The story
King Kamsa, warned that his sister Devaki’s eighth son would kill him, imprisoned Devaki and Vasudeva in Mathura. When Krishna was born the guards slept and the doors opened, and Vasudeva carried the baby across the Yamuna to Nanda and Yashoda in Gokul.1
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- Encyclopedia Krishna Janmashtami — Wikipedia · accessed 2026-11-08
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