२१ एकव िंशदशकः - नन्दसुता तारः 21 ekavimshadashakah' - nandasutaavataarah' Dasakam-21-Nanda-Suthavatharam-Incarnation-as-Son-of-Nanda
Curse of Vasudeva and Devki
This is mentioned in Devi Bhagwatam..how Vasudev and Devki
were cursed alongwith Rohini...
1. Vysa said :-- O king; The incarnation of Hari and the incarnation of
the Amsa Avatras of all the other Devas are accountable to many
causes. The chief cause being Karma; the minor causes being many.
2. Hear, now, the cause of the incarnations of Vasudeva (Krisna's
father), Devki and Rohini in detail.
3. Once, on an occasion, Sriman Kashyapa stole away the
Kamadhenu (the heavenly Cow, yielding all desires) of the Deva
Varuna for his sacrificial purpose; and though he was entreated by
Varuna often and often to return the cow, Kas'yapa did not return to
him that, the best of all the cows.
4. Varuna became very sorry; he went to Brahma, the Lord of the
creation and told him humbly all that had happened and about his
sorrows.
5-6. "O Glorious One! Maharsi Kas'yapa is now almost infatuated
with his sacrifice; and though I have tried all my means, he is not
returning me my cow. I could not hear the pitiful cries and wailings
of the calves or bereavement from their mother; and I cursed
Kas'yapa saying 'You would go down and take birth in the human
world as a cow-herd; and your two wives also are to go there as
human mortals, suffering under the greatest difficulties and
dangers.'"
7. O Brahmana! On seeing the distressed condition of the calves I
cursed Aditi a second time that she would be put to prison, her
children would be still born, and she would suffer lots of troubles.
8. O Janamejaya! Hearing this, the Lotus-born Brahm called Kas'yapa
before him and asked.
9. O Fortunate One! Why have you stolen away all the cows of the
Varuna Deva, the Guardian of a quarter of the world? And why have
you committed an offence in not returning the cows to Him?
10. Bhagavn! You are intelligent, you know everything fully; knowing
that it is a sin to steal other's property, why have you committed the
unlawful act of stealing away the cows.
11. Oh! What is the wonderful influence of covetousness! Even those
that are great are not free from the clutches of greed. Covetousness
is the source of all sins, is unapproved by the Sages and leads to
hell.
12. Lo! Maharsi Kas'yapa is not able to leave this vicious habit even
now; what shall I do? I will hence count greed as more powerful than
even Fate, the Ruler of all destinies.
13. Blessed are those saints that have devoted themselves wholly to
the attainment of peace, who are tranquil-hearted, lead a hermit life
and don't ask themselves of any thing from any body. Verily those
are blessed.
14. This covetousness is a powerful enemy; it is always unholy and
odious. See! Its influence has overpowered the Maharsi Kas'yapa
and has tied him down to an ordinary affection and has urged him
to commit a sinful act.
15-16. Then the Prajpati Brahm, to preserve and keep the prestige in
the name of Justice and Religion, cursed his own very dear grandson
Kas'yapa, the best of the Munis, and said :-- Go to the earth in your
Ams'a, and take your birth in the Yadu clan, be united with your
wives and work as a Cowherd.
17. Vysa said :-- O king! Thus was cursed the Maharsi Kas'yapa by
Brahm and Varuna to come down to the earth as Ams Avatara to
relieve the earth of her burden.
18. Diti, too, becoming grieved much with sorrows, cursed Aditi that
seven of her sons would be killed consecutively after their births.
19. Janamejaya said :-- O best of Munis! Why was it that Diti so
cruelly cursed his sister Aditi, the mother of Indra? Kindly explain to
me the cause of this and oblige. I am sorry to hear of this curse.
20. Suta said :-- Thus asked by the son of Pariksit, Vysa, the son of
Satyabat, himself replied to the king about their causes in the
following words :--
21. Vysa said :-- Daksa Prajpati had two daughters, Diti and Aditi;
these two, of high rank, were married to Kas'yapa; and they were his
favourites.
22. Aditi gave birth to the very powerful Indra, the king of the Devas.
Diti, too, asked for a son of the same strength, prowess, and
splendour as those of Indra.
23. Diti, of beautiful dark blue eyes, entreated to her husband and
said, "Give me a son, O giver of due respects to every body! who
shall be a hero as strong as Indra, religious and of indomitable
energy."
