Character · Bhagavatam

Devaki in the Bhagavatam

देवकीNamed in 159 verses

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Places
Mathura, Vrindavan, Dvaraka, Kurukshetra
  1. Skandha 17
  2. Skandha 33
  3. Skandha 97
  4. Skandha 10137
  5. Skandha 115

Key chapters

The chapters where Devaki matters most.

  1. The Appearance of Lord Viṣṇu (Kṛṣṇa) and the Divine Exchange with Yoga-māyā

    Bhagavatam 10.3 · 29 verses

    Devotee-mother whose fear of Kaṁsa evokes the Lord’s…

  2. Yoga-māyā Appears as Durgā; Kaṁsa’s Repentance and the Demonic Policy of Persecuting Vaiṣṇavas

    Bhagavatam 10.4 · 15 verses

    The mother whose compassion confronts tyranny

  3. Parīkṣit’s Questions and the Prelude to Kṛṣṇa’s Advent (Earth’s Burden, Viṣṇu’s Order, and Kaṁsa’s Fear)

    Bhagavatam 10.1 · 21 verses

    The mother-to-be of the avatāra whose vulnerability becomes the…

  4. The Lord’s Advent: Yoga-māyā’s Mission, Saṅkarṣaṇa’s Transfer, and the Demigods’ Prayers

    Bhagavatam 10.2 · 17 verses

    The sacred locus of the imminent avatāra

  5. Vasudeva and Devakī Glorify Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma; The Recovery of Devakī’s Six Sons from Sutala

    Bhagavatam 10.85 · 13 verses

    Devotee-mother whose sorrow becomes the narrative engine for…

  6. The Killing of Cāṇūra, Muṣṭika, and Kaṁsa; Liberation and Restoration of Dharma in Mathurā

    Bhagavatam 10.44 · 3 verses

    Imprisoned mother

  7. Kṛṣṇa Comforts His Parents, Restores Ugrasena, Studies with Sāndīpani, and Returns the Guru’s Son

    Bhagavatam 10.45 · 7 verses

    Mother whose vātsalya is protected from being overwhelmed by…

  8. The Solar Eclipse at Samanta-pañcaka and the Great Reunion of Yādavas, Pāṇḍavas, and Vraja

    Bhagavatam 10.82 · 4 verses

    Honors Yaśodā and thereby validates Vraja-bhakti as superior to…

  9. The Killing of Ariṣṭāsura and Kaṁsa’s Plot to Summon Kṛṣṇa

    Bhagavatam 10.36 · 2 verses

    Mother of Kṛṣṇa, again targeted as Kaṁsa’s fear resurges

  10. Kṛṣṇa’s Arrival at Dvārakā (Dvārakā-praveśa and Bhakta-vātsalya)

    Bhagavatam 1.11 · 1 verse

    Mother honored at Kṛṣṇa’s homecoming

Key episodes

  1. The Birth of Krishna

    Bhagavatam 10.1-10.4

  2. Krishna Kills Kamsa

    Bhagavatam 10.43-10.44

Every verse that names Devaki

159 verses

  1. 1.1.12

    Suta, bhagwan tumpe ashirwad dein. Tum jaante ho kyun aaye the woh. Bhagwan, sabke swami, Devaki ke pet mein Vasudev ke beta banke paida hue the. Kuch kaam ke liye aaye the woh.

  2. 1.8.21

    Main baar baar Krishna ko jhukta hoon. Woh Vasudev ka beta hai, Devaki ka laadla hai. Nanda gopa ke ghar bada hua, Govinda naam hai uska.

  3. 1.8.23

    Hrishikesh, tumne Devaki ko Kans ki jail se nikala. Woh bada ziddi tha, Devaki ko bahut sataya. Tumne mujhe aur mere bacchon ko bhi bahut baar khatre se bachaya hai.

