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The son of the Yadava king Shurasena, he was also the second cousin of Nanda, the foster-father of Krishna. [4] [5] [6] His sister Kunti was married to Pandu. The patronymic Vāsudeva (with a pronounced ā) is a popular name of Krishna, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki.
- वसुदेव
He is sometimes referred to as a king. [12] Nanda is the cousin of Vasudeva. [9] [13] [11] [14] Vasudeva takes his newborn son, Krishna, to Nanda on the night of the child's birth, so that Nanda could raise him. The chief, who is married to Yashoda, brings up both Krishna, and his brother, Balarama.
- Gokulam
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Oct 2, 2023 · Vasudeva was a (real or cousin) brother of Nanda-baba (foster father of Krishna), who was the chief among the cowherds. Same thing is true for many Yadu-s. Moreover it was not unusual in many regions to have a Brahmana or Vaishya or Shudra kings as well. Vasudeva's father Sura also could have been a Vaishya king. Vasudeva was yadhava king.
Some versions of Srimad Bhagavatam, states that he was the son of Vāsudēva (Not to be mistaken with that Vasudeva, who was the Father of Shri Krishna bhagwan) and Sutanu, the princess of Kasi. Vāsudeva Krishna, and as a son of Vāsudēva he was named Vāsudeva.
- Vāsudēva (father), Sutana (mother)
- The king of Kasi, The king of Pundra, False Vāsudēva Krishna
Vasudeva, in Hindu mythology, the patronymic of the deity Krishna, a son of Vasudeva. The worshippers of Vasudeva-Krishna formed one of the earliest theistic devotional movements within Hinduism . When they merged with another group, the Bhagavata , they represented the beginnings of modern Vaishnavism , worship of the god Vishnu .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The name Vasudeva referring to Lord Krishna is revealed in Srimad Bhagavad-Gita in four different chapters. Lord Krishna uses the name Vasudeva twice to describe Himself in chapters 7 and 10 and then He is described twice more as Vasudeva in chapters 11 and 18 by Vedavyasa. The first example of Vasudeva is in Bhagavad-Gita, chapter 7, verse 19 ...
Vasudeva. Vasudeva (Devanagari वसुदेव, IAST Vasudeva), also called Ānakadundubhi ("Drum", after the sound of drums heard at the time of his birth), was the father of Krishna, his eighth son who was an Avatar of Vishnu, and his siblings Balarama and Subhadra. He was king of the Vrishnis and a Yadava prince.
