Vasudeva’s Family Tree

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Family

• Devaki(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.

• Rohini(spouse),Subhadra(child)— Marriage

  Subhadra, born to Vasudeva and Rohini, was spirited away from Dwarka by Arjuna with Krishna's secret blessing, forging the marriage alliance between the Yadava and Pandava dynasties.

• Shurasena(parent),Kunti(sibling)

  Shurasena is the Yadava chief and father of both Vasudeva and Kunti, linking the lineages of Krishna and the Pandavas.

Associated with

• Devaki,Kamsa

  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.

• Devaki,Krishna

  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.