Krishnanandalahari-chapter3-Birth of Krishna

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At the time of the birth of Krishna the whole world seemed to be happy. The directions looked bright devoid of darkness as though the day is born. This implies that the manifestation of the Lord dispelled the darkness in the mind caused by ragadvesha and the hearts of the good became filled with the joy arising out of the understanding of the truth about the manifestation. Among the usual paraphernalia that is described in the puranas and ithihasas when some divine or extraordinary event happens, such as the apsars dancing the trumpets sounding the kinnaras singing in the devaloka, there was cool breeze blowing from the quarters and the clouds thundered which was like the jayagosha by the devas. Here we see the poetic skill of Desika who says that all the anxieties in the minds of all the people joined together like rivers and fell into the mind of Kamsa, who was the only one agitated to the utmost. Andal addresses the Lord as 'kamsan vayittril neruppenne ninra nedumaalE', the one who stood like fire in the stomach of Kamsa.Vasudeva became free from his shackles.'Rnaadhiva devakipathih amuchyatha srnkalathah' says Desika, comparing the release from srnkala to that from debt. In fact the word 'rna' could mean debt as well as prarabdhakarma as the saying goes 'rnaanubandhasaarena pasupatni suthaalayaa,' ones acquisition of wealth, son and property is according to prarabdhakarma. Desika asks, 'what is so wonderful about this in front of one who removes the shackles of all bondage?'Devaki was having Krishna on her lap and shone like a golden mountain which had a peak of indraneelamani,sapphire. Vasudeva saw Him, who had the color of the sea, carrying sanka, conch, chakra the disc, gada,the mace and ambuja, a lotus. Vasudeva prayed to Him to hide His divine form lest Kamsa will come to know His true identity. He praised the Lord as the embodiment of the Veda, who had come to be born as his son due to his prayers in the previous birth. At the same time he was worried about His safety and begs Him to disguise Himself. That is the maya of the Lord!Then the Lord instructed Vasudeva to take Him to Gokula and leave Him there and bring the female child born to Yasodha to Mathura. Vasudeva took the infant, which the Lord changed Himself into, as requested and the prison gate opened and the guards were fast asleep. When he approached the street the quarters became lighter due to the luster of the body of Krishna. Garuda circled around to ward off the evil forces and Adisesha followed spreading his hoods as an umbrella to protect from the rain.

'sruthimayo vihagah parithah prabhum vyacharadhaasu vidhoothanisaacharah; anujagaama cha bhoodharapannagahsphuta phanamanidheepaganodvahah.'

Garuda is sruthimaya , the personification of vedas, as Yamunacharya calls him 'vedhaathmaa vihagesvarah,' and the Sesha is referred to as Bhoodharapannaga, who followed giving light by the gems on his thousand hoods as though thinking that the Lord needed some light as He had contracted His own tejas. The significance of the word Bhoodharapannaga by Desika is that the Krishnavathara was for the purpose of lightening the burden of the earth which will also lighten the burden on the head of Sesha who is bhoodhara, bearer of the earth.Vasudeva carried Krishna as though on the gurudavahana and reached river Yamnna, directed by the moonlight. The land near Yamuna seemed to welcome Vasudeva by its cool breeze to remove the fatigue and the buzzing of the bees, serving as the welcome song.