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{{short description|Foster-Mother of Lord Krishna}}
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{{Infobox deity
| type = Hindu
| image = Raja Ravi Varma, Yasoda with Krishna.jpg
| caption = Yashoda with Krishna by [[Raja Ravi Varma]]
| spouse = [[Nanda Baba|Nanda]]
| children = [[Krishna]] (foster-son)<br> [[Balarama]] (foster-son)<br>[[Vindhyavasini|YogaMaya]] (daughter)
| name = Yashoda
| texts = [[Bhagavata Purana]], [[Harivamsa]], [[Mahabharata]], [[Vishnu Purana]], [[Brahmavaivarta Purana]]
| abode = Vrindavan
| parents = Giribhanu(father), Padmavati(mother)<ref>Brahmavaivarta Purana Sri-Krishna Janma Khanda (Fourth Canto) Chapter 13.Verse 38 English translation by Shantilal Nagar Parimal Publications Link: https://archive.org/details/brahma-vaivarta-purana-all-four-kandas-english-translation</ref>
}}

In Hindu legends, '''''Yashoda''''' ({{lang-sa|यशोदा}} [{{IAST|Yaśodā}}]), also spelt as '''Yasodha''', is the foster-mother of [[Krishna]] and wife of [[Nanda Baba|Nanda]]. She is described in the [[Puranic]] texts of [[Hinduism]]. According to [[Bhagavata Purana]], Krishna was born to [[Devaki]], but Krishna's father [[Vasudeva Anakadundubhi|Vasudeva]] brought the newborn Krishna to his cousin brother [[Nanda Baba]] in [[Gokul]], in order to raise and protect Krishna from Devaki's brother [[Kamsa|Kansa]], the king of [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]].

== Etymology ==

The name Yashoda means 'one who is giver (da, {{lang|sa|दा}}) of fame or glory (Yash, {{lang|sa|यश}})'.<ref>{{Cite web|last=www.wisdomlib.org|date=2012-06-24|title=Yashoda, Yaśodā, Yaśoda, Yashas-da: 14 definitions|url=https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yashoda|access-date=2020-11-15|website=www.wisdomlib.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=DADUZEN|first=Dayal N. Harjani aka|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2xlDwAAQBAJ&q=yashoda+meaning&pg=PT191|title=Sindhi Roots & Rituals - Part 2|date=2018-07-18|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64249-480-8|language=en}}</ref>
<ref>Brahmavaivarta Purana Sri-Krishna Janma Khanda (Fourth Canto) Chapter 13.Verse 39</ref>

==Legends==
[[File: Meister der Bhâgavata-Purâna-Handschrift 001.jpg|thumb|left|Yashoda bathing the child Krishna-Illustration of a [[Bhagavata Purana]] manuscript, c. 1500 AD]]
[[File: Yashoda with infant Krishna early 12th century Tamil Nadu Pudukkottai and Tanjavur districts.jpg|thumb|right|Krishna (Krushn) Foster Mother Yashoda with the Infant Krishna (Krushn). [[Chola]] period early 12th century, [[Tamil Nadu]], India.]]

According to ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'', Yashoda was the incarnation of Dhara, wife of Vasu Drona. Little is known about Yashoda's early life, other than her marriage with [[Nanda Baba|Nanda]]. [[Kamsa|Kansa]], the ruler of [[Mathura]] had decided to kill [[Krishna]] as soon as he was born. In order to protect [[Krishna]] from [[Kamsa|Kansa]], [[Krishna]] and [[Yoganidra]] or [[Vindhyavasini|YogaMāya]] were born at the same time from the wombs of Devaki and Yashoda, respectively, and were exchanged by [[Vasudeva]] Anakadundubhi. [[Krishna]] survived as the foster son of Yashoda.<ref name="Devi Bhagwat Purana">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fghQhiowlycC&q=dauwa+ahir&pg=PA30 | title=Between History and Legend: Status and Power in Bundelkhand | publisher=Orient Blackswan | author=Ravindra K. Jain | year=2002 | pages=31–32 | isbn=9788125021940}}</ref>

