The Birth of Lord Kåñëa

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The Birth of Lord Kåñëa

SB 10.3 Summary

As described in this chapter, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kåñëa, Hari

in His original form, appeared as Viñëu so that His father and mother could

understand that their son was the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because they

were afraid of Kaàsa, when the Lord appeared as an ordinary child they took Him

to Gokula, the home of Nanda Mahäräja.

Mother Devaké, being fully transcendental, sac-cid-änanda, does not belong to

this material world. Thus the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared with four

hands, as if born from her womb. Upon seeing the Lord in that Viñëu form,

Vasudeva was struck with wonder, and in transcendental happiness he and Devaké

mentally gave ten thousand cows in charity to the brähmaëas. Vasudeva then

offered prayers to the Lord, addressing Him as the Supreme Person, Parabrahman,

the Supersoul, who is beyond duality and who is internally and externally

all-pervading. The Lord, the cause of all causes, is beyond material existence,

although He is the creator of this material world. When He enters this world as

Paramätmä, He is all-pervading (aëòäntara-stha-paramäëu-cayäntara-stham [bs.

5.35]), yet He is transcendentally situated. For the creation, maintenance and

annihilation of this material world, the Lord appears as the

guëa-avatäras-Brahmä, Viñëu and Maheçvara. Thus Vasudeva offered prayers full

of meaning to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Devaké followed her husband

by offering prayers describing the transcendental nature of the Lord. Fearing

Kaàsa and desiring that the Lord not be understood by atheistic and

materialistic nondevotees, she prayed that the Lord withdraw His transcendental

four-armed form and appear like an ordinary child with two hands.

The Lord reminded Vasudeva and Devaké of two other incarnations in which He had

appeared as their son. He had appeared as Påçnigarbha and Vämanadeva, and now

this was the third time He was appearing as the son of Devaké to fulfill their

desire. The Lord then decided to leave the residence of Vasudeva and Devaké, in

the prison house of Kaàsa, and at this very time, Yogamäyä took birth as the

daughter of Yaçodä. By the arrangement of Yogamäyä, Vasudeva was able to leave

the prison house and save the child from the hands of Kaàsa. When Vasudeva

brought Kåñëa to the house of Nanda Mahäräja, he saw that by Yogamäyä's

arrangement, Yaçodä, as well as everyone else, was deeply asleep. Thus he

exchanged the babies, taking Yogamäyä from Yaçodä's lap and placing Kåñëa there

instead. Then Vasudeva returned to his own place, having taken Yogamäyä as his

daughter. He placed Yogamäyä on Devaké's bed and prepared to be a prisoner as

before. In Gokula, Yaçodä could not understand whether she had given birth to a

male or a female child.