearted cowherds and the noble Bhramins and their wishes.  Devi Yasodha took the child carefully and gave a bath.  In this way, Lord Krishna performed an amusement while he was an infant, and provided Moksha to the demon Shakatasura.” 

|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

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Poothana Loka Balaghni Rakshasi Rudhirashana | Jighamsayapi Haraye  Sthanam  Dhaththvapa Sadhgathim || Yathu  Dhanyapi Sa  Swargamavapa Jananim Gathim | Krishna Bhuktha Sthanaksheera: Kimu Gavo Nu Mathara: ||

Vasudeva embraced Nandababa and congratulated him at the birth of the child, he revealed extreme happiness but he did not share the truth with Nandababa that the child in his home was Vasudeva’s child.  He inquired about the child born to Devi Rohini and advised Nandababa to return to Gokulam at the earliest.   Vasudeva informed Nandababa about Kamsa’s plan to take away the life of newborns in the cities and nearby villages, moreover, he was also felt bad omen recently about the safety of the child, he urged Nandagopa to return to Gokulam.  Nandababa said “I have heard the tragic death of children of Devi Devaki, also heard the girl child born was reached the supreme abode.  The person who is aware of the greatest philosophies of the soul would not grieve over the incidents happened.”  Vasudeva said “ Oh! Nandababa, If you have paid off the taxes, kindly return to Gokulam, I am witnessing many bad omens on the safety of the child.”  Nandababa hurried back to his village.

Poothana has already started her mission to kill newborn and children of the city of Mathura and nearby villages, she has decided to go to Gokulam where there are two children newly born in the palace of Nandababa.  Poothana assumed a form of attractive young woman, attired in marvelous garments, and had a lovely appearance.  Poothana arrived at the palace of Nandababa, there she found a large number of young women of cowherds, were staring at her in awe, at the loveliness of Poothana.  She entered inside the palace and found two newborn children in the cradle, one was fair complexioned and another one was dark-complexioned.  The moment Poothana entered the palace, the supreme Lord who resides as the supreme soul in living beings closed his eyes at the arrival of Balakaghni/ murder of children.  Poothana took the little Krishna without the knowledge that she was holding a venomous serpent, she moved to the corner of the palace, and put him on her lap; she looked around for people to check if anyone is watching her and found she is safe with the child.  The cowherds mistook Poothana as one of the members of the family of Nandababa after witnessing her beautiful appearance, so they did not pay attention to her.  Little Krishna fixed his gaze at the huge bosom and realized the presence of venom in it; he enthusiastically took a mouthful of milk from her bosom, along with her Prana.  Poothana started feeling suffocated and uneasy, she shrieked out loudly in extreme pain ‘Leave me, Leave me’ she was trying to pull out the child from her bosom, she cried out for leaving her bosom, but the little child did not leave her bosom, she realized all her strength has gone, found herself frail at the hands of the child who was holding her bosom tightly with hands and mouth.  Ultimately, she had lost her beautiful appearance, her mouth turned out a huge cave, and her body grew into massive form, and her body fell on the floor like a huge uprooted tree.  The cowherds assembled were shocked and worried about the safety of the child.  Thus, Poothana who was entered in the Palace with attractive form turned out a dreadful demon, the cowherds assembled were terrified.  Her body resembled a huge mountain, and her bosom stood up like two peaks, and the little child was playing over the summit.  The cowherds screamed out of fear, Devi Yasodha has fallen unconscious, but soon she regained her original form, found the child is safe on the top of Poothana.  They found the little Krishna playing happily on top of her; they hurried to the child and carried him.  They noticed the bluish stain of venom on the lips of the little child, realized that it is poison.   One of the cowherds advised Devi Yasodha to take the child to Goshala and pour urine of the cow to remove the stain of poison.  The baby was given a bath with the urine of cow and recited the glorious hymns of Balaraksha Kavacha/sacred armor to protect the child.  They praised the various incarnations of Lord Vishnu to protect each and every limb of a little child, further the cow dung and the sand from the hooves was used to pray to remove all the ill-effects on the little child who was taking extreme pleasure in the affection of cowherds.

Nandababa arrived in the palace and saw a large number of people assembled. He was informed about the tragic incident happened to the little child of Devi Yasodha.  They immediately chopped the body of Poothana into pieces and brought out of the palace and set to fire, there was the rich fragrance of Agaru spread all over the place from the funeral pyre of Poothana.  Even though Poothana approached the divine child with an intention to destroy him, was attained liberation.   Devi Yasodha took her child and fed him with her bosom.   