24. The Muni said to her :-- O Dear! Be peaceful; I advise you to take
a vow, practise a rite, and when the period of your practice will be
over, you will get a son like Indra.
25. Diti promised to act according to his word and took an oath; and
when she practised the vow, Maharsi Kas'yapa impregnated the
seed in her womb. Diti also bore the seed in her womb according to
the usual rite.
26. The excellent fair complexioned Diti remained sacred, observed
all the rules and, deeply intent on her vow, subsisted only on milk
and slept or the ground.
27-28. Thus when the foetus was fully developed, Diti began to look
white and full of splendour. On seeing her thus, Aditi became
anxious and thought if there be born of Diti a son like the powerful
Indra, then my son will no doubt be deprived of his brilliancy and
splendour.
29. The proud Aditi, thinking thus, said to Indra :-- O Son! There, in
the womb of Diti, is your powerful enemy.
30. O Beautiful One! Even now think out how you can kill your
enemy. Before the child is born of the womb, try to destroy it.
31. Since the time I have looked, on my co-wife Diti, of beautiful
eyes and proud, this is the one and only thought that troubles the
peace in the innermost of my hearts.
32. The enemy, if he firmly gets hold like a fully developed
consumption, cannot be killed; therefore the intelligent persons
should destroy the enemies, when they are in their buds.
33. O S'atakratu! My heart is being pierced wholly by an iron spoke
when I see the womb of Diti; kill it by any means you can!
34. O High minded One! If you like my welfare, then destroy the
foetus, in the womb of Diti, by any of the existent means, Sma, Dna
or strength and thus remove the cause of grief in my heart.
35. Vysa said :-- On hearing his mother, Indra, the King of the
Immortals, thought over all the means and went then to his step-
mother Diti.
36. That evil minded Indra bowed down at the foot of Diti with
humility and addressed her with words, sweet but full of poison.
37. O mother! You have become very weak, lean and thin in the
practise your vow. I have come to serve you; order me now what I
can do for you.
38. O chaste one to your husband! I want to shampoo your feet. To
serve one's Guru means to earn righteousness and immortality.
39. O mother! I swear, on oath, I don't make any difference between
you and my mother Aditi. Saying thus, he touched her feet and
began to shampoo her legs.
40. The beautiful eyed Diti, tired of the vow, lean and thin, thus
being shampooed and having full faith in Indra's words, fell to deep
sleep.
41-42. Seeing her asleep, Indra, with thunderbolt in his hand, took
subtle form and by the influence of his yogic power, entered
carefully into her womb quickly and cut asunder the foetus in the
womb into seven parts.
43-44. The child in the womb, struck by the thunder bolt, cried out.
Indra spoke to the child gently :-- "Do not cry," and in the mean
while cut each of the seven parts into seven parts again. Thus, O
king! The forty-nine Maruts were born.
45. When the good natured Diti awoke, she came to know that Indra
has treacherously cut the foetus in her womb and became very sorry
and angry.
46-47. Knowing that all these treacherous acts are really done under
the advice of her sister, the truthful Diti; who was under the vow,
cursed Aditi, and Indra, saying that as her son Indra has
treacherously cut the foetus in her womb, Indra's kingdom over the
three worlds would be destroyed.
48-49. And as the sinful Aditi has secretly caused the destruction of
my son, her sons, too, would also die after their birth consecutively
and she would dwell in the prison house in much trouble and
anxiety and would also bear still born sons in her next birth.
50. Vysa said :-- O king! Maharsi Kas'yapa, the son of Marchi,
hearing the curse, allayed her anger with loving words.
51. O Blessed One! Do not be angry. Your sons would all become
very powerful and would be called Maruts. They would be
companions and friends to Indra.
52. O Dear! Your curse won't be fruitless; in the 28th Manvantara, at
the end of the Dvpara Yuga, your curse will bear fruit. Then Aditi,
sinful for her jealousy and anger, will go down on earth to take the
human birth through her Amsa (part) and suffer according to your
curse.
53. Varuna, too, had become very grieved and cursed her. And, due
to both these curses, this Aditi will be born as a woman.
54. O King! The fair complexioned Diti, thus consoled by her
husband, became glad and did not utter any more unpleasant
words.
55. O king! Thus I have narrated to you the cause of the previous
curse. O best of kings! Thus Aditi was born as Devaki out of her
Ams'a.
