Krishna's foster
mother in Hindu mythology, who welcomes him the night he is born and raises him
until he is old enough to return to Mathura and claim his kingdom.
Yashoda, who loves Krishna as if he were her own child, is a
model of unselfish devotion.
Rupa Goswami, a devotee (bhakta) of the god Krishna and a
follower of the Bengali saint Chaitanya, has used her mythic example of loving,
motherly care as the model for vatsalya bhava, one of the five modes of
devotion most prominently articulated by Rupa Goswami, a devotee (bhakta) of the
god Krishna and a follower of the Bengali saint Chaitanya Devotees who practice
vatsalya consider themselves to be God's parents, lavishing love and care on
the god in the same way as a cow does for her calf.
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