Samba (IAST samba) born to Lord Krishna and Jambavati. Samba is very Handsome, dearest and notorious son of lord Krishna. Samba does many unbearable things which leads whole yadu dynasty to an end.
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Krishna wanted to have a son and after getting advice from a sage, he entered into seclusion. He put ashes all over his body and clothes himself into the bark of a tree. For years and years he prays, only to have a glimpse of Lord Shiva and to ask him for a boon. After years and years both Parvati and Shiva appeared. Krishna asked Lord Shiva,that you are the only one who can full fill my desire. I want a son exactly like you otherwise I don't want. Lord Shiva granted Krishna the boon. after some time Krishna's wife Jambavati gave a birth to a baby. They named him as Samba.
Lord Krishna knew that transformation was needed and transformation must be preceded by destruction. Shiva’s function is to destroy , if he gets a child exactly like Lord Shiva then the child will cause the destruction of whole yadu dynasty, this is why he prayed to have a son like Shiva.[1]
one day some yadavas out of their foolishness tried to play prank and tease the Sages. They dressed up Samba like a woman, and asked the Rishis that this young woman is expecting a child and She is eager to know if she will give birth to a son or a daughter. The sages who could see through the hoax felt extremely angry at this insulting behaviour of the young men and pronounced a curse on them, "O fools, she will deliver a pestle and that will be the ruin of your whole clan[2][3]
According to Mausala Parva and Samba Purana, One day sage Narada Son of Bharma visits Dwaraka. he was welcomed by yadu's but Samba proud of his handsomeness didn't pay attention to him, Narada decided to teach him a lesson and Narada offered alcohol to 16,100 wives of Lord Krishna and Samba. After drinking too much of alcohol, the wives of Krishna lost their senses and control. They were sexually attracted towards their son Samba. Later Narada reported this to Krishna which resulted in krishna cursing Samba to suffer from leprosy and to lose his handsomeness. He also cursed his wives that robbers will kidnap them soon after his death.