२१ एकव िंशदशकः - नन्दसुता तारः
21 ekavimshadashakah' - nandasutaavataarah'
( This Dasaka deals with Krishna’s birth. As per the instructions from
the sky, Vasudeva took him to the place of Nandagopa, and laid
Krishna there and brought back devi who was born to Yasodha.
Kamsa came to know of it and dashed you on a rock. You told that
his death was in a far off place and disappeared. Kamsa instructed
his servants to kill all babies born that night and thought his job was
done. This is in chapter 23 of the 4th book of Devi Bhagwatha,)
सर्वेऽपि जीर्वा पिजकर्मबद्धा
एते षडासन्द्रुपिणस्य िौत्ााः ।
तपिन्दया दै त्यकुले प्रजातााः
िुिश्च शप्ता जिकेि दै र्वात् ॥ २१-१॥
sarve'pi jeevaa nijakarmabaddhaa
ete shad'aasandruhinasya pautraah' .
tannindayaa daityakule prajaataah'
punashcha shaptaa janakena daivaat .. 21-1..
1. All the living things are truly tied by their respective karmas and
these six people who were grandsons of God Brahma. Because
they blamed Brahma, they were born in Asura clan and because of
karma, were again cursed by their father.
Other than devi all are bound by their respective karmas. We have
to face the results of our karmas. It is because of that fate that
devaki’s and vasudev’s 6 sons died as soon as they were born. At
the beginning of creation they were brahma’s grandsons. They
insulted brahma. An angry brahma cursed them also. Because of
the curse they were repeatedly born and repeatedly died in Asura
clan. Like that they were born as the sons of the asura
hiranyakashipu. They did penance and pleased brahma.
Hiranyakashipu was angered by the fact that his own sons instead
of taking refuge in him, performed penance on brahma, he thus
cursed his sons- “may you be born as devaki’s sons. As soon as
you are born, may kalanemi kill you.” These were the words of the
curse. Everything is fate.
तेिैर्व ते शौरिसुतत्वर्ाप्ता
िताश्च कंसेि तु जातर्ात्ााः ।
श्रीिािदे िपषमर्विे ण दे पर्व
ज्ञातं िुिार्वृत्तपर्दं सर्स्तर्् ॥ २१-२॥
tenaiva te shaurisutatvamaaptaa
hataashcha kamsena tu jaatamaatraah' .
shreenaaradenarshivarena devi
jnyaatam puraavri'ttamidam samastam .. 21-2..
2. That is why they became the sons of Vasudeva. They were killed
by Kamsa as soon as they were born. Oh Goddess all these old
stories were made known to us by the very knowledgeable
Narada, the greatest among the sages.
Because of the curse of their father, hiranyakashipu, the 6 of them
were born as the sons of Devaki and Vasudeva. They were killed by
kamsa as soon as they were born. Today’s kamsa is none other than
yesteryear’s kalanemi. Sri narada was aware of all their ancient
stories-they being cursed by brahma and later being cursed by their
grandfather hiranyakashipu. Keeping all this in mind is why the great
rishi told kamsa a few things. Whatever sri narada were not the
untruth. That self-knowledgable person who was ved-vyaas’s guru,
never told lies. He never encouraged violence.
Here there is a doubt-
“िािदाः कौतुकप्रेक्षी सर्वमदा कलिपप्रयाः ”( “naaradah' kautukaprekshee
sarvadaa kalahapriyah'”) is stated in devi bhagavatham shlokas.
Does this not mean that narada loved violence and was very
inquisitive?-NO. We should not be splitting the words as सर्वमदा
कलिपप्रयाः (sarvadaa kalahapriyah'), but as, सर्वमदा अकलिपप्रयाः (sarvadaa
akalahapriyah'). It means he who dislikes violence and is only a
curious onlooker. Veda vyaasa would never describe his guru,
narada, as a lover of violence. Then, one more doubt-then what is
Narada curious about? The answer to this shloka is given in chapter
20 shloka 6 of DN. In that shloka check out the meaning of the word
‘सर्वमपर्वद् ’(‘sarvavid’) that describes narada. (some one who knows
everything from the beginning). Yes, from creation to annihilation
everything is Devi’s leela, act. And narada is the person who enjoys
this act of devi.
The story of the 6 sons of Devaki who were killed, is there in the
4th skanda, chapter 22 of devi bhagavatham.
