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BIRTH OF RAMA, KRṢŅA, AND ARISTANEMI
to you, whose children will be still-born, Devaki's children whom Kansa has asked for in order to kill, by transference of the children, pious woman."
By his own power he made Devaki and Sulasă ready for conception at the same time and they became pregnant at the same time. They gave birth at the same time and the god transferred the dead child of Sulasă and gave Devaki's child to Sulasă. So the god exchanged six of their infants. Kansa had the still-born infants crushed thoroughly on a mill-stone. Devaki's children, like own children of Sulasă, grew up happily in her house, her nurslings. They were named Anikayaśas, Anantasena, Ajitasenaka, Nihatari, Devayaśas and Satrusena.
Birth of Krsna (98-114)
Then Devaki, after her purificatory bath, saw a dream at dawn-a lion, sun, fire, elephant, banner, aerial car, and a lotus-pool. Gangadatta's jiva fell from Sukra and descended into her womb; and she carried the embryo like the ground of a mine a jewel. On the night of the eighth day of the white half of Nabhas (Śrāvaṇa), Devaki bore a son, black, on whom gods attended, destroying enemies by his glances. His partisans, the gods, put to sleep Kansa's agents, watchmen, by their power, as if they had eaten poison.
Devaki summoned her husband and said: "You have been chained by a promise by scoundrelly Kansa, who is not a friend though pretending to be a friend. He kills each son of mine as soon as born. Save this child even by deceit. There is no deceit toward a criminal in protecting a child. Take this baby of mine to Nanda's cattle-station and leave him. He will grow up there like his maternal grandfather's house."
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Saying, "Very well! Very well!" the chief of the Yadus, tender from affection, took the child and left the house whose guards were asleep. The gods held an umbrella over him, made a rain of flowers and a light on the road by eight torches held The gods assumed the form of white bulls, going in front of him, and opened the city-gates without being seen by others.
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