Editing Vasudeva (section)

==Kashyapa incarnated as Vasudeva==
[[File:Vasudeva Takes the Infant Krishna Across the Yamuna River.jpg|thumb|Vasudeva Takes the Infant Krishna Across the Yamuna River. [[Rajput painting|Master at the Court of Mankot]], {{Circa|1700}}. [[Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh]]]]<nowiki> </nowiki>
Sage [[Kashyapa]] is said to have incarnated as Vasudeva, the father of Krishna, due to a curse of the deities [[Varuna]] or [[Brahma]]. 

Once, the sage is said to have performed a [[yajna]] (a ritual sacrifice) in his [[Ashram|hermitage]]. Kashyapa sought the help of the god [[Varuna]] for the offerings of milk and [[ghee]]. Varuna lent the sage a divine cow that would provide him the required offerings. After completing the sacrifice, Kashyapa delayed in returning the cow back to the deity. Varuna cursed the sage and his wife, Aditi, to be born on earth as Vasudeva and Devaki, the parents of Vishnu in his avatar of Krishna.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vemsani |first=Lavanya |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56QvEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kashyapa+Yadava&pg=PA231 |title=Feminine Journeys of the Mahabharata: Hindu Women in History, Text, and Practice |date=2021 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-73165-6 |page=231 |language=en}}</ref>

In other iterations, Kashyapa is stated to have stolen a divine cow from Varuna for the performance of a ritual sacrifice. The deity requested [[Brahma]] for his intervention. For his theft of a cow, Brahma cursed Kashyapa to be born on earth as a cowherd. Since his wives, [[Aditi]] and Surasa, had assisted him in concealing the cows in his hermitage, they were also born on earth as his two wives, Devaki and [[Rohini (wife of Vasudeva)|Rohini]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mani |first=Vettam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvXsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA397 |title=Puranic Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Work with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature |date=2015-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0597-2 |page=397 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Preciado-Solis |first1=Benjamin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JvCaWvjGDVEC&q=gopatve+ka%C5%9Byapo+bhuvi |title=The Kṛṣṇa Cycle in the Purāṇas: Themes and Motifs in a Heroic Saga |last2=Preciado-Solís |first2=Benjamín |date=1984 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |isbn=978-0-89581-226-1 |language=en}}</ref>