Once, on an occasion, the Prajāpati Brahmā, on seeing his daughter, became
passionate, and was ready to hold sexual intercourse with her. At this, those
six sons laughed at him. Brahmā cursed them saying “You all go quickly and
take your birth in the wombs of the asuras.” Therefore those six sons became
the sons of Kālanemi in their first birth. At their second birth, they became the
sons of Hiraṇyakaśipu. This second time they had the fear of curse in their
minds and therefore were born endowed with knowledge. In this birth they
became peaceful and, collecting all their energies, they began to practise
austerities. Brahmā was pleased at this and asked the Ṣaḍgarbha to take
boons. Brahmā said :-- O my sons! I was very angry to you before and cursed
you; now I am very much pleased with you; ask boons from me that you all
desire.
Hearing Brahmā’s words, they were very glad and becoming very anxious to
secure their objects of desire, said :-- O our grand sire! Today thou art pleased
unto us; now favour us with our desired boons. That we may be invulnerable
to all the Devas, human beings, the big serpents the Gandarbhas, and the Lord
of Siddhas, (semi-divine beings supposed to be of great purity and holiness
and said to be particularly characterised by eight supernatural faculties called
Siddhis).
Brahmā told them “What you have asked, you would certainly get; O blessed
ones! better go now; my words will be found to be literally true. No doubt in
this.”Granting them boons, Brahmā went away; they then became very glad.
Hiraṇyakaśipu began to think “My sons now have pleased the Grandsire
Brahmā and are now regardless of me” and got very angry and said :-- You all
are become very proud on account of receiving boons; and since you have
ceased your good feelings towards me I also henceforth cut off my
connection with you. Now better go to Pātāla; you will be known in this world
as Ṣaḍgarbha. At present you would be always involved in deep sleep and
remain in Pātāla for many years; and when you will be born one after another
in the womb of Devakī, then your father Kālanemi of previous birth will be
born as Kaṃsa; and he would be cruel hearted and surely kill you all, no
sooner you be born. Thus because they were cursed, they took their births
repeatedly and Kaṃsa, too, being urged on by the same curse, killed those
sons of Devakī, the Ṣaḍgarbha, no sooner they were born.
प्राग्दम्पती चापदपतकश्यिौ िा
स्वकर्मदोषेण िुिश्च जातौ ।
तौ दे र्वकीशू िसुतौ स्विुत्-
िाशापदपिदुम ाः खर्र्वाितुश्च ॥ २१-३॥
praagdampatee chaaditikashyapau haa
svakarmadoshena punashcha jaatau .
tau devakeeshoorasutau svaputra-
naashaadibhirduh'khamavaapatushcha .. 21-3..
3. long time ago Kasyapa and Adithi were husband and wife. They
were re-born as Vasudeva and devaki due to their bad karma.
Alas they suffered great sorrow due to the death of their sons.
This shloka explains the past life of Devaki and Vasudeva: they were
a married couple by the name Aditi and kashyapa. at that time they
did a lot of crimes. Kashyapa stole varuna’s sacrificial cow. When
varuna went and asked him to give it back, kashyapa did not return
it. Varuna cursed kashyapa in anger. “kashyapa, may you be born on
earth as a human being and be a keeper of cows. May your wife also
be born on earth. My calf is crying because she cannot see her
mother. Because of which, may you and Aditi experience the
sadness of the loss of sons. May both of you be locked up in prison”.
After cursing kashyapa in so many words, varuna went and told
brahma everything. Brahma called kashyapa and advised him
thus,”you are also greedy like others. You have sinned. You
alongwith your wives should be born in the family of yadavas.” Like
that, because of the curse of brahma and varuna, kashyapa was born
as Vasudeva in the family of yadavas. Because of the curse of varuna,
he experienced sadness due to the death of his sons and also
experienced being locked up in jail. Aditi of yesteryear, was born as
Devaki today. Diti was aditi’s sister and co-wife. Diti wished that she
too should have a son like aditi’s son indra. For that she took advice
from her husband kashyapa on how to perform penance and how to
chant the mantras, and she started to observe the vow of penance.
