He fought with his father and put him prison and usurped the kingdom and declared as himself as the king. His sister Devaki came to marriageable age and as he loved her as an intimate brother, he wanted give her in marriage to a most eligible person. In fact Ugrasen had already decided Vasudev a high ranking official of the army as his son-in-law. Kansa also liked Vasudev and was happy to give his sister to Vasudev.
The marriage was celebrated in grand manner. For sending the bride and groom Kamsa himself decided to be the horse cart driver.
He was about to move the cart when there was a heavenly voice an anonymous voice which made an announcement that his sister Devaki's 8th so will kill Kamsa.
He was terribly angry and immediately put the bride and bridegroom in his prison. His sister in due course delivered a child and immediately Kamsa arranged to kill the child in spite of pleadings that the 8th child is the potential danger and not the other ones. But Kamsa did not listen and killed.
Like this 7 children were killed. Devaki conceived eighth time. Vasudev and Devaki were very sad as they cannot do anything to protect the child. Kamsa had arranged guards to inform him about the delivery so that the child can be killed. When the delivery time neared there was heavy rain and the night was pitch dark. There was a heavenly voice saying to Devaki and Vasudev that Vasudev should take it immediately to Dwaraka where the ruler Nandagopa's wife also has delivered a girl child.
Vasudeva was to take his child from the jail to Nandagopan give this child to him and bring his girl child to the prison to be with them. He said the door of the prison will automatically open for going out and coming in without anybody's knowledge and all the guards will be in deep sleep till this whole operation is over.
Immediately after that Devaki delivered a male child. The child was the incarnation of Lord Mahavishnu one of the main 3 gods of Hindus. The child being incarnation had extraordinary powers. As suggested Vasudeva put the child in a big basket and kept on his head and started to Dwaraka.
The Serpent Anantha Adi Sesha was with Vasudev his hood above the child to protect it from rain water. They had to cross River Yamuna on the way which was full to the brim.
When Vasudev and Anantha reached the bank the water in the river made way for them to pass. Vasudev went to Dwaraka and explained the details to Nadagopa who readily took Vasudev's child and gave the girl child to Vasudev.
Yashoda, Nandagopa's wife was asleep and she did not know anything including the switching of the children. Vasudev returned to the prison. Immediately the girl child started crying. The guards woke up and informed the child birth to Kamsa. Kamsa as usual wanted to kill the child by holding the legs and dashing the head against a rock with all force so that the child dies.
But the child just escaped from his hand and rose to the sky. It said that she is not the killer of Kamsa but the killer is already born and is safe elsewhere and Kamsa can wait for the death and vanished. As per the legend this girl took birth as Draupadi Panchali and became the wife of Pandavas.
Srikrishna was growing with other children and his cousin brother Balarama in Dwaraka doing many wonders which were beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. They took the child as a divine one and lavished all the love and affection on the child in spite the pranks mischief in the houses like stealing butter and wasting the milk, butter and the curd etc harassing the householders in Dwaraka. Kamsa heard about the extraordinary boy and tried to find out whether it was the same one to h kill him and arranged to kill the boy by various methods without success.
When the boy came to the age of about 8 he informed Yashoda his foster mother and Nandagopan his foster father that he is going with his brother Balarama to Mathura his uncle Kamsa's palace. Though the parents tried to stop them telling that they too young and Kamsa is very strong, the children did not listen to them and went to Mathura and killed Kamsa eventually.
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In Panchang day starts and ends with sunrise. In most years these dates do not differ by one or two days but in some years Janmashtami date based on Lunar Calendar and Janmashtami date based on Solar Calendar might differ up to one month. Ashtami Rohini is also known as Sri Jayanthi and Gokulashtami. Krishna Janmashtami is a festival commemorating the birth of Lord Krishna. Parana which means breaking the fast should be done at an appropriate time. When neither Ashtami Tithi nor Rohini Nakshatra is over before Sunset or even Hindu Midnight also known as Nishita Time one should wait to get them over before breaking the fast.
Depending on end timing of Ashtami Tithi and Rohini Nakshatra fasting on Krishna Janmashtami might continue for two complete days.
Devotees who are not able to follow two days fasting might break the fast on next day after Sunrise. It has been suggested by Hindu religious text Dharmasindhu. Most of the time, Krishna Janmashtami is listed on two consecutive days. The first one is for Smarta Sampradaya and the other one is for Vaishanava Sampradaya.
Vaishanava Sampradaya date is the latter one. A single date for Janmashtami means that both Sampradaya would observe Janmashtami on the same date. However many people will notice unanimity in North India on choosing the day to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami. People who are not the followers of Vaishnavism are followers of Smartism.
Hindu religious texts like Dharmasindhu and Nirnaysindhu have well-defined rules to decide Janmashtami day and those rules should be followed to decide Janmashtami day if one is not the follower of Vaishnava Sampradaya. Ekadashi fasting is one of the good examples to understand this difference. Rules to observe Ekadashis' fasting are also different for Smarta and Vaishnava communities. However, there is more awareness about different Ekadashi rules followed by Vaishnava sectarian.
Not only Ekadashis, Vaishnava fasting day for Janmashtami and Rama Navami might be one day later than Smarta fasting day. The followers of Vaishnavism never observe Janmashtami on Saptami Tithi. Janmashtami day according to Vaishnava rules always fall on Ashtami or Navami Tithi on Hindu calendar.
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