Devaki : wife of Vāsudeva, mother of Sri Krishna, daughter of Devaka, brother of King Ugrasena of Mathura, & cousin of Ugrasena’s Asuric son Kansa.
... and hosts of demigods, playing the part of his panegyrists, adore him with music, both vocal and instrumental, flowers and other offerings. 22-23. Here comes at eventide the Devaki-born moon of a Krsna, having collected all the cattle of Vraja, to whom he is dear because of his protecting them from rain by holding up the mountain. Wearing garlands covered with the dust of the... 16. After the destruction of Arista by Śrī Krsna of astounding deeds, the Devarshi Nārada one day said as follows to Karhsa: 17-18. "Know that the girl popularly known as the eighth child of Devaki is really the daughter of Yaśodā, and that Krsna who passes for Yaśodā's son is really Devakīs son. And Rīma, Page 127 generally taken as Nanda's son, is really the son of Rohinī by Vasudeva... 25. Surely, tomorrow shall witness a great festival for the eyes of the different clans of the Yādavas of Mathurā as also for the passers-by who shall be seeing the face of Śrī Krsna, the son of Devaki and the consort of Śrī . 26. How is it that such a name as Akrūra (not cruel) is given to this man who has no trace of kindness in him! For, he has no hesitation to do so heinous an act as taking ...
... he had great love for his sister, Devaki, and so drove the chariot himself for his sister and her husband, Vasudeva, soon after their wedding ceremony. On the way, as he was driving the chariot, a voice was heard, thundering, as it were, from the high heavens: "The eighth child of Devaki will slay you." Enraged and threatened, he sent away Vasudeva and Devaki into a prison from where escape was... was impossible. Thereafter every child that was born to Devaki, he killed. When the eighth child was to be born, he had arranged a constant vigil so that immediately on its birth he could come to the prison and slaughter him and thus belie the prediction that that child was to be his slayer. But the birth of the eighth child was to be the incarnation of the Supreme Lord. He was to be born where ...
... the son of Devaki: "When one fasts and does not drink water and restrains himself from pleasure — that is a Preparatory exercise for Consecration (dīkśa).” When thereafter one eats and drinks water and does not avoid pleasure then he joins in the upasana exercises (where Light is adored)...... "When Ghora Angirasa Page 66 explained this to Krishna, the son of Devaki, he also explained ...
... reciters for an older name no longer familiar. It is now known beyond reasonable doubt that the Mahabharata war was fought out in or about 1190 B.C.; Dhritarashtra, son of Vichitravirya, Krishna, son of Devaki & Janamejaya are mentioned in Vedic works of a very early date. There is therefore no reason to doubt that an actual historical event is recorded with whatever admixture of fiction in the Mahabharata ...
... on whom we shall attain to perfect liberation. Neither Buddha nor Jada Bharata are the true guides & fulfillers of our destiny; it is Yajnavalkya, it is Janaka &, most of all, it is Krishna son of Devaki who takes us most surely & entirely into the presence & into the being of the Eternal. Atman, Brahman, Ishwara, on this triune aspect here of the Transcendent depend all our spiritual realisations ...
... to awaken and manifest; it is, as it were, a concession of the omnipotent and omniscient Divine to the generality of a law that governs Nature. Thus it is said in the Upanishads of Krishna, son of Devaki, that he received a word of the Rishi Ghora and had the knowledge. So Ramakrishna, having attained by his own internal effort the central illumination, accepted several teachers in the different paths ...
... ironic, taking to himself with both hands without attachment worldly possessions and spiritual riches and casting at last all his wealth behind to wander forth as a houseless ascetic, Krishna son of Devaki who heard a single word of the Rishi Ghora and knew at once the Eternal, the Ashramas, the courts of kings who were also spiritual discoverers and thinkers, the great sacrificial assemblies, where ...
... into himself both worldly possession and spiritual riches, and who casts away at last all his wealth behind to wander forth as a homeless ascetic. We are astonished with the story of Krishna, son of Devaki, who heard a single word of Rishi Ghora and knew at once the Eternal. Visions of the ashramas are restored to us in these pages, and we see the courts of the kings who were also spiritual discoverers ...