The name of the penance was payovratam. When Aditi got to know
that diti was going to give birth to a son equal to indra, Aditi got
jealous. She instructed indra to destroy the unborn child. Indran
went to diti and became trusted care taker. When diti was sleeping,
indra by his yogic power, got into diti’s womb. He cut the embryo in
the womb into 7 portions-not 7 pieces but 7 sons. He further cut
each piece into several pieces. Like this 1 embryo was divided into
49 embryos. Indra and the babies came out. Diti understood all that
happened by reading indran’s face. Diti cursed her co-wife Aditi-
‘may Aditi experience the sadness of death of her sons’. Devaki is a
part of that Aditi. Devaki’s sadness due to the death of her sons is
nothing but her previous bad karma. The all knowing narada would
have known the story of these curses.
The story of the curses of Vasudev and Devaki in their previous
birth has been described in devi bhagavatham skanda 4 chapter
3.
त्वं दे र्वकीसप्तर्गिमतो र्वै
गृह्णन्त्यिन्ां शपशशुं स्वशक्त्या ।
पिर्वेश्य िोपिण्युदिे धिण्यां
र्त्यो िर्वेत्यच्युतर्ापदशश्च ॥ २१-४॥
tvam devakeesaptamagarbhato vai
gri'hnantyanantaamshashishum svashaktyaa .
niveshya rohinyudare dharanyaam
martyo bhavetyachyutamaadishashcha .. 21-4..
4.You yourself with your power, attracted the baby who was an
incarnation of Anantha, from Devaki’s womb and placed it in the
womb of Rohini, and you also ordered lord Vishnu to be born on
earth as a human being.
It has already been described how devaki’s 6 sons were killed by
kamsa due to bad effects of their karma. In the prison Devaki got
pregnant with her 7th child. That child was an incarnation of anantha.
Devi, without anybody’s knowledge, and by her own powers, moved
the embryo to vasudev’s other wife, Rohini’s womb. You also
instructed Vishnu like this-‘ you should be born on earth as a human
being’. For that to happen Vishnu too had previous karma doshams.
प्राक्कर्मदोषात्स सु हृन्मघोिाः
क्रुद्धे ि शप्तो िृगुणा र्ुिारिाः ।
दयािम संसारिदशार्र्वाप्स्स्यि्
िा दे र्वकीगिमर्थापर्वर्वेश ॥ २१-५॥
praakkarmadoshaatsa suhri'nmaghonah'
kruddhena shapto bhri'gunaa muraarih' .
dayaarhasamsaaridashaamavaapsyan
haa devakeegarbhamathaavivesha .. 21-5..
5.That Vishnu, who was the friend of Indra, due to problems of
earlier Karma, was cursed by the angry sage Bhrigu, that he should
attain a status, where he would need kindness of others, and would
reach the womb of Devaki , alas.
Vishnu is a friend of indra. during the war between devas and asuras,
he always stood with the devas-that is the practice. Once
shukracharya felt that his students, the asuras, should be freed from
the birth-death cycle. To achieve that, he went to do penance to
please shiva. During that period, shukrachrya’s mother-bhrigu
muni’s wife-was the protector of the asuras. The devas decided to
attack the asuras. Bhrigu’s wife with her devotion and penance got
the devas to win the war. It became clear to the devas that they
cannot defeat the asuras while bhrigu muni’s wife was alive. As per
the request of indra, Vishnu slayed bhrigu muni’s wife. Bhrigu muni
revived his wife again. He also cursed Vishnu like this: “ you will be
born from various wombs and experience the sadness of the
universe”. Because of this curse, Vishnu had to be born from the
womb of fish, tortoise etc. He experienced a lot of sufferings as the
son of dashratha. Now as the son of Devaki he is going to suffer. For
that he infused into devaki’s womb. Nobody can escape with
cunningness, experiencing the fruits of one’s past birth
Bhrigu muni cursing Vishnu is there in the 4th skandam, chapter
12 of devi bhagavatham.
Devi Bhagavata Purana discusses the legend.
Once, the Asuras fought a war against the Devas and were severly
beaten.The Asuras rushed to the hermitage of Shukra, while being
chased by Vishnu and the Devas. Males were not present at the
hermitage, when Asuras arrived. Shukra and his father were at work.
Kavyamata followed Atithi Dharm and gave protection to Asuras for
many months. The hermitage was covered by a protective invisible
shield that was impossible to be penetrated even by Indra. Devas
who arrived at hermitage requested the wife of Bhrigu to release
asuras from hermitage, however, she refused and said that they
were her Atithi (guests). It is not rational to unprotect one's guests.
