कंस द्वारा देवकी पुत्रों की हत्या

kans dvara ajivan karavas mean dal diye jane ke pashchath devaki tatha vasudev ka kashtamay jivan prarambh ho gaya. bad mean samay ane par devaki ko pratham putr hua.

• vasudev apane vachan ke anusar use lekar kans ke samip pahuanche. kans ne vasudev ka adar kiya aur kaha- "isase mujhe koee bhay nahian hai. ap ise lekar laut jayean."
• vahaan devarshi narad bhi upasthit the. unhoanne kans se kaha- "rajan apane yah kya kiya? vishnu kapati hai. apake vadh ke liye unhean avatar lena hai. pata nahian ve kis garbh mean ayean. pahala garbh bhi athavaan ho sakata hai aur athavaan garbh bhi pahala ho sakata hai."
• devarshi ki bat sunakar kans ne bachche ka pair pak dakar use shilakhand par patak diya. devaki chitkar kar uthi. kans ne navadampati ko tatkal hathak di-be di mean jak dakar karagar mean dal diya aur kathor pahara baitha diya.
• isi prakar devaki ke chh: putroan ko kans ne kramash: maut ke ghat utar diya.