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Krishna's Family Tree

Story of Krishna Janmashtami:

A long time ago, in Mathura, there was a king named Kans who was
infamous for his greed and unfair rule. After the marriage of his
sister Devaki to Vasudev, a prophetic voice from above announced,
“Kans, your tyranny is going to come to an end. The 8th son born to
Devaki and Vasudev will kill you.”

This enraged Kans and he imprisoned the newlyweds. Kans went

on to kill 7 of Devaki’s children. When she gave birth to her 8th
child, the prophetic voice returned, and said, “Take the child across
the river Yamuna to Gokuland exchange him with your friends
Nand’s and Yashoda’s newly born daughter.” Vasudev looked down
to realize, his hands had been unchained. He quickly picked up his
child and put him in a basket, arriving at the gates to find them
opened on their own and the guards asleep.

As he crossed the stormy river, the basket upon his head, the water
never rose above his shoulders. When he struggled, a ten-headed
snake appeared to protect the child from the pouring rain. Vasudev
by now had realized that his child was a divine being. At Nand’s
house, Vasudev switched the children and returned to the prison.

When Kans arrived and tried to harm the child, it took the form of
Goddess Durga and said “The 8th child, who is going to end your
reign of terror, has been born and will fulfill his prophecy.” The
child, Krishna, was raised by Yashodaand went on to kill Kans, And
so, every year we celebrate the birth of Krishna, also known as
Janmashtami, across India.

Lord Krishna's Family:

According to some scriptures, the King of Dwarka, Lord Krishna
had eight principal wives and 16100 junior wives. Some scriptures
also say the number is 16,000, probably for the sake of ease. Lord
Krishna had ten sons from each wife, which means 16108 wives
produced 1 lakh, 61 thousand 80 sons.

Lord Krishna Major Wives or Patarani Names:

The eight major wives of Krishna are also called Ashtabharya or
Patarani. According to Srimad Bhagavata, they were Rukmini,
Satyabhama, Jambavati, Nagnajiti, Kalindi, Madra, Mitravinda,
and Bhadra. Sri Sukh Goswami said each of the wives of Krishna
gave birth to ten sons not less than in any respect to their father's
personal opulence.

Despite the romantic signs, they beamed from their arched

eyebrows, their secret looks, and coy smiles that so charmingly
displayed their intentions. Yet these sixteen thousand wives were
not capable of agitating His (Krishna) senses with their arrows of
Cupid and other means.

Lord Krishna Major Wives or Patarani Children

Names:
Children From Rukmini - The first son was Pradyumna. The
others were Charudeshna, Sudheshna, Charudeha, Sucharu,
Charugupta, Bhadracharu, Charu Chandra, Vicharu, and Charu.
None of these was inferior to their father.

Children From Satyabhama - Bhanu, Subhanu, Svarabhanu,

Prabhanu, Bhanuman, Chandrabhanu, Brihadbhanu, Atibhanu,
Sribhanu and Pratibhanu.
Children From Jambavati - Samba, Sumitra, Purujit, Satajit,
Sahasrajit, Vijaya, Chitraketu, Vasuman, Dravida and Kratu.

Children From Nagnajiti - Vira, Chandra, Asvasena, Chitragu,

Vegavan, Vrisha, Aama, Sanku, Vasu, and Kunti.

Children From Kalindi - Sruta, Kavi, Vrisa, Vira, Subahu,

Bhadra, Shanti, Darsa, Purnamasa and Somaka.

Children From Madra - Praghosa, Gaatravan, Simha, Bala,

Prabala, Urdhvaga, Mahasakthi, Saha, Oja, and Aparajita.

Children From Mitravinda - Vrika, Harsha, Anila, Gridhra,

Vardhana, Unnada, Mahamsa, Pavan, Vanhi and Ksudhi.

Children From Bhadra - Sangramajit, Brihatsena, Sura,

Praharana, Arijit, Jaya, Subhadra, Vama, Ayu, and Satyaka.
Lord Krishna Other Wives and Children:
Apart from his eight principal wives, Lord Krishna was described to
have many junior wives, whom he had rescued from the demon
Narakasura. Krishna accepted them as his wife upon their
insistence to save themselves from the society who saw them as
slaves of the demon king Narakasura.

After marriage, they all lived in Dwarka. The chief amongst these
junior wives is sometimes called Rohini. Diptiman, Tamratapta, and
others were the sons of Rohini and other wives. Rukmini's daughter
Charumati was the only girl mentioned in Srimad Bhagavata as the
daughter of Lord Krishna. Charumati married Bali, the son of
Kritavarma.

However, few commentators explain that each of the Lord's queens

had one daughter. Which means, Lord had 16108 daughters.
Regarding His sons and grandsons, the scripture says their
numbers were in tens of millions. From these sons and grandsons
of the sixteen thousand mothers, tens of millions descendants of
Krishna took their birth.
Conclusion:
When I talking about lord Krishna then there must I have
remembering one Mahabharata Sloka come to my mind and that is,
“यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।
अभ्यु त्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥
परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दु ष्कृताम् ।
धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि यु गे यु गे ॥”
Lord Krishna Says that He takes avatar or Birth on earth, I appear.
Whenever there is loss of religion, then he comes. When
unrighteousness increases, then he manifest in the form of people,
He come to protect the gentlemen, He come to destroy the wicked,
He come to establish Dharma and in the ages He take birth.

May lord Krishna blessed you all with his divinity and show path to
all of you that what are you working for, gives you strength to
achieve your goals.
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|| Jay Shree Krishna ||

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