With one glance Kavyamata put all the Devas into a deep sleep. By
her meditative power, Kavyamata (Usanas) petrified Indra, the king
of the Devas, putting them in a state of paralysis.[1] Vishnu assessed
the situation and surmised that he would have to break the armour
of hermitage to protect the world from eons of chaos that would be
ushered with the victory of the Asuras. Vishnu summoned his discus
weapon — the Sudarshana chakra, and broke the protective shield /
armour around the hermitage. While doing so, even Kavyamata's
head got cut off who was protecting her guests. Shukra's father, the
great sage Bhrigu, became very angry when he returned to his
hermitage and cursed Vishnu for his sin of woman-slaughter, saying
that Vishnu would have to take countless avatars on earth and suffer
most pain and confinement due to his sin. Vishnu has to take
endless birth and death also in every avatar he has to get separated
from his wife forever. When Shukracharya comes to know about this
incidence, he got very angry an banned worship of Vishnu
permanently in Asura loka, and also he pledges to have war against
devas and help asuras, as a revenge of Vishnu's deed with his
mother. He also made idol of Vishnu below the feet of Asuras.[2]
Then Bhrigu resurrected Kavyamata (Usanas) by sprinkling holy
water from his kamandalu (water-pot). Kavyamata woke as if from a
deep sleep.
िूणे तु गिे िरििद्धम िात्े
कािागृिे दे र्वकिन्दिायााः ।
जज्ञे सुतेष्वष्टर्तार्र्वाप्ताः
शौरिपर्वमर्ुक्तो पिगडै श्च बन्धात् ॥ २१-६॥
poorne tu garbhe harirarddharaatre
kaaraagri'he devakanandanaayaah' .
jajnye suteshvasht'amataamavaaptah'
shaurirvimukto nigad'aishcha bandhaat .. 21-6..
6.When the pregnancy period was completed, Lord Vishnu was
born in prison at midnight as Devaki’s eighth son. Vasudeva also got
free from the bondage of the chains.
On the completion of the pregnancy duration, Vishnu was born as
devaki’s 8th son, in prison. Suddenly Vasudeva was freed from the
bondage of the metal chains. Nobody had come there who could
have removed the chains. The chains opened only due to devi’s
presumption. Maya is the one who binds us and it is maya only that
liberates us from that bondage.
व्योर्ोत्थर्वाक्येि तर्वैर्व बालं
गृह्णिदृष्टाः खलु गेििालैाः ।
पिरां गतैस्त्वपिर्वृतेि शौरिि्
ििे ण यातो बपििात्ततोषर्् ॥ २१-७॥
vyomotthavaakyena tavaiva baalam
gri'hnannadri'sht'ah' khalu gehapaalaih' .
nidraam gataistvadvivri'tena shaurir
dvaarena yaato bahiraattatosham .. 21-7..
7.Due to your announcement by a divine voice from the sky,
Vasudeva took the child, and without being noticed by the sleeping
guards, came out happily through the doors, which were opened by
you.
It was mentioned earlier that Vasudeva was release from his chains.
Without any delay he heard a voice from the sky. ‘take this baby to
gokulam’-this is what the voice said. Believing in what the voice said,
Vasudeva took the baby. The doors of the prison were open.
Vasudev carried the baby and went out. Kamsa had arranged for
many guards to be there so that he could be informed immediately
of devaki’s delivery. Now all of them were in deep sleep. Nobody
noticed Vasudeva going out with the infant. They did not know
about the delivery also.
त्वं स्वेच्छया गोिकुले यशोदा-
िन्दात्मजा स्वापितजीर्वजाले ।
अजायथा िक्तजिापतमिन्त्री
सर्वं पियन्त्री सकलाथमदात्ी ॥ २१-८॥
tvam svechchhayaa gopakule yashodaa-
nandaatmajaa svaapitajeevajaale .
ajaayathaa bhaktajanaartihantree
sarvam niyantree sakalaarthadaatree .. 21-8..
8. One who removes the sorrows of her devotees, one who keeps
everything under control and one who fulfils all desires, of your own
accord, was born as the daughter of Nandagopa and Yasodha,
When everybody there were in deep asleep.
At the same time when Devaki delivered, Yashoda in gokula too
delivered a baby girl. Devi herself was born to Yashoda and
nandagopan. Vishnu was born as devaki’s son due to a curse, it was
his past karma; he also wanted to experience the problems faced by
the common people in this world. It was not a body chosen by
choice by the son of Devaki, in fact it is a body full of problems. On
the other hand, devi was born to Yashoda out of her own choice.
