Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.33
कच्चिच्छिवं देवकभोजपुत्र्या
विष्णुप्रजाया इव देवमातु: ।
या वै स्वगर्भेण दधार देवं
त्रयी यथा यज्ञवितानमर्थम् ॥ ३३ ॥
kaccic chivaṁ devaka-bhoja-putryā
[kachchich chivam devaka-bhoja-putryaa]
viṣṇu-prajāyā iva deva-mātuḥ
[vishnu-prajaayaa iva deva-maatuh]
yā vai sva-garbheṇa dadhāra devaṁ
[yaa vai sva-garbhena dadhaara devam]
trayī yathā yajña-vitānam artham
[trayee yathaa yajna-vitaanam artham]
Word-for-word
kaccit
—
whether
śivam
—
everything well
devaka-bhoja-putryāḥ
—
of the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja
viṣṇu-prajāyāḥ
—
of she who gave birth to the Personality of Godhead
iva
—
like that of
deva-mātuḥ
—
of the mother of the demigods (Aditi)
yā
—
one who
vai
—
indeed
sva-garbheṇa
—
by her own womb
dadhāra
—
conceived
devam
—
the Supreme Lord
trayī
—
the Vedas
yathā
—
as much as
yajña-vitānam
—
of spreading the sacrifice
artham
—
purpose.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kaccic chivaṁ devaka-bhoja-putryā
kaccit
whether
śivam
everything well
devaka-bhoja-putryāḥ
of the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja
viṣṇu-prajāyā iva deva-mātuḥ
viṣṇu-prajāyāḥ
of she who gave birth to the Personality of Godhead
iva
like that of
deva-mātuḥ
of the mother of the demigods (Aditi)
yā vai sva-garbheṇa dadhāra devaṁ
yā
one who
vai
indeed
sva-garbheṇa
by her own womb
dadhāra
conceived
devam
the Supreme Lord
trayī yathā yajña-vitānam artham
trayī
the Vedas
yathā
as much as
yajña-vitānam
of spreading the sacrifice
artham
purpose.
As the Vedas are the reservoir of sacrificial purposes, so the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja conceived the Supreme Personality of Godhead in her womb, as did the mother of the demigods. Is she [Devakī] doing well?
Purport
The Vedas are full of transcendental knowledge and spiritual values, and thus Devakī, the mother of Lord Kṛṣṇa, conceived the Lord in her womb as the personified meaning of the Vedas. There is no difference between the Vedas and the Lord. The Vedas aim at the understanding of the Lord, and the Lord is the Vedas personified. Devakī is compared to the meaningful Vedas, and the Lord to their purpose personified.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
How is Devakī, who, like Aditi, who also gave birth to the Lord, held in her womb the Lord, and who was just like the three Vedas containing the meaning of sacrifice?
The daughter of Devaka, Devakī, was like Aditi, who had Viṣṇu as her son.
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Personal Guidance
Devaki carrying Krsna is the Vedas giving birth to their own meaning. We study scripture not to amass information but until the Lord Himself is born inside our awareness.
Reflection Questions
- What is your scripture study currently producing in you: data, identity, or a growing presence of Krsna?
- How would you read differently if you believed the goal was to let the Lord take form within?
My note
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