Princess Devaki was the daughter of Devaka, who was a chieftain of the Yadu dynasty.

Devaki was the cousin of Kamsa.

Kamsa was the son of Ugrasana, another chieftain of the Yadu clan.

Kamsa had no sisters of his own and loved Devaki like his own sister.

However, that changed when Princess Devaki had married Vasudeva.

After Devaki's marriage to Vasudeva, Kamsa himself took the reins of the chariot and drove his sister to Vasudeva's palace.

At that time, a heavenly prophecy announced that the eighth son of Devaki would be the death of Kamsa.

When he heard the prophecy, Kamsa was enraged, and he wanted to kill his sister Devaki.

However, when Vasudeva promised to bring every child of Devaki to Kamsa in an attempt to keep Devaki safe, Kamsa relented.

However, fate was such that Kamsa killed six children of Devaki as soon as they were born.

Besides, around this time or slightly before, Kamsa usurped the throne and became the king of the Yadava clan. He imprisoned Devaki, Vasudeva, and Ugrasena.

In prison, Devaki's seventh womb was transferred to Rohini, who was another wife of Vasudeva.

Sensing that this was dangerous, Kamsa, through his guards, kept a constant watch on the imprisoned Devaki and Vasudeva during her eighth pregnancy.

The eighth son of Devaki was born in prison, and this was Krishna.

Immediately after Krishna's birth, with divine assistance, Vasudeva was able to smuggle Krishna out of the prison to the place called Gokul, which was the place where the cowherds belonging to the Gopa clans resided.

By the end of this, Kamsa realized that the person who was to kill him had been born, but Kamsa did not know where the child was.

Krishna grew up as the son of the chief of the Gopa clan—as the son of Yashoda and Nanda.

In his childhood, Krishna was extraordinarily mischievous, but he was the darling of his village. The ladies of the Gopa clan with their cows and plenty of milk always made butter.

Krishna and his friends often stole butter from all the houses of the Gopas.

The Gopas all loved that Krishna came to their house to steal the butter. Some of the Gopas even believed that the butter came out of excellent quality when they made it with the intention to give it to Krishna.

But Krishna's antics with his friends all over the village kept on increasing.

So once, the Gopis complained to Yashoda about Krishna's activities.

Yashoda had heard enough from all of them, and she decided to punish her son.

Yashoda caught Krishna and grabbed him in her arms and tied him up to a mortar.