... arrived at the abode of the sunlight, which is the light of the supreme knowledge.) Again, is it a mere legend when the Chhandogya Upanishad refers to this verse when it is said that Krishna, son of Devaki, attained to supreme knowledge, when Ghora, his teacher, pronounced to him that one Word, contained in that verse. In one sentence, the Veda declares that mere crossing the darkness is not enough, ...
... profession a cart-driver, and Yajnavalkya, master of worldly possessions and spiritual riches, who cast at last all his wealth behind to wander forth as a houseless ascetic. We hear of Krishna, son of Devaki, who heard a single word of the Rishi Ghora and knew at once the Eternal. We see the Ashramas, the courts of kings who were also spiritual discoverers and thinkers and the great sacrificial assemblies ...
... jayatu meghaśyāmalaḥ komalāṅgo, jayatu jayatu pṛthvībhāranāśo mukundaḥ. 3 nāhaṁ vande tava caraṇayordvandvamadvandvahetoḥ, kumbhīpākaṁ gurumapi hare nārakaṁ nāpanetum.6 Victory be to the Son of Devaki. Victory be to Krishna, the glorifiers of the Vrishnies. Victory be to Mukunda having a body that is soft and dark as the cloud, The reliever from the burden of the World. I do not worship Thy ...
... occupies five sections, the third to the eighth, of the fourth chapter in the Chhandogya Upanishad. The Chhandogya seems to be the most ancient of the extant Upanishads. It speaks of Krishna, son of Devaki, and Dhritarashtra Vaichitravirya in a tone that would justify us in assuming that it regarded them not as ancient and far-off names but as men who had walked the earth in living memory. The movement ...
... ironic, taking to himself with both hands without attachment worldly possessions and spiritual riches and casting at last all his wealth behind to wander forth as a houseless ascetic, Krishna son of Devaki who heard a single word of the Rishi Ghora and knew at once the Eternal, the ashramas, the courts of kings who were also spiritual discoverers and thinkers, the great sacrificial assemblies where the ...
... spiritual tradition as a knower of the Brahman, so well known indeed in his personality and the circumstances of his life that it was sufficient to refer to him by the name of his mother as Krishna son of Devaki for all to understand who was meant. In the same Upanishad we find mention of King Dhritarashtra son of Vichitravirya, and since tradition associated the two together so closely that they are both ...
... Aurobindo" or also by "accomplished avatars like Sri Krishna". No doubt, there is a distinction between the two types, but fundamentally every avatar has to do some ascension. If the Krishna, son of Devaki, who is mentioned in the Chhandogya Upanishad is the same as the Avatar Krishna of the later traditions, we see that he needed Rishi Ghora's illumined touch-to realise his own divinity to the full ...
... spiritual tradition as a knower of the Brahman, so well-known indeed is his personality and the circumstances of his life that it was sufficient to refer to him by the name of his mother as Krishna son of Devaki for all to understand who was meant. In the same Upanishad we find mention of King Dhritarashtra son of Vichitravirya, and since tradition associated the two together so closely that they are both ...
... ironic, taking to himself, without attachment, worldly possessions and spiritual riches and casting at last all his wealth behind to wander forth as a houseless ascetic. And there is Krishna, son of Devaki, who heard a single word of the Rishi Ghora and knew at once the eternal. 2 We have the Ashrams, the courts of kings who were also spiritual discoverers and thinkers, the great sacrificial assemblies ...
... a historical character. All the myths that have gathered round his name may be later additions. But he is mentioned in the Upanishad and seems to have lived. He mentioned there as "Krishna, son of Devaki” – (one who lived in the island) ; there is also mention of "Dhritarashtra". There he is recognised as one of those who had the divine knowledge. He was no doubt, somebody who made a very deep impression ...
... ironic, taking to himself with both hands without attachment worldly possessions and spiritual riches and casting at last all his wealth behind to wander forth as a houseless ascetic, Krishna son of Devaki who heard a single word of the Rishi Ghora and knew at once the Eternal, the Ashramas, the courts of kings who were also spiritual discoverers and thinkers, the great sacrificial assemblies where the ...
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