tataś ca śaurir bhagavat-pracoditaḥ
sutaṁ samādāya sa sūtikā-gṛhāt
yadā bahir gantum iyeṣa tarhy ajā
yā yogamāyājani nanda-jāyayā
sutaṁ samādāya sa sūtikā-gṛhāt
yadā bahir gantum iyeṣa tarhy ajā
yā yogamāyājani nanda-jāyayā
Synonyms
tataḥ-thereafter; ca-indeed; śauriḥ-Vasudeva; bhagavat-pracoditaḥ-being instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sutam-his son; samādāya-carrying very carefully; saḥ-he; sūtikā-gṛhāt-from the maternity room; yadā-when; bahiḥ gantum-to go outside; iyeṣa-desired; tarhi-exactly at that time; ajā-the transcendental energy, who also never takes birth; yā-who; yogamāyā-is known as Yogamāyā; ajani-took birth; nanda-jāyayā-from the wife of Nanda Mahārāja.
Thereafter, exactly when Vasudeva, being inspired by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was about to take the newborn child from the delivery room, Yogamāyā, the Lord's spiritual energy, took birth as the daughter of the wife of Mahārāja Nanda.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura discusses that Kṛṣṇa appeared simultaneously as the son of Devakī and as the son of Yaśodā, along with the spiritual energy Yogamāyā. As the son of Devakī, He first appeared as Viṣṇu, and because Vasudeva was not in the position of pure affection for Kṛṣṇa, Vasudeva worshiped his son as Lord Viṣṇu. Yaśodā, however, pleased her son Kṛṣṇa without understanding His Godhood. This is the difference between Kṛṣṇa as the son of Yaśodā and as the son of Devakī. This is explained by Viśvanātha Cakravartī on the authority of Hari-vaṁśa.
TEXTS 48–49
tayā hṛta-pratyaya-sarva-vṛttiṣu
dvāḥ-stheṣu paureṣv api śāyiteṣv atha
dvāraś ca sarvāḥ pihitā duratyayā
bṛhat-kapāṭāyasa-kīla-śṛṅkhalaiḥ
tāḥ kṛṣṇa-vāhe vasudeva āgate
svayaṁ vyavaryanta yathā tamo raveḥ
vavarṣa parjanya upāṁśu-garjitaḥ
śeṣo 'nvagād vāri nivārayan phaṇaiḥ
SYNONYMS
tayā-by the influence of Yogamāyā; hṛta-pratyaya-deprived of all sensation; sarva-vṛttiṣu-having all their senses; dvāḥ-stheṣu-all the doormen; paureṣu api-as well as other members of the house; śāyiteṣu-sleeping very deeply; atha-when Vasudeva tried to take his transcendental son out of the confinement; dvāraḥ ca-as well as the doors; sarvāḥ-all; pihitāḥ-constructed; duratyayā-very hard and firm; bṛhat-kapāṭa-and on great doors; āyasa-kīla-śṛṅkhalaiḥ-strongly constructed with iron pins and closed with iron chains; tāḥ-all of them; kṛṣṇa-vāhe-bearing Kṛṣṇa; vasudeve-when Vasudeva; āgate-appeared; svayam-automatically; vyavaryanta-opened wide; yathā-as; tamaḥ-darkness; raveḥ-on the appearance of the sun; vavarṣa-showered rain; parjanyaḥ-the clouds in the sky; upāṁśu-garjitaḥ-very mildly resounding and raining very slightly; śeṣaḥ-Ananta-nāga; anvagāt-followed; vāri-showers of rain; nivārayan-stopping; phaṇaiḥ-by spreading His hoods.
By the influence of Yogamāyā, all the doorkeepers fell fast asleep, their senses unable to work, and the other inhabitants of the house also fell deeply asleep. When the sun rises, the darkness automatically disappears; similarly, when Vasudeva appeared, the closed doors, which were strongly pinned with iron and locked with iron chains, opened automatically. Since the clouds in the sky were mildly thundering and showering, Ananta-nāga, an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, followed Vasudeva, beginning from the door, with hoods expanded to protect Vasudeva and the transcendental child.
Śeṣa-nāga is an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead whose business is to serve the Lord with all necessary paraphernalia. When Vasudeva was carrying the child, Śeṣa-nāga came to serve the Lord and protect Him from the mild showers of rain.
Thereafter, exactly when Vasudeva, being inspired by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, was about to take the newborn child from the delivery room, Yogamāyā, the Lord's spiritual energy, took birth as the daughter of the wife of Mahārāja Nanda.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura discusses that Kṛṣṇa appeared simultaneously as the son of Devakī and as the son of Yaśodā, along with the spiritual energy Yogamāyā. As the son of Devakī, He first appeared as Viṣṇu, and because Vasudeva was not in the position of pure affection for Kṛṣṇa, Vasudeva worshiped his son as Lord Viṣṇu. Yaśodā, however, pleased her son Kṛṣṇa without understanding His Godhood. This is the difference between Kṛṣṇa as the son of Yaśodā and as the son of Devakī. This is explained by Viśvanātha Cakravartī on the authority of Hari-vaṁśa.
TEXTS 48–49
tayā hṛta-pratyaya-sarva-vṛttiṣu
dvāḥ-stheṣu paureṣv api śāyiteṣv atha
dvāraś ca sarvāḥ pihitā duratyayā
bṛhat-kapāṭāyasa-kīla-śṛṅkhalaiḥ
tāḥ kṛṣṇa-vāhe vasudeva āgate
svayaṁ vyavaryanta yathā tamo raveḥ
vavarṣa parjanya upāṁśu-garjitaḥ
śeṣo 'nvagād vāri nivārayan phaṇaiḥ
SYNONYMS
tayā-by the influence of Yogamāyā; hṛta-pratyaya-deprived of all sensation; sarva-vṛttiṣu-having all their senses; dvāḥ-stheṣu-all the doormen; paureṣu api-as well as other members of the house; śāyiteṣu-sleeping very deeply; atha-when Vasudeva tried to take his transcendental son out of the confinement; dvāraḥ ca-as well as the doors; sarvāḥ-all; pihitāḥ-constructed; duratyayā-very hard and firm; bṛhat-kapāṭa-and on great doors; āyasa-kīla-śṛṅkhalaiḥ-strongly constructed with iron pins and closed with iron chains; tāḥ-all of them; kṛṣṇa-vāhe-bearing Kṛṣṇa; vasudeve-when Vasudeva; āgate-appeared; svayam-automatically; vyavaryanta-opened wide; yathā-as; tamaḥ-darkness; raveḥ-on the appearance of the sun; vavarṣa-showered rain; parjanyaḥ-the clouds in the sky; upāṁśu-garjitaḥ-very mildly resounding and raining very slightly; śeṣaḥ-Ananta-nāga; anvagāt-followed; vāri-showers of rain; nivārayan-stopping; phaṇaiḥ-by spreading His hoods.
By the influence of Yogamāyā, all the doorkeepers fell fast asleep, their senses unable to work, and the other inhabitants of the house also fell deeply asleep. When the sun rises, the darkness automatically disappears; similarly, when Vasudeva appeared, the closed doors, which were strongly pinned with iron and locked with iron chains, opened automatically. Since the clouds in the sky were mildly thundering and showering, Ananta-nāga, an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, followed Vasudeva, beginning from the door, with hoods expanded to protect Vasudeva and the transcendental child.
Śeṣa-nāga is an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead whose business is to serve the Lord with all necessary paraphernalia. When Vasudeva was carrying the child, Śeṣa-nāga came to serve the Lord and protect Him from the mild showers of rain.