Sins committed in the past life is not applicable to devi. All are
dependent on their respective karmas. Only devi is independent.
Devi put everyone to sleep in gokulam.
Ya devi sarvabhuteshu nidra - rupena samsthita
Namas tasyai, namas tasyai, namas tasyai namo namah
Is quoted in ‘devi mahatmyam’, whichever devi is praised, that devi
is born as yashoda’s daughter-devi associated with sleep. As soon as
she was born, everyone including the mother fell asleep.
तर्व प्रिार्वािसुदेर्व एको
गच्छििीतो यर्ुिार्यत्नर्् ।
तीत्वाम िदीं गोकुलर्ाि तत्
दास्यााः किे स्वं तियं ददौ च ॥ २१-९॥
tava prabhaavaadvasudeva eko
gachchhannabheeto yamunaamayatnam .
teertvaa nadeem gokulamaapa tatra
daasyaah' kare svam tanayam dadau cha .. 21-9..
9.Vasudeva travelled alone without any fear, and by your power
crossed the Yamuna river very easily, and reached Gokula and
entrusted his son in the hands of a maid.
Vasudeva carried the baby and started walking. Indeed he reached
the river Yamuna, waded in the water and reached the opposite
bank, and reach gokulam. He gave his son in the hands of a maid
who was standing there. He did not enquire as to who that maid
was. Because Vasudev was flowing alongwith the magical
experience. How did the chains on my legs fall off? How was I able
to cross the river that was overflowing onto the banks? Vasudeva
did not know what was happening. When he reached gokulam, a
maid was waiting for him. She spread her hands and took the infant
from vasudeva’s hands. Who was this maid? What is she going to do
with his son?-vasudeva did not ask any of these questions. Nor did
he make any enquiries. All this is due to devi’s influence.
तयैर्व दत्तार्थ बापलकां त्वा-
र्ादाय शीघ्रं स ततो पिर्वृत्ताः ।
कािागृिं प्राप्य ददौ पप्रयायै
स चािर्वत्पूर्वमर्वदे र्व बद्धाः ॥ २१-१०॥
tayaiva dattaamatha baalikaam tvaa-
maadaaya sheeghram sa tato nivri'ttah' .
kaaraagri'ham praapya dadau priyaayai
sa chaabhavatpoorvavadeva baddhah' .. 21-10..
10.Later he took you, the female baby child, given by the maid in
exchange and returned with great speed reached the jail and gave
you to his dear wife. Like earlier he was chained.
The maid who took the baby from Vasudeva, gave yasoda’s
daughter to Vasudev. Taking the girl infant, Vasudev immediately
returned. Crossed the Yamuna river and reached Mathura. He
entered the jail room where he was staying and gave the baby girl
to Devaki. Surprisingly, immediately the doors of the jail closed. The
chains around vasudeva’s legs got tied again. Everything was as
before.
त्वरोदिोत्थापितगेििालि्
पिर्वेपदतो िोजिपताः सर्ेत्य ।
त्वां िादयु ग्मग्रिणे ि कुर्वमि
अधाः पशिस्ां पििगाद् गृिान्ात् ॥ २१-११॥
Tvadrodanotthaapitagehapaalair
nivedito bhojapatih' sametya .
tvaam paadayugmagrahanena kurvann
adhah'shiraskaam niragaadgri'haantaat .. 21-11..
11.Informed by the security, who were woken up by your cries,
Kamsa came running, and caught both your legs and holding you
upside down got out of the jail.
Devi who was born as a baby girl, cried loudly inside the jail room.
The guards outside, who were in deep slumber got up with a start.
They informed kamsa the news of devaki’s delivery. He ran and
came to the jail room. He caught hold of the baby girl’s both the
legs in one hand. He held the baby upside down and went out of
the jail room.
स िोथयार्ास पशलातले त्वां
सद्याः सर्ुत्पत्य किादर्ुष्य ।
पदपर्व स्थिता शङ् खगदापदिस्ता
सुिैाः स्तुता स्मेिर्ुखी त्वर्ात्थ ॥ २१-१२॥
sa pothayaamaasa shilaatale tvaam
sadyah' samutpatya karaadamushya .
divi sthitaa shankhagadaadihastaa
suraih' stutaa smeramukhee tvamaattha .. 21-12..
