Devaki’s Family Tree

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Family

• Vasudeva(spouse),Balarama(child),Krishna(child)— Marriage · Miraculous

  Krishna and Balarama were born to Vasudeva and Devaki in Kamsa's prison. Krishna was spirited across the Yamuna to safety that same night, while Balarama's embryo had already been transferred by Yogamaya from Devaki's womb to Rohini's.

• Devaka(parent)

  Devaki was the daughter of the Yadava nobleman Devaka, born into the Bhoja clan that ruled Mathura alongside King Ugrasena's line.

Associated with

• Kamsa,Vasudeva

  Kamsa imprisoned Devaki and Vasudeva on the night of their wedding after a divine voice prophesied that Devaki's eighth son would destroy him, and he killed six of their newborn sons one by one in their cell.

• Krishna,Vasudeva

  When Krishna was born in Kamsa's prison, he revealed his four-armed Vishnu form to Devaki and Vasudeva, then shrank to an ordinary infant so Vasudeva could carry him across the flooding Yamuna to Gokula.