Word

Kirtiman

Sanskrit

कीर्तिमान्

IAST

kīrtiman

In General

The first-born son of Vasudeva and Devaki. As per the agreement Vasudeva made to Kamsa, Kirtinan was duly handed over to Kamsa. But, he returned the child to its parents by the believing that according to the celestial voice the first-born child was not to be his enemy. Vasudeva and Devaki were happy and they brought it up. Once Kamsa happen to meet Narada whom he enquired about the celestial voice he had. Narada told to him that Lord is going to take birth as son of Devaki and would finish all the cruel kings on the world. Kamsa again become apprehensive about his death by the hand of Devaki’s son. He snatched power from his father Ugrasena and put him in jail. He don’t want to take any chance so he killed Kirtiman by dashing its head against a rock and chained Vasudeva and Devaki and put them in jail.