12. He beat you on a stone with great force. Suddenly you slipped
out of his hands and rose up. With devas praising, and holding the
mace and conch in your hands, standing in the sky you told him with
a charming smile
Kamsa on coming out of the jail room, went and stood near to a
huge rock. He raised his hand to dash the baby girl’s head against it.
But, only his hand came down. The baby girl flew to the sky.
Suddenly kamsa looked up. He saw the devi with 8 hands,
surrounded by the devas, and praising her. Standing there devi said
र्वधेि पकं र्े तर्व कंस जात-
स्तर्वान्काः क्वाप्यपर्वदू िदे शे ।
र्ा रुह्यतां साधुजिो पितं स्वं
पर्वपचन्ये त्युक्तर्वती ॥ २१-१३॥
vadhena kim me tava kamsa jaata
stavaantakah' kvaapyavidooradeshe .
maa druhyataam saadhujano hitam svam
vichintayetyuktavatee tiro'bhooh' .. 21-13..
13.Hey Kamsa, What would you get by killing me? Your God of
death is born in a place not far from here. You should not trouble
innocent people. Please think, about future good”, saying this you
disappeared.
Devaki’s 8th son is supposed to be the killer of kamsa. He has already
been born in a nearby place. He was born in the nearby jail room
only. Currently he is not very far away-just walking distance.(in
gokulam).there is no reason for him to torture innocent people like
Devaki and Vasudeva. They are not the ones who is going to kill
kamsa. If kamsa was knowledgeable , by doing good, speaking
good, thinking good, and hearing good, will be helpful for kamsa in
the future. Devi is advising him to correct his future; and she
disappeared.
स िोजिाट् स्वान्किाशिाय
सर्वाम ि् पशशूि् िन्ु र्िं बपलष्ठाि् ।
र्वत्साघर्ुख्यािसु िापियुज्य
कृताथमर्ात्मािर्र्न्यतोच्ैाः ॥ २१-१४॥
sa bhojaraat' svaantakanaashanaaya
sarvaan shishoon hantumaram balisht'haan .
vatsaaghamukhyaanasuraanniyujya
kri'taarthamaatmaanamamanyatochchaih' .. 21-14..
14.That king of Bhoja(kamsa), to kill his own killer, appointed several
powerful asuras like vatsan, aghan, to kill all the babies born, as
soon as possible and thought that he had done all that was needed
to be done.
Kamsa had got the news that his enemy has been born in a place
not far from his kingdom. He did not know the place and name of
his enemy. What is the solution to destroy that enemy?-he discussed
this with his ministers. Kill all the new born babies born in that area-
they all felt this was the best solution. As all babies were going to be
killed, then obviously kamsa’s enemy too would be killed. This was
there brainy suggestion. He assigned asuras like-vatsan, aghan,
bakan-to do the task. They travelled all over Mathura and nearby
places killing babies.
By attempting to destroy others will lead to one’s destruction. Death
is not definite for anyone. Knowing this, one should do as much
good one can do. It will helpful to you and also to others. These
things will be understood when you are in the company of good
people. Kamsa did not have the company of good people also he
had the company of a lot of bad people. That is what led him to do
these heinous acts.
कंसोऽस्थस्त र्े चेतपस कार्लोि-
क्रोधापदर्स्थन्त्रप्रर्विै ाः सर्ेताः ।
सद्भार्विन्ा खलु िन्दिुपत्
तं िाशय त्वच्िणं िर्ापर् ॥ २१-१५॥
kamso'sti me chetasi kaamalobha-
krodhaadimantripravaraih' sametah'
sadbhaavahantaa khalu nandaputri
tam naashaya tvachcharanam namaami .. 21-15..
15. That Kamsa had lust, greed and anger along with his ministers
and that kamsa that destroyed all good thoughts from my mind, Oh
Daughter of Nanda, Please destroy him.
And I am saluting your feet.
We had already mentioned about the evil kamsa who had assigned
his evil ministers to kill all babies. This incident did not take place
long ago. The poet feels that good thoughts like Love, compassion
are destroyed by the kamsa in his heart. The friends of that kamsa is
lust, greed and anger. The poet wants devi to destroy that kamsa
along with his friends. Only devi can do this. For that the poet
salutes to the devi.
Thus ends the 21st chapter
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