Janmashtami Story For Kids | The Birth Of Krishna

0:00 [Music] once upon a time in India there was a small town called matura near the river yamuna almost 5,000 years ago an evil King named K ruled the city he had seized power deceitfully from his father the people of matura were very unhappy because they were ruled by a king who was unfair and evil but King KS loved one person Above All Else and that was

0:31 his sister DKI now DKI was to be married to King vasudev on the day of their wedding while driving the Royal Chariot King K heard a Divine voice The Voice thundered from the skies and said evil C your end is near the eighth son that will be born to daki and basudev will kill you on hearing the Divine voice CS became very scared but soon his fear turned to anger he decided to kill d but vasudev intervened and promised to

1:02 give K all the children born to them so K captured daki and vasudev and put them in his Palace Prison the gods were asked to watch them at all times each time DVI gave birth to a baby in the dungeon CS would immediately kill it soon he killed seven babies for the next 9 years DVI did not bear a child but soon she was about to give birth again and this would be the eighth baby CS knew what he

1:29 needed needed to do DKI cried day and night at the thought of K's killing her baby again but vasudev tried to calm her down the day the baby was to be born there was a terrible storm in matura at midnight a sun was born and everything grew quiet as soon as the baby was born there was a blinding light that filled up the prison a Divine voice spoke to vasev take your baby to the Gokul Kingdom ruled by your friend King nand

1:56 across the river yamuna Queen Yoda his wife has given birth to a baby girl exchange the babies and come back immediately with the girl no one will know about the birth of your eighth son vasudev did as he was told to his surprise he found that the guards were fast asleep and the prison Gates were open as though by Magic he walked to the river with the baby and found that the river was wild because of the storm but

2:21 the moment he stepped inside the river became calm suddenly he saw a huge black snake Rise Up from behind him the snake spread itself over vasudev like a hood to Shield the baby from the rain soon vasudev reached the kingdom of Gokul exchanged the babies and was back in prison as soon as he placed the baby on the prison floor beside DVI it cried and cuns came rushing in ready to kill the eighth baby DKI begged her brother to

2:48 let the baby be cuns my brother my eighth born is a girl not a boy like the voice said so how can the Divine prophecy be true my baby girl can't kill you CS KS was not not ready to spare the baby he snatched the baby and threw her against the prison wall but the baby did not die it flew up towards the prison ceiling and CS realized the baby had taken the form of an eight armed goddess

3:12 Durga foolish CS she said you cannot kill me and the one who will kill you is already born and Alive one day he will find you and kill you no matter what you do meanwhile in the Kingdom of Gokul people celebrated the birth of a new baby and King nand named the baby Krishna and everyone came to offer blessings and gifts to the baby this was the story of the birth of Lord Krishna [Music]