Subhadra
Domagoj Klepac
wife)? According to some sources, she was a daughter of Vasudeva and Rohini,
and according to some, she was a daughter of Vasudeva and Devaki. The third
version says that she was daughter of Yasoda (incarnation of Durga),
exchanged with Krsna when he was born by Devaki in order to protect Krsna
from Kamsa.
It seems that there is no direct mention of Subhadra in texts, except in the
episode when Arjuna kidnaps her for his wife, and a possible link with
Yasoda's girl-child?
Domchi
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SUBHADRA I. Sister of Sri Krsna.
1) Birth. Subhadra was the daughter of Vasudeva by his wife Devaki. She had
two brothers, Krsna and Sarana and she was her father's pet child. (Adi
Parva, Chapter 217, Verse 18). Ch 212 in the Critical Edition below
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mamaiShA bhaginI pArtha sAraNasya sahodarA .
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Raja Nandakumar
I donot remember that Vasudeva had any wife other
than Devaki.
Subhadra's (and Arjuna's) son is Abhimanyu (dies
in the war) and his son Parikshit (the sole survivor
of the Pandava children) rules Hastinapura after the
Pandavas leave the earth.
Or so is the story I remember growing up with,
while reading the various versions of the Bharatha
and the Bhagavatam.
Raja.
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"Raja Nandakumar" <rajanan...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Maya (not Subhadra) was exchanged with Krishna.
> I donot remember that Vasudeva had any wife other
> than Devaki.
>
> Subhadra's (and Arjuna's) son is Abhimanyu (dies
> in the war) and his son Parikshit (the sole survivor
> of the Pandava children) rules Hastinapura after the
> Pandavas leave the earth.
>
> Or so is the story I remember growing up with,
> while reading the various versions of the Bharatha
> and the Bhagavatam.
>
> Raja.
SARANA 1.
1) General information. A Ksatriya of the Yadu clan. It is stated in
Mahabharata, Adi Parva, Chapter 218, Verse 17, that he was the son of
Vasudeva by Devaki and the brother of Sri Krsna and Subhadra.
2) Other details.
(i) This Sarana was one of those who took the dowry to Hastinapura at the
marriage of Arjuna and Subhadra. (M.B. Adi Parva, Chapter 220, Verse 32) .
ROHINI III. The mother of Balabhadrarama.
1) General information. Vasudeva had two wives Devaki and Rohini. Sri Krsna
was born from Devaki and Balabhadrarama from Rohini.
2) Precious Birth ofRohini. Vasudeva was the rebirth of Prajapati Kasyapa.
When Kasyapa took birth as Vasudeva, his two wives Aditi and Surasa took
birth as Devaki and Rohini respectively. (They took birth thus, because of
the curse of Varuna. For details of the curse see under Kasyapa, pare 6).
3) The birth of Balabhadra. The seventh child of Devaki was placed in the
womb of Rohini and Balabhadrarama was born. (For this story see under Krsna,
pare 6, Kamsa, pare 6 and Sadarbhaka).
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BALABHADRA. (Balabhadrarama, Balarama, Baladeva). The elder brother of Sri
Krsna and the eighth incarnation of Mahavisnu.*
1) Birth. When the number of wicked kings increased Bhumidevi (goddess of
Earth) turned herself into a cow and took refuge in Mahavisnu. Mahavisnu
then promised to be born as the sons of Vasudeva named Balabhadrarama and
Sri Krsna and destroy the wicked. Vasudeva was the son of the Yadava,
Surasena, King of Madhura. To Devaka the brother of another Yadava King,
Ugrasena, was born a daughter Devaki. The marriage of Devaki with Vasudeva
was celebrated but on the same day an Asaririni (a heavenly voice from
above) said that the eighth child of Devaki would kill Kamsa. Instantly
Kamsa put both Vasudeva and Devaki in jail. The first six sons born to
Devaki were killed the moment they were born by striking them against the
ground. Devaki became pregnant for the seventh time. The babe in the womb
was Ananta incarnate by Visnu's directive to be of help to him when he would
also be born soon as K,rsna. Therefore it was necessary to save the child
from the cruel hands of Kamsa as it was certain he would kill the babe the
same way he had killed all the others before. So he ordered Mayadevi to take
the child from the womb of Devaki and place it in that of Rohini, another
wife of Vasudeva. Mayadevi did so and the boy got the name Samgharsana, also
because of this. The news spread that Devaki aborted. Rohini delivered a boy
and was named Sarirgharsana alias Balabhadrarama. (Dasama Skandha,
Bhagavata) .
Puranic
Encyclopedia - Vetta Mani
Raja Nandakumar
>
> 1) General information. Vasudeva had two wives Devaki and Rohini. Sri
Krsna
> was born from Devaki and Balabhadrarama from Rohini.
Hmmmm ... thanks. I remember now. I wonder what
my memory was doing when I wrote that mail.
Cheers,
Raja.
Domagoj Klepac
<sun...@hotmail.com> on Thu, 14 Aug 2003 15:22:10 GMT:
>1) Birth. Subhadra was the daughter of Vasudeva by his wife Devaki. She had
Thanks guys! :)