Kamsa the widely hated king woke from his slumber to a voice calling him from the sky. It was a voice he did not recognize, but he could tell it was holy.
The voice called out, "The eighth son of Devaki will bring upon your demise. Tread lightly."
The son was Krishna.
Kamsa at once commanded his army to imprison his cousin Devaki, monitoring each birth closely. The King slept in fear that one day a baby would be the one to dethrone him. He was so worried that he fled the town and resigned as king, in the end he did not want to bring pain upon his cousin by killing her child. He was a misunderstood king, one who had compassion for others.
Author's Note: I did a small microfiction and retold the story of Kamsa finding out that his nephew would be the one to kill him. In the original story, when Devaki gets married, a voice from the sky tells Kamsa that her eighth son would be the one to kill him. This leads Kamsa to imprison his cousin and have guards monitor each of her births. He kills all of Devaki's children as he does not want to take any chances at being killed. The eighth son however, gets away. Kamsa is also perceived as a bad King and everyone wants to get rid of him. In my story, I portray Kamsa as a misunderstood and compassionate King, who does not want to harm his cousin by killing her son. He instead escapes into the forest for hiding.
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