As the legend goes, Kansa who was the brother of Devaki killed six of her children at birth because he had been warned that her eighth child would kill him
देवकीचा आठव्या मुलाच्या हस्ते आपला वध होणार असल्याचे भविष्य सांगितले गेल्याने कंसाने तिची सहा मुले आपटून ठार केली होती.