Character

Rohini

रोहिणीRohiṇī

mother of Balarama

verses
43
books
3
chapters
32
Parent of
Balarama

What the texts say

In the Bhagavata Purana, Rohini is the mother of Balarama and one of the wives of Vasudeva, Krishna's father. Bhagavatam 9.24.45, 10.36.17 Devaki, Krishna's mother, was the chief of those wives. Bhagavatam 9.24.45, 10.36.17 The same Purana tells how the Lord told his power, Yoga-maya, to move Balarama from Devaki's womb into the womb of Rohini. Bhagavatam 10.2.8, 10.2.15, 10.1.8 Rohini was living in Vraja at the home of the cowherd Nanda, where other wives of Vasudeva lived in hiding. Bhagavatam 10.2.7 There, Rohini and mother Yashoda, along with other elderly gopis, waved a cow's switch to protect the child Krishna. Bhagavatam 10.6.19

Where to read

Every verse that names Rohini, book by book.

  1. Bhagavatam

    27 verses · 17 chapters

    All 27 verses in the Bhagavatam
    • 10.8.12

      Garga Muni ne kaha ki yeh Rohini ka beta apne doston ko khush rakhega. Isliye iska naam Ram rakha. Kyunki isme bahut taakat hai, isliye log isse Bal bhi bolenge. Yeh do parivar jodta hai, isliye Sankarshan bhi naam hai iska.

    • 10.83.6

      Draupadi boli, are Vaidarbhi, Bhadra, Jambavati, Kaushala, Satyabhama, Kalindi, Shaibya, Rohini, Lakshmana, aur Krishna ki baaki patniyan, tum sab batao. Bhagwan khud tumse shaadi kaise aaye the? Woh bhi duniya ke riwaaz ke hisaab se, apni…

    • 10.82.36

      Rohini aur Devaki dono ne Vraj ki rani ko bahaon mein bhar liya. Yaad kiya kitna accha vyavhaar kiya usne unke saath. Gala aansu se bhar gaya, kuch bol bhi nahi pa rahe the.

  2. Brahma Purana

    9 verses · 8 chapters

    • 181.40

      Gokul mein Vasudev ki biwi Rohini rehti hai. Jab uska delivery ka time aayega, uska bachcha tumhare pet mein aayega.

    • 182.2

      Jab saatva garbh Rohini ke paas gaya, tab Hari ne Devaki ke garbh mein aana shuru kiya. Yeh teeno duniya ke liye tha.

    • 184.5

      Mera beta bhi wahan hai, Rohini ka beta. Tum usko bhi apne hi beta ki tarah sambhalna.

  3. Vishnu Purana

    7 verses · 7 chapters

    • 5.2.2

      Jab saatwa garbh Rohini ke paas gaya, tab Hari ne Devaki ke pet mein jaaneka faisla kiya. Yeh teeno duniya ke liye tha.

    • 5.5.5

      Mera bhi ek beta hai wahan, Rohini ka beta. Use bhi tum apne hi beta ki tarah bacha ke rakhna.

    • 5.1.74

      Gokul mein Vasudev ki dusri patni Rohini rehti hai. Devi, tum uske paas jaana. Jo baccha uske pet mein aane wala hai, tum use wahan le jaana. Woh bhi waisa hi hoga jaise Devaki ka baccha.

Key chapters

The chapters where Rohini matters most.

  1. Garga Muni Names Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma; the Butter-Thief Pastimes; Yaśodā Sees the Universe in Kṛṣṇa’s Mouth

    Bhagavatam 10.8 · 3 verses

    Embodiment of maternal tenderness toward Balarāma and shared…

  2. Draupadī Meets Kṛṣṇa’s Queens: Narratives of the Lord’s Marriages and the Queens’ Bhakti

    Bhagavatam 10.83 · 2 verses

    Voice of the rescued multitude

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

    Bhagavatam 10.82 · 1 verse

    Supports Devakī in honoring Yaśodā

  4. गर्भ-व्यवस्था, देवकी-गर्भ-स्तुति (गर्भस्तुतिः), जगदन्तर्गत-हरि-प्रतिपादनम्

    Vishnu Purana 5.2 · 1 verse

    Receives the seventh embryo, becoming the protected locus for…

  5. Vasudeva Meets Nanda; Pūtanā’s Fall; Viṣṇu-Rakṣā (Protective Hymn) in Gokula

    Vishnu Purana 5.5 · 1 verse

    प्रत्यक्षं न दृश्यते, परन्तु तस्या गर्भजः शिशुः (बलरामः)…

Key episodes

  1. Putana and Baby Krishna

    Bhagavatam 10.6

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