Demon Putana attempting to kill baby Krishna
is one of the most famous incidents in the life of Bhagwan Sri Krishna on
earth. The story happens after Kamsa is informed by Goddess Yogamaya that the
eighth child of Devaki destined to kill him has all already appeared on earth.
Kamsa then recruits Demon Putana to kill all the newborn
children in Mathura .
Putana gets on with her mission and reaches Gokul.
She goes to the house of Nanda Rai and Yashoda in the form
of a Brahmin lady and convinces Mata Yashoda that her breast milk has the power
to strengthen the baby.
Yashoda gives baby Krishna
to her to breastfeed.
She sits down in a closed room and begins to feed Baby
Krishna poisoned milk.
Bhagvan realizes that this is a demon in disguise and
continues drinking the milk.
Krishna does not stop and the demon soon realized that Krishna was sucking life out of her.
Putana tries to remove baby Krishna .
But he clings to the breast and bites her hard. Immediately
Putana transforms to her original gory form.
She gives out a huge cry and falls down dead.
When the entire village arrives at the scene, all they could
see was baby Krishna playing on the body of
the huge ugly demon.
As Putana was killed by Sri Krishna she achieves moksha or
liberation.