Vasudeva and Krsna

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> Recently a story from Gopala-campu was given in KKB describing that the

> baby Krsna who Vasudeva brought to Vrndavana merged with the Krsna born of

> Yasoda. Yet there is another story that when Vasudeva was taking Him

> across the Yamuna, Krsna fell in, then Vaasudeva Krsna retired and the

> baby who Vasudeva retrieved from the water was Vrindavan Krsna. Where is

> this latter story from and how is it to be understood viz-a-viz the

> Gopala-campu story?

 

The first story that Krsna was simultaneously born of Yasoda is surely

bonafide because it is also mentioned by Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti

Thakura and quoted by Prabhupada in the 10th canto. I don't know about the

second one.

 

Your servant, Nayana-ranjana Das.