Various childhood episodes or [[Lilas of Krishna|'' Lilas'' of Krishna]], growing up in Yashoda's household, abound in [[Hindu]] religious texts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/religion/Yasoda-the-blessed-one/article16882810.ece|title=Yasoda the blessed one|date=2009-09-22|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-11-20|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In Srimad Bhagavatam, Yashoda is praised as:
{{quote|Neither Lord Brahmā, nor Lord Śiva, nor even the goddess of fortune (Goddess Mahalakshmi), who is always the better half of the Supreme Lord, can obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the deliverer from this material world, such mercy as received by mother Yaśodā|source=Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 10, Chapter 9, Verse 20<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/9/20/|website=https://vedabase.io/en/|language=en|access-date=24 February 2020|title=Śb 10.9.20}}</ref>}}

Important among them is Krishna giving ''darshan'' to Yashoda with his ''Vishwaroopa'' (his Divine Form).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/faith/no-qualifications-needed/article24194398.ece|title=No qualifications needed|date=2018-06-18|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-11-20|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> [[Ved Vyasa]] states in [[Mahabharata]] that sage [[Narada]] once visited Krishna at [[Brindavan]]. Krishna was playing in the sand and was swallowing it. Yashoda, upon seeing it, was furious with Krishna for disobeying her and punished him by tying him to a grinding stone. Upon witnessing this act Sage Narada stated "Enna Thavam Saidhanai, Yashoda" ("What penance have You (Mother Yashoda) undertaken to be bestowed with the powers to punish the supreme ([[Narayana]]))". This is also seen as a question to Narayana as to how he accepts this. It literally asks what penance Yashoda has undertaken in her previous birth to be bestowed with the powers to punish, love, and care for the Supreme [[Vishnu]].

Upon this request, it is said that Krishna opens his mouth in front of Yashoda, who sees the Seven Oceans and the entire Universe and also Narayana seated upon [[Adishesha]] (The Divine Snake), attended upon by his consort [[Mahalakshmi]]. Upon this divine intervention, Mother Yashoda faints, to be revived by Krishna and attended by Sage Narada, who explains to her about Krishna's life.<ref>[http://www.dalsabzi.com/books/kids_kahaani/bhaagvad_stories/krishna_and_yashoda_ma.htm Story of Krishna and Yashoda]</ref> Krishna stealing butter, Krishna tied to a mortar<ref>[http://www.stutimandal.com/gif_suur/uluukhal_bandhan.htm Krishna Tied to Mortar]</ref> as written by poet-saint [[Surdas]],<ref>[http://www.stutimandal.com/gif_suur/maataa_vachan.htm Maata Vachan]</ref> where her deep affection for Krishna becomes an epitome of 'Vatsalya Prema', Mother's Love and even 'Vatsalya [[Bhakti]]’, Mother's Devotion.<ref>[http://members.rediff.com/saivani/Yashoda.htm Vatsalya]</ref><ref name="Yashoda">[http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/07/sss/ho_1982.220.8.htm Yashoda and Krishna]</ref>

===Reincarnation of Yashoda ===
{{Main article|Vakula Devi}}
In the ''[[Dvapara Yuga]]'', Yashoda couldn't witness the marriage of Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna promised her that she would get that chance of seeing his marriage when Lord Krishna incarnates again as [[Lord Venkateswara]] in the ''[[Kali Yuga]]''. In the ''Kali Yuga'', Yashoda was born as [[Vakula Devi]], as the mother of Lord Venkateshwara and witnessed the marriage between Venkateshwara and Goddess [[Padmavathi]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Dundee Hindu Temple presents {{sic|it|’s|nolink=y|expected=its}} first Ram Bhajan prayer |url=https://northernnatalcourier.co.za/58663/dundee-hindu-temple-presents-its-first-ram-bhajan-prayer/|date=6 October 2016 |newspaper=Northernnatalcourier |department=City: World |agency=TNN |access-date=29 January 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Gaudiya Vaishnavism]]
* [[Krishna Janmashtami|Krishna (Krushn) Janmashtami]]
* [[Nanda Baba]]
* [[Yadu]]
* [[Yaduvanshi Ahirs]]

==Modern works==
1975 [[Telugu film]] ''[[Yashoda Krishna]]'', directed by C. S. Rao,<ref>{{Citation|title=Yashoda Krishna|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187604/|access-date=2019-05-26}}</ref> presented events in the life of Krishna (Krushn) and his attachment towards Yashoda. [[Sridevi]] played the role of the child Krishna in the film.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.dalsabzi.com/books/kids_kahaani/bhaagvad_stories/krishna_and_yashoda_ma.htm Story of Krishna (Krushn) and Yashoda]

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