𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕖 ℙ𝕝𝕒𝕪: 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕂𝕣𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕟𝕒

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖍 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝕯𝖎𝖛𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝕮𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖉

Chapter 1: The Birth of a Divine Child

The sky was painted with the hues of dusk as the evening approached the city of Mathura. Yet, within the prison walls, despair reigned supreme. King Kansa, a tyrant feared by all, had imprisoned his sister Devaki and her husband Vasudeva, driven by a chilling prophecy. According to the prophecy, the eighth son born to Devaki would be the harbinger of Kansa's downfall.

Devaki, weary and despondent, lay on a bed of cold stone, her husband beside her, sharing in her suffering. The walls of their prison echoed with the moans of the forsaken and the clinking of chains. Despite the oppression, a divine aura began to envelop the prison cell, signaling the arrival of something extraordinary.

In the dead of night, as the full moon cast its silvery light over the land, Devaki went into labor. Vasudeva, filled with a sense of divine foreboding, sensed that the time had come. As Devaki's cries filled the air, the prison was illuminated with an ethereal glow. The newborn child appeared, not merely as a baby but as a symbol of divine grace and power. Krishna had arrived.

To protect the newborn from Kansa's wrath, Vasudeva, guided by divine intervention, carried the baby across the Yamuna River. The river parted, and Vasudeva walked through the riverbed to Gokul, a village known for its pastoral simplicity. There, he left the child with his friends, Nanda and Yashoda, and returned with their newborn daughter. In a twist of divine irony, Kansa, believing the baby girl to be the prophesied child, sought to kill her. But the child transformed into the goddess Durga, warning Kansa of his impending doom and vanishing into the heavens.

The infant Krishna, growing up in Gokul, exhibited signs of divine nature from a very young age. He was adored by all and was known for his playful, mischievous acts. His miracles began even before he could walk, showing the divine power he held within his seemingly innocent form. Stories of his miraculous feats spread across the land, but his true identity remained a mystery, even to those who loved him.

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