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And now, the children's Krishna Book.
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Once upon a time the Earth goddess, Bhumi,
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became a cow and went to ask Lord Brahma
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for help. Crying she said: “The whole world
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is upset because now there are many
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kings on Earth who are really demons”. So
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Lord Brahma, who is the father of the
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Universe, and Bhumi and all the demigods
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went to the ocean of milk to see Lord
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Vishnu on His planet of Svetadvipa.
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There they offered their respectful
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obeisances to Lord Vishnu and chanted
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the Purusha Sukta prayers. Lord Vishnu
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said: “Soon I will come down to Earth as
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the son of Vasudeva, along with my
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brother and sister Balarama and Yogamaya.
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All of you demigods should take birth on
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Earth in the Yadu family. Then I will
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come Myself as the Supreme Lord Krishna,
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to save all the devotees and kill all
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the demons”.
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Sometime later Vasudeva, the son of the
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Yadu King, Surasena, married Devaki, the
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beautiful daughter of Devaka. After the
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Wedding, Devaki's brother Kamsa drove
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them home on a wonderful golden chariot.
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There were hundreds of other nice
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chariots, 200 of her young girlfriends,
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15,000 horses and 400 elephants nicely
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decorated with gold and garlands, along
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with wonderful music from conch-shells,
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bugles and drums.
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Suddenly, a great voice was heard from
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the sky: “Kamsa, you are such a fool, the
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eighth son of this sister will kill you”.
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Kamsa became afraid. Immediately he
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caught Devaki's hair and raised his
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sword to kill her. Vasudeva, her new
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Husband, stopped him and said: “My dear
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brother-in-law, please do not kill your
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own sister. She will never give you
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trouble. Right now you are safe. Whenever
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she has any children, I promise to give
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them all to you”.
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Kamsa knew that Vasudeva would keep
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his promise, so he did not kill her. After
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Devaki had her first baby, the great
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devotee Narada Muni came to Kamsa and
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said: “Kamsa be careful of the friends and
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demigods born in the families of Nanda
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Maharaja, the cowherd men and Vasudeva.
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They are all getting ready for Krishna
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to come. He is sure to kill all the
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demoniac kings of the world”.
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Kamsa and his friends were all demons, so
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they were always afraid of the demigods
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and Kamsa was especially very very
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afraid that he would be killed by
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Krishna, who was taking birth in the Yadu
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family. So he locked up Vasudeva and
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Devaki and his own father Ugrasena
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inside a prison. Then Kamsa made himself
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the king. He began to disturb all the Yadu
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family and even killed the six baby
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boys born to Devaki and Vasudeva, one
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after another.
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Krsna's sister, Yogamaya, took Devaki's
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seventh baby Balarama away and put him
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safely in Vrindavan with Rohini, in the
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house of Nanda and Yashoda. Then Krishna
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was ready to come as the eighth son of
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Devaki, the baby Kamsa feared the most.
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As the days went by, an ocean of hate
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grew in Kamsa's heart. He waited for the
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child to be born, hoping to kill Him as
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he had killed Devaki's other six sons. He
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was always thinking of Krishna 24 hours
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a day, while sleeping, eating, working,
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while talking, sitting or walking, all
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Kamsa could see around him was Krishna,
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Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Krishna.
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Devaki became very happy waiting for
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Krsna's birth. All the demigods and Narada
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visited her to tell her: “Do not be afraid
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killed by the demon Kamsa. Krishna is
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coming just to kill all the demons
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everywhere in the world, so His devotees
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can live peacefully”. At the time of
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Krishna's birth there were nice signs
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everywhere. The planets and stars moved
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to good positions in the skies. The
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rivers were full of clear flowing waters
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and the lakes were full of lotus flowers.
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The forests were full of beautiful
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singing birds and dancing peacocks. The
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soft winds smelled of sweet flowers. The
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Brahmin priests found their homes very
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nice for offering prasadam to the Lord
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and for sacrifices. The gandharvas and
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kinnaras began to sing. The sidhas and
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charanas offered prayers. The apsaras
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began to dance and the great sages and
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demigods showered flowers from the skies.
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Then, in the darkness of night, during a
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heavy rainstorm, Lord Vishnu appeared as
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the supreme personality of Godhead
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before Devaki, who also looked like a
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demigoddess. Vasudeva saw his wonderful
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baby son with four hands holding a conch-
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shell, club, disc and lotus flower, and
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flashing his bright effulgence within
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the room. He had the special mark of
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Srivatsa on his chest, a yellow curl of
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hair, and the jeweled necklace with the
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Kaustuva stone around his neck. He was
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dressed in yellow silk, valuable golden
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bracelets, bangles, earrings and other
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ornaments all over His body. He had a
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full head of thick hair and wore a
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helmet with the vaidurya stone. |