[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.2666 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.2666 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.2666 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2666](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2666) 4) First-born son of Vasudeva. The first-born child of Vasudeva was duly handed over to Kaṃsa. But, he returned the child to its parents as, according to the celestial voice the first-born child was not to be his enemy. Vasudeva and Devakī brought it up under the name Kirtimān. On one of those days Nārada visited Kaṃsa and told him about his previous life, the object of Kṛṣṇa's incarnation etc. Then it was that Kaṃsa realised how fatal to him was the existence of Vasudeva and Devakī, and he hurried up to them and killed the child by dashing its head against a rock. He also kept them chained in prison. - [Previous: c7.2665](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2665) - [Next: c7.2667](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2667) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2666](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.2666) · Pramāṇa