Ya Yethath  Poothanamoksham Krishnasyarbhakam Athbhutham | Shrunuyath Shradhdhaya Marththyo Govindhe Labathe Rathim ||

Whoever listens or reads the legend of ‘Poothana Moksham’ would attain intense devotion at the lotus feet of Lord Govinda. Whoever surrenders to the supreme Lord would achieve Paramam Gathi. 

The human body is impure therefore it is called Poothana = Pootha+Na = impure, mind and intellect can be either Poothana or Poothathma/supreme soul.   The people who are reluctant to practice devotion are called ‘Poothana’.  Finally, Poothana attained Moksham in the hands of the Supreme Lord, even though she was fed him with the poison/Ahamkara/ego; she has attained the status of his Mother.  She surrendered to supreme Lord and gave away her Prana as well as Ahamkara, eventually attained Moksha.   The intellect and mind attached to worldly matters and bondage get impure, on the other hand, if it is united with the supreme soul/Poothathma, it remains pure and unblemished.

|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 162 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 13

Moolam Hi  Vishnur Devanam Yathra Dharma: Sanathana | Thasya Cha  Bhrama Go Viprasthapo Yajja: Sadhakshina: || Thasman Sarvathmana Rajan Bhramanan Bhramavadhina: | Thapasvino Yajjasheelan Gashcha Hanmo Havirdhukha: || Vipra  Gavashcha  Vedashcha  Thapa:  Sathyam Dhama:  Shama: | Shradhdha Dhaya  Thithiksha  Cha Krathashchava  Haresthanu: ||

Shuka Bhramam speaks “ Oh! Rajan, on that night Kamsa called for an emergency meeting of members of the assembly, to discuss the divine voice heard on the day of the marriage of Devi Devaki and Vasudeva, which declared his death.  Finally, the assembly has passed a verdict to kill the newborns and children/Bhramahimsa in the city of Mathura and nearby villages.  Poothana, one of the prominent members in the assembly of Kamsa was extremely happy and declared her willingness to take up the work immediately.  They were thoroughly aware of the strength of supreme Lord Vishu who is Sanathana/primordial, symbolizes righteousness, Bhramam, twice-born, Yajja, etc. they considered Lord Vishnu as their enemy who has caused problems for  Kamsa, so they have decided to stir up Vishnu by tormenting ascetics,  Vipras and cows, creating obstacles for fire sacrifices, religious as well as the spiritual rites.  Thus, Kamsa left the assembly with the hope that his people would find a way to eradicate the cause of his death.   The next day onwards, Poothana and King’s men conducted their unruly act of killing children in the city of Mathura and neighboring villages.

It was early dawn in Gokulam, Devi Yasodha saw a beautiful child of dark cloud complexioned on her side, it has striking curly hair locks, and its eyes were wide open, looking at its mother.  Devi Yasodha affectionately took the child and gave the first bath and adorned the child with divine ornaments and clothes, his forehead was decorated with Haridhra Kumkum and sandal paste.  Nandababa informed everyone in the village, he performed numerous charities, gave away thousands of cows to Vipras.  The entire Gokulam was in a festive mood.  Earlier, Devi Rohini who is the wife of Vasudeva gave birth to a male child; she rushed to congratulate the couple, she gifted the child with a precious neck ornament.  All the cowherds in Gokulam assembled to participate in the festivities in the house of Nandababa.  The women of cowherds attired in excellent garments, their face was decorated with vermilion, sandal paste, and eyeliner, adorned in various ornaments on the chest and ear, decorated with flowers on their hairs rushed to the house of Nandababa, the streets of the Gokulam filled with flowers while they were hurrying to the palace of Nandababa.  The entire Gokulam was overjoyed at the birth of the child of Devi Yasodha and Nandhababa.  They were carrying milk and curd from their homes and splashing the milk and curd on each other revealing their extreme happiness and danced in the pool of mud created with the curd and butter.  The people of Gokulam heartily celebrated the arrival of the newborn of Devi Yasodha and Nandababa.  While the people were cheering, a messenger from the court of Kamsa arrived in the palace of Nandababa to inform him the Tax amount is due to pay.   Nandababa could not participate in the joy of the people of Gokulam, he had to rush to Mathura to pay off the Tax.  Before leaving, Nandababa arranged the cowherds to take care of the people of his palace and activities.  Instantly he remembered Vasudeva who lost his seven children and a girl child lost recently, decided to meet him and pacify him.  Vasudeva got the news of the arrival of Nandababa in Mathura, so he went to meet the place where Nandababa arrived.  Nandabada pacified Vasudeva who was mourning at the terrible death of his children.

|| Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya ||

Chapter – 161 – The legend of Lord Krishna – 12

Tham Greehithva Charanayor  Jathamathram Swasu: Sutham | Apodhayaschilaprishte Swaroththonmoolitha Sauhridha: || Sa  Thadhdhastha Samputhpathya Sadhyo Devambaram Gatha| Adhrishyathanuja  Vishno: Sa Ayudhashta Mahabhuja || Dhivyasrangambaralepa Rathnabaranabhooshitha| Dhanu: Shooleshu Charmasi Shankha Chakra Gadhadhara|| Sidhdha Charana Gandharvai Apsara: Kinnaroragai: | Upahrithoru Balibhi:  Sthooyamanedh Abhraveeth || Kim Maya Hathaya Mandha Jatha: Khalu Thavanthakrith | Yathra Kva  Va Poorva Shathrurma  Himsi: Kripanan Vridha || 

The sudden loud shriek by the girl child in the utter silence of the palace created trepidation among the guards; they have understood that the eighth child of Devi Devaki is the death of their King Kamsa.  They rushed to Kamsa and informed the birth of the eighth child.  It was early hours of dawn; Kamsa was still in the bed, the guards rushed to the chamber of Kamsa.  On the previous night Kamsa had a nightmare that he was mounted on the donkey which is considered as inauspicious sign warns the nearness of death.  Kamsa got out of the bed, took his sharp sword and rushed to the prison. There he found Devi Devaki holding the child close to her bosom, with tears overflowing begged to Kamsa “ Oh! Brother, this is girl child, would be your daughter-in-law in future, she could not be your death, she is not your enemy, kindly do not kill her and leave her alive.  You have already killed my seven children and I have lost one in my womb.  We are your sincere servant, kindly leave this child, we are not your enemies.”  Kamsa did not feel pity towards Devi Devaki.

Shuka Bhramam continues “ Oh! Rajan, Kamsa seized the child from the hands of Devi Devaki who was holding the child close to her chest, he took hold of the feet of the infant, the body of the child was hanging upside down, Kamsa prepared to thrash the child on the floor, even though Kamsa expected merciless death of the child, but the child slipped out of his hands.  Kamsa witnessed a dreadful black complexioned form of a female deity with eight hands holding various weapons like Shankha, Chakra, Gadha, and Shoola,  she was attired in magnificent garments, adorned in various precious ornaments, she was surrounded by Yaksha, Kinnara, Gandharva, Apsara, Uraga, etc., eulogizing her glories,  she has produced a deafening laugh and began to speak “ Oh! Fool, Oh! Ignorant one, you are not going to gain nothing after killing me.  Your enemy is already born in this world. Do not kill innocent children and accumulate your sins,” 

In a sudden moment, Kamsa became apologetic for his foolishness towards the innocent children who faced death in his hands, he approached Vasudeva and Devi Devaki and begged for forgiveness for his merciless acts and said “ Oh! Devi, I was under the influence of delusion, all those circumstances forced me to kill all your children, Oh! Devi, do not grieve over the children who faced death in my hands, they are fortunate ones, they have received the fruits of their Karma, all the living beings on the Earth is bound by ‘Time’, and they have to consume the fruit of their Karma.  The human body has to take birth and undergoes death; the mind and intellect which originates from the supreme soul do not face its ruin.  Oh! Devi, we are bound by Karma, I have become the cause of death of your children, you have become the victim to witness the pathetic death of your children, therefore kindly accept the death of your children as a part of the Karma and elevate your soul.  Oh! Devi, the soul has no death, it is eternal, and the body has to undergo ruin. I have been merciless to you.  Kindly forgive me.”  Kamsa fell at the feet of Devi Devaki and Vasudeva and begged for forgiveness, and released Vasudeva and Devi Devaki from the prison.”

Vasudeva speaks “ Oh! Mahabhaga, Oh! Kamsa, this world is drenched in ignorance, sorrow, fear, anger, jealous, pride, etc.. Therefore the people tend to forget the Oneness-in- all, the existence of the Supreme Lord as a soul in all the living beings, without the knowledge of the nature of the supreme soul and the law of Karma which never spares a single individual, the humans cannot elevate their souls.”