Hare Krishna

As the most dreaded Daitya Kalanemi ruled over the entire Martyaloka and harassed the entire Public day and night, Bhagavan Vishnu terminated him but he came back in his next birth as Kamsha the son of Ugrasena; it was at that juncture there were a huge stock of Rakshasaas like Arishta, Dheniuka, Keshi, Pralamba, Naraka, Sunda, and Banasura the son of Bali Chakravarti and most of the Evil was spread over as Rulers of several Kingdoms. Devi Bhumi was unable to the bear the brunt of such Evil Forces and made a reverential appeal to all the Devas and through them to Brahma Deva and the latter made a powerful appeal to Bhagvan Vishnu to save the Earth which was being crushed by extraordinary pressure on account of the Evil as follows:

Dwi Vidye twamaamnaaya Paraa chai Paraa tathaa, tha yeva Bhavato rupey Murthaamritaatmakey Prabho/
Dwi Brahmaani twanoyoti Sthulaatman sarva Sravavit,
Shabdabrahma param chaiva Brahma  Brahmamasya yat/
Rigvedastwam Yajurvedassaama vedastwadharvanah,
Sikshaa Kalpo Niruktam cha  Chaando Jyotisha –mevacha/
Itihaasa Puraaneycha tathaa Vyakaranam Prabho,
Meemaasam Nyayashaastram Cha Dharmashaastraanyadhokshaja/
Aatmaatma deha gunavadvichaaraachari yaduuchah,
Tadyapa dyapatey naanyadadhyaatma Swarupavat/                                                                       
Twamavyakta nirdeshshyamachintya naamavarnavat,
Apaani paadarupamcha shuddham nityam paratparam/
Shrunoshya karnaha parisashyasi twama chakshureko bahu rupa rupah,
Apaadahasto javano graheetaa twam vetsi sarvam na cha Sarva Vedyah/
Anoraneeyaam samasataswa rupam twaam pashyato-jnaana nivrutti rugnayaa,
Dheerasya dheerasya bibharti naanyadwarenya rupaatparatah Paraatman/
Twam Vishwa naabhir bhuvanasya goptaa Sarvaani Bhutaani tawaantaraani,
Yadbhuta bhavyam yadanoraneeyah Pumaamstwamekah prakruteyh parastaat/
Ekaschardhvaa Bhagavaan hutaasho varchovibhutim Jagato dadaasi,
Twam Vishwataschakshurananta murtey tredhaapadam  twam  nidadhaasi dhaatah/
 Yadhaagnireko bahudhaa samidhyatey Vikaara bhedairavikaara rupah,
Tathaa bhavaan sarvagatairavi- kaara rupah,
Tathaa bhavaan sarva gataika rupee Rupaanya seshaanyanrupushyatisha/
Ekam twamagryam paramam padam yatpashyanti twaam Surayo jnaanadrushyam,
Twattho naanyad kinchidasti swarupam yadwaa bhutam  yaccha bhavyam Paraatman/
Vyaktaa- vyakta swarupastwam samashthi vyashthi rupavaan,
Sarvajnaassarvavitsarva shakti jnaana balardhimaan/
Anyunaschaapya vriddhischa swaadheeno naadimaanvashi,
Klamatan-draabhayakrodha kaamaadibhira samyutah/
Niravadyaha Parah Praapterniraadhi –shtoksharah kramah,
Sarveswarah paraadhaaro dhaamnaam dhaamaatmakokshayah/
Sakalaavaranaateeta niraalambana bhavana/
Maha Vibhuti samsthaana namastey Purushottama/
Naakaaranaatkaaranaadhwa Kaarana kaaranaatra cha,
Shareera grahanam vaapi Dharmatraanaaya kevalam/

 
(Prabho! You are beyond the reach of Veda’s voice; you are ‘Para’and ‘Aparaa’as both these Vidyaas are yours ; you are Murta or the Form and Amurta or Formless; you are the Tiniest and at the same time the most Enormous; the Sarva, the Sarvajna; you are both Shabda Brahma and Para Brahma; you are Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Saama Veda and Atharva Veda; You are the Vedangas like Siksha, Kalpa, Nirukti, Chhanda, Jyotisha Shaastra, the Itihasa, Purana, Vyakarana, Meemaamsa, Nyaaya and Dharma Shaastra; you are the Jeevaatma, Paramatma, Sthula-Sukshma Deha-Avyakta-Tatwamasi Vaakya; you are Anirvaachya, Naama varna rahita, Rupa rahita, Shuddha, Sanaatana, Paraapara; you are capable of hearing without ears, seeing without eyes; the Single but many; the speediest without feet and hands and unmindfully omni-scient; you are the gravitative power and saviour of the total Universe and the Universe itself is absorbed in you; the Unique Entity with minute knowledge of the happenings on your mental radar; you are the four faced Agni illuminating and facilitating Samsaara; you are the Trivikramaa keeping stakes / feet in the Three Worlds; Sarvajna, Sarva Saakshi, Sarva Shaktimaan, Sampurna Jnaana-Bala-Ishvraya; Ever-Cheerful and Joyous; Vridhhi rahita, Swaadheena, Anaadi, Jitendriya, deviod of fear, anger,desire, tiresomeness; you are Anindya or unrebukable, Niradhara, Avarana Shunya or limitless; and you are the root of Kaarana or the Cause and the Formless excepting for Dharma Raksha!). 

