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and his son was the powerful Kamsa. This Kamsa imprisoned his father
and became the King of Mathura. By the grace of Lord Krsna and His
brother Lord Baladeva, Kamsa was killed, and Ugrasena was reinstalled on
the throne. When Silva attacked the city of Dvaraka, Ugrasena fought very
valiantly and repulsed the enemy. Ugrasena inquired from Naradaji about
the divinity of Lord Krsna. When the Yadu dynasty was to be vanquished,
Ugrasena was entrusted with the iron lump produced from the womb of
Samba. He cut the iron lump into pieces and then pasted it and mixed it
up with the sea water on the coast of Dvaraka. After this, he ordered
complete prohibition within the city of Dvaraka and the kingdom. He got
salvation after his death.

Baladeva: He is the divine son of Vasudeva by his wife Rohini. He is
also known as Rohininandana, the beloved son of Rohini. He was also
entrusted to Nanda Maharaja along with His mother Rohini when Vasudeva
embraced imprisonment by mutual agreement with Kamsa. So Nanda
Maharaja is also the foster father of Baladeva along with Lord Krsna. Lord
Krsna and Lord Baladeva both were constant companions from very
childhood, although They were stepbrothers. He is the plenary manifesta-
tion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and therefore He is as good
and powerful as Lord Krsna. He belongs to the Visnu-tattva (the principle
of Godhead). He attended the svayarmvara ceremony of Draupadi along
with Sri Krsna. When Subhadra was kidnapped by Arjuna by the organized
plan of Sri Krsna, Baladeva was very angry with Arjuna and wanted to kill
him at once. Sri Krsna, for the sake of His dear friend, fell at the feet of
Lord Baladeva and implored Him not to be so angry. Sri Baladeva was
thus satisfied. Similarly, He was once very angry with the Kauravas, and
He wanted to throw the whole city into the depths of the Yamuna. But
the Kauravas satisfied him by surrendering unto His divine lotus feet. He
was actually the seventh son of Devaki prior to the birth of Lord Krsna,
but by the will of the Lord He was transferred to the womb of Rohini to
escape the wrath of Kamsa. His other name is therefore Saikarsana, who
is also the plenary portion of Sri Baladeva. Because He was as powerful as
Lord Krsna and can bestow spiritual power to the devotees, He is therefore
known as Baladeva. In the Vedas also it is enjoined that no one can know
the Supreme Lord without being favored by Baladeva. Bala means spiritual
strength and not physical. Some less intelligent persons interpret bala as
the strength of the body. But no one can have spiritual realization by
physical strength. Physical strength ends with the end of the physical
body, but spiritual strength follows the spirit soul to the next transmigra-
tion, and therefore the strength obtained by Baladeva is never wasted.
