Editing Yashoda (section)

=== Origin ===
According to the ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'', Yashoda was the incarnation of Dhara, the wife of the [[vasu]], Drona. Little is known about Yashoda's early life, other than her marriage with [[Nanda (Hinduism)|Nanda]].



[[Kamsa]], the ruler of [[Mathura]], had decided to kill [[Krishna]] as soon as he was born. In order to protect [[Krishna]] from [[Kamsa]], [[Krishna]] and [[Vindhyavasini|Yogamaya]] were born at the same time from the wombs of Devaki and Yashoda, respectively, and were exchanged by [[Vasudeva]] Anakadundubhi. [[Krishna]] survived and was raised 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 [[Lila (Hinduism)|''lilas'']], growing up in Yashoda's household, abound in [[Hindu]] 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 the ''[[Bhagavata Purana]]'', Yashoda is praised as:
{{blockquote|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=''Bhagavata Purana'', Canto 10, Chapter 9, Verse 20<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/10/9/20/|website=vedabase.io/en/|language=en|access-date=24 February 2020|title=Śb 10.9.20}}</ref>}}