In response to the Stuti by Brahma, Bhagavan assured that two of his ‘Keshas’-one Shewta or white one and another a Shyama or dark complexion would be pulled out to soon descend as his ‘Amshas’or incarnations on Earth and lighten its weight by uprooting all the Evil Forces and advisedv the Devas also assume appropriate Rupas as human beings inn the task of destroying the Rakshasas and humans in the form of Rakshasas.Bhagavan further instructed Yoga maya to perform a series of deeds including the birth of six sons to Devaki [they were Kalanemi’s sons devoted to Vishnu and the father cursed the sons that they would be be killed by them in his hands in the next birth as per ‘Harivamsha’] As King Kamsa was obsessed with the warning of Sage Narada that the eighth child of Devaki would kill him, he imprisoned Devaki and his brother-in-law who agreed to deliver all his progeny as soon as they would be born, Kamsa spared killing them and merely imprisoned them. 

Now, the game plan that Vishnu explained to Yogamaya was as follows: She would  transfer Devaki’s seventh son who would be of Sesha’s Amsha as an embriyo into the Garbha of Vasudeva’s second wife Rohini so that the Public would believe that out of fear Devaki’s seventh child was a miscarriage but that Sesha-amsha would be known as Samkarshana as he would be implanted or attracted to Rohini’s garbha; the Ashtami Putra would be Bhagavan himself born to Devaki but Yogamaya would be conceived to Yashoda; there would be a transfer of Bhagavan Krishna by Vasudeva to Yashoda and the girl child Yogamaya would be brought back to Mathura in the prison of Devaki; as in the past, the Yoga maya , the so called Eighth child thus transferred would fly away and warn Kamsa that the real Bhagavan was already born and soon kill Kamsa.Bhagavan blessed Yogamaya to undertake the deeds assigned and Indra would take her as his own sister; she would kill a number of Rakshasaas like Shumbha and Nishumbha; she would be known as Bhuti, Sannati,  Kshaanti, Kaanti, Akasha, Prithwi, Dhruti, Lajja, Pushti, Usha and various other Shaktis in the Universe.

As per the plan indicated by Bhagavan Vishnu, he was born to Devaki Devi and along with Vasudeva gave his appearance in his full glorious form with four hands armed with Shankha-Chakra-Saranga and Gada for a while before taking the form of a boy; the violent winds sweeping Mathura herebefore bacame cool and calm by the midnight hour; Gandharvas sang tuneful hymns; Devatas showered celestial flowers from the heavens; clouds made lightenings and mild thunders from the sky; Vasudeva transferred the child to Gokula into the house of Yashoda and Nanda wading across the River Yamuna making way during the rain while Sesha Naga provided cover; and Vasudeva brought the female child Yogamaya from the bed of Yashoda who was unconscious back to the prison in Mathura. Meanwhile , the Security personnel of the prison of Devaki-Vasudeva were lulled to deep sleep till the ‘Operation of Child Transfers’, ie Bhagavan Krishna to Yashoda’s bed and of Yogamaya to that of Devaki’s. Kamsa reached the prison and despite the wailing protests of his sister sought to toss the child against a stone as he did to seven other babies in the past, but the child flew from his hands and appeared on the sky as a Mayashakti with eight hands and shouted at Kamsa:

Kim mayaa kshiptayaa Kamsa jaato yastwaam vadhishyati?

Sarvaswa bhuto Devaanaamaaseen mrutyuh puraa sa tey,

Tadetat samrpadhaaryaashu hitamaatmanah/

(Hey Kamsa! What is the use of your wasted breath in trying to toss me; your death would take place with certainty soon as the incarnation of Vishnu has already been born and would kill you again as you were the Kalanemi Daitya in your previous birth; so better plan soon to save your skin!) Having said, Devi Maha Maya disappeared. Kamsa then thought that there was no point in keeping Devaki and Vasudeva in prison and called for an urgent conference of his Daitya Allies like Keshini, Dhenuka, Putana, Arishta and others to chalk out an action plan to the Boy was was born and addressed  them as follows: ‘Devas headed by Indra are seeking to kill me and us headed by Jarasandha; we had already witnessed the trials of Devatas in several of battles in the past, when they could never show their chests but only their backs! Had Indra forgotten the recent incident of his trial to stop rains in our Kingdoms and we forced the clouds to burst out and we had plentiful of rains and crops!