Mahabharat

So, this is the new-born.

It is time to sacrifice him, Devaki.

No, brother!

What crime did this boy child commit?

It has committed the crime of being born!

Your child is my doom.

Him being born is a crime, Devaki.

But our first child will not kill you.

Our eighth child is meant to slay you.

This is what the voice from the sky had said.

Every fruit of a poisonous tree is poisonous, Vasudev.

I will not spare a single child of yours.

Along with Mathura, the entire nation should know

that if a person even dreams of revolting against me

then he will die right after his birth!

Devaki

give me your child.

Give him to me!

No, brother! I will not give my son to you!

What is his crime? - Let me go!

He is soft and fragile. - Let me go!

If you see his face, your heart will melt.

Just look at him, brother.

Just look at his face. - Foolish Devaki!

Even a lion cub

is defenseless and fragile like a kitten!

But when it grows up, it becomes the King of the Jungle!

That is why, I will not let any of your children live.

No!

Give me your child! Give him to me!

Give him!

No, brother! - No, Kansa!

No!

Brother, let my child go.

My Lord...

You are my doom? - No!

No! - Take my life instead but please let him live!

Let him go, brother!

Will you kill me?

My Lord...

Let me go... - My Lord...

My Lord... - No...

Kansa! If you kill him

then do remember!

We will sacrifice seven children of ours

even if it kills our souls!

But our eighth son meant to slay you will indeed be born!

If you have the competence

then go ahead and kill him as well!

No, brother! - No...

No, Kansa. No!

Uncle

were all the children born before you

killed by King Kansa of Mathura?

Yes, dear.

Both sins and merits

are like a pearl necklace.

The way the first pearl attracts the second

and the second attracts the third

similarly

one good deed leads to another

while one sin leads to another.

Sin fuels the arrogance of a person.

A person can stop himself from committing another sin

only when he sees the grave consequence of that sin.

But a person blinded by arrogance

is unable to see that consequence.

The tradition of unrighteousness and crime

keeps getting augmented by him.

The number of treacherous and deceitful acts

and crimes a society can tolerate

and the number of crimes it can pardon

is decided by the society itself.

In a society, the one who has the power to punish the wrong

needs to take that decision.

But uncle, how were Mother Devaki

and grandsire Vasudev able to make so many sacrifices?

Did their hearts not break

when a new-born child was sacrificed each time?

Dear Prativindhya

after the death of their first son

mother Devaki and father Vasudev were robbed

of their happiness for life.

The truth is

those children were not sacrificed, dear.

In that war against unrighteousness

they were the brave martyrs.

The happiness

of my parents had been sacrificed.

But why did they have to make such a grave sacrifice, uncle?

Dear Srutakarman

do you know what is the limit of the sacrifices for the people

trying to establish righteousness?