14 months in womb

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Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura has written a sloka that reveals the

opinion of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu: "Aradhyo bhagavan vrajesa-tanayas

tad-dhama vrndavana." First of all, Krsna is Vrajendra-nandana, the son of

Nanda Maharaja, and He is aradhya, the supreme worshipable Deity. Tad-dhama

vrndavanam. His abode, Vrndavana, is equally worshipable. Lord Sri Krsna and

His abode, Vrndavana, are equally worshipable.

 

This is the idea of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Krsna is not the son of Vasudeva

and Devaki. He is only the son of Yasoda and Nanda Baba. Vrajesa-tanayas

means Nanda Baba. Our aradhyadeva is Krsna, and He took birth in Gokula.

 

Just as Krsna took birth in Gokula, so Baladeva Prabhu also takes birth,

only in Gokula. He comes from the womb of Devaki in part, but 'in whole' He

comes from the womb of Rohini, in Gokula. Rohini devi was one of Vasudeva's

many wives in Mathura. In Gopala Campu it is stated that when Vasudeva and

Devaki were put in Kamsa's jail, she used to go from time to time to visit

and serve them there. On one visit she became pregnant, and Devaki also

conceived a child at that time. The mula, original and complete, Balarama

entered her womb, and His plenary portion was in the womb of Devaki. After

two or three months, in order to protect Rohini from the atrocities of

Kamsa, Vasudev sent her to Vrndavana to live in the home of Nanda Baba and

Yasoda. Yogamaya had inspired him to do so. After Baladeva's plenary

expansion had been in Devaki's womb for six months, Yogamaya took Him from

her womb to Gokula, where she put Him in Rohini's womb, and both the plenary

portion and original Balarama merged there. It appeared, and everyone

thought, that Devaki had a miscarriage, but actually that plenary portion

had been transferred to Rohini's womb. As a magnet attracts iron, so the

original Baladeva attracted His own expansion. Eight months later, Rohini

begot her son, and therefore, all in all, Sri Baladeva had been in her womb

for fourteen months.

 

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