  4. 1.8.33

    Doosre log kehte hain Vasudev aur Devaki ne tumse baccha maanga, toh tum unke bete ban kar aaye. Tum toh janme nahi ho, phir bhi paida hue. Devataon ke dushmanon ko maarne ke liye aur apne bhakton ka bhala karne ke liye aaye.

  5. 1.10.14

    Ghar ki auratein Devaki ke bete Krishna ke liye taras rahi thin. Aankhon mein aansu aa gaye the. Bahut mushkil se woh rote rote rok rahi thin. Dar tha ki agar abhi royein toh shagun mein kharab ho jaye. Isliye palace se bahar aate waqt…

  6. 1.11.28

    Jab woh ghar ke andar gaye toh unki maa ne unhe gala laga liya. Phir woh Devaki aur unki saari maaon ke paas jhuk ke charan chhuye. Saari maaon ko bahut khushi hui.

  7. 1.14.27

    Unki saat patniyan hain, sab behne hain. Devaki sabse badi hai. Woh apne, unke bete aur bahu sab milkar shaanti se reh rahe hain na? Sab theek chal raha hai unke ghar mein?

  8. 3.1.33

    Devaki theek hai na? Woh Devakabhoj ki beti hai. Vishnu ki patni jaisi hai, devi maa jaisi. Usne apne pet mein Bhagwan ko dhaara tha. Jaise Ved mein yagya ka matlab hota hai, waise hi uske pet mein Bhagwan tha.

  9. 3.2.17

    Krishna aur Balaram ka dil bhi toota tha. Kams se darr ke woh ghar se bahar rehte the. Maa-baap ke pair chhona bhi nahi milta tha. Bhagwan ne kaha tha, Maa, Baap, maaf karo humein. Yeh yaad karke mera dil bahut dukhta hai.

  10. 3.2.25

    Brahma ne bhagwan se dua ki ki dharti ka bhala ho. To bhagwan Vasudev aur Devaki ke bete ban ke aaye. Woh Bhoja raja ki jail mein paida hue the.

  11. 9.24.21-23

    Punarvasu ke ek beta aur ek beti thi, Ahuka aur Ahuki. Ahuka ke do bete the, Devak aur Ugrasen. Devak ke chaar bete the, Devavan, Upadev, Sudev aur Devavardhan. Devak ki saat betiyaan thi, Dhritadev, Shantidev, Upadev, Shridev…

  12. 9.24.45

    Vasudeva ki kai patniyan thin. Devaki, Pauravi, Rohini, Bhadra, Madira, Rocana, Ila, yeh sab thin. In sab mein Devaki sabse badi thin, main patni thin.

  13. 9.24.53-54

    Sahadeva ke aath bete aasman ke aath Vasu jaise the. Devaki se Vasudev ke aath bete hue, Kirtiman aur Sushena unme the. Bhadrasena, Riju, Sammardana, Bhadra aur Sankarshana bhi hue. Aathwa beta khud Hari tha, yani Krishna. Ek beti bhi hui…

  14. 9.24.55

    Sahadeva ke aath bete the, Pravara aur Shruta jaise. Woh log asman mein Vasu devtaon ki roop mein the. Vasudeva ne Devaki se aath bete banaye. Unmein Kirtiman, Sushena, Bhadrasena, Udaradhi, Riju, Sammardana, Bhadra aur Sankarshana the.…

  15. 10.1.8

    Aapne bataya ki Balarama Rohini ka beta hai. Lekin pehle woh Devaki ki kokh mein tha. Agar body change nahi hua, toh woh kaise Rohini ke paas gaya? Yeh samajh mein nahi aa raha. Please iska raaz samjhao.

  16. 10.1.29

    Ek baar Vasudev, jo Shuri ke vansh se the, Devaki se shaadi ki. Shaadi ke baad woh apni nayi patni ke saath ghar wapas jaane ke liye rath mein baithe.

  17. 10.1.30

    Kamsa, Ugrasen ka beta, apni bahen Devaki ko khush karna chahta tha. Usne khud ghodon ki lagam pakdi aur rath chalaya. Uske peeche sow golden rath the.