Previous Story of Putana

Putana's previous story

We see in the Bhagavatam that Kamsa sent the demoness Putana to kill baby Krishna.Putana disguised like a beautiful lady and mesmerizing Yashoda and other gopis,she took baby Krishna to breastfeed him and thereby kill him by her poisonous breast milk.Krishna saw her like his mother and while sucking her breast,he also sucked off her life! Putana fell down taking to her gigantic form and died.Later Nanda and others could not lift her heavy body and hence cut her body into pieces and burnt them.As they burnt,a divine fragrance emanated indicating that Putana had become pure due to the touch of Lord Krishna and attained liberation.Thus though Putana was a demoness, she attained liberation since she was killed by Lord Krishna.The Brahmavaivarta purana continues the story saying that a divine chariot came and took her to Goloka, the supreme abode of Lord Krishna.It also narrates Putana's previous life story.Putana, in her previous life was King Bali's daughter by name Ratnamala.When Lord Vamana, the dwarf incarnation of Lord Vishnu came to beg three steps of land from King Bali,his daughter Ratnamala saw the small boy Vamana and felt motherly affection for him.She felt if she had a son like him she could breast feed him.Lord Vamana understood her mind and allowed her to breastfeed him in her next life as Putana.Once she breast fed the Lord,she got rid of all her sins and went to Goloka.