Vasudeva

Quick Facts

About Vasudeva

Yadava chief and father of Krishna and Balarama, who carried the newborn Krishna across the storming Yamuna to safety in Gokula while Mathura's prison doors stood open by divine grace.

In Their Words

The river parted for the child in my arms - what fear is left to me?

Vasudeva

Traits

• steadfast
• courageous
• devout

Story Appearances

• The Boy God of VrindavanThe father who carried God across the river❧ 24 min

Stories Featuring Vasudeva

23 further tales on this site name Vasudeva, in canonical reading order.

• The Divine ChildThe Divine descends whenever dharma declines and adharma rises. Krishna's childhood miracles remind us that God...Adi Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Divine ChildKrishna's life is the Mahabharata's answer to the question: What does God look like when God walks among us? The answer...Adi Parva ‧ 28 min
• The Slaying of KamsaThe Prophecy FulfilledAdi Parva ‧ 7 min
• The Watch Under the BanianOne brother awake while the rest of the Kurus sleep on bare groundAdi Parva ‧ 16 min
• Kunti's SwayamvaraThe princess no king asked for chooses Pandu in a hall of monarchsAdi Parva ‧ 13 min
• Krishna Takes Leave of IndraprasthaThe farewell on the road to Dwaraka, and the promise to returnSabha Parva ‧ 11 min
• Krishna and the Flying CityThe Fall of SaubhaVana Parva ‧ 7 min
• The Goddess on the Road to MatsyaA king with nothing left prays walkingVirata Parva ‧ 17 min
• The Quarrel Before the CattleAshwatthama tells Duryodhana what his kingdom is made ofVirata Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Grandsire Names the GodDuryodhana asks why he keeps losing and gets a theology insteadBhishma Parva ‧ 18 min
• The Boon Somadatta Asked ForA wrestling match at Devaki's self-choice, and the son born a generation later to answer itDrona Parva ‧ 17 min
• The News Krishna Held BackA grandfather is spared until his daughter refuses itAshvamedhika Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Horse Goes SouthEkalavya's son, and the day Dwaraka grabbed the bridleAshvamedhika Parva ‧ 17 min
• Arjuna's Hymn at PartingOn the road to Hastinapur, Arjuna praises Krishna and gives him leave to go homeAshvamedhika Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Iron MacesBook 16 - The Curse That Destroyed Krishna's PeopleMausala Parva ‧ 21 min
• The Omens of DwarakaA City Watches Its Own Death ApproachMausala Parva ‧ 17 min
• Balarama Returns to the SeaThe Serpent Leaves by the Mouth It Came FromMausala Parva ‧ 16 min
• The Death of VasudevaKrishna's Father Outlives EveryoneMausala Parva ‧ 16 min
• Arjuna Empties DwarakaOne bowman escorts a dead city inland, and the sea walks behind himMausala Parva ‧ 18 min
• The Return of the PortionsWho everybody turned out to have beenSvargarohana Parva ‧ 17 min
• The Line of YaduHow the Harivamsa Traces Krishna's AncestryHarivamsa
• Devaki and the Six Who Came BeforeA mother's arms filled for one eveningHarivamsa
• Mathura, Cradle of KrishnaThe city of the prison and the festivalHarivamsa

Places in Vasudeva's Story

Drawn from the stories Vasudeva appears in.

• Mathuraमथुरा
• Yamunaयमुना
• Gokulगोकुल
• Vrindavanवृंदावन
• Govardhanaगोवर्धन
• Dwarakaद्वारका
• Kurukshetraकुरुक्षेत्र
• Prabhasaप्रभास
• Hastinapurहस्तिनापुर
• Saubhaसौभ
• Kshira Sagaraक्षीरसागर
• Surasenaशूरसेन

Related Characters

Others counted among the Sages & Others.

• ✦Sage Kanva
• ◎Eklavya
• ★Shukracharya
• ♛Vrishaparva
• ♛Yadu
• ✧Princess Amba