Text 56] The Advent of Lord Krṣṇa: Introduction
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atha kāla upāvṛtte devakī sarva-devatā putrān prasuṣuve cāṣṭau kanyāṁ caivānuvatsaram
atha—thereafter; kāle—in due course of time; upāvṛtte—when it was ripe; devakī—Devakī, the wife of Vasudeva, Krṣṇa's father; sarva-devatā—Devakī, to whom all the demigods and God Himself appeared; putrān—sons; prasuṣuve—gave birth to; ca—and; aṣṭau—eight; kanyāṁ ca—and one daughter named Subhadrā; eva—indeed; anuvatsaram—year after year.
TRANSLATION
Each year thereafter, in due course of time, Devakī, the mother of God and all the demigods, gave birth to a child. Thus she bore eight sons, one after another, and a daughter named Subhadrā.
PURPORT
The spiritual master is sometimes glorified as  sarva-devamayo guruḥ  ( Bhāg.  11.7.27). By the grace of the  guru , the spiritual master, one can understand the different kinds of  devas . The word  deva  refers to God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the original source of all the demigods, who are also called  devas . In  Bhagavad-gītā  (10.2) the Lord says,  aham ādir hi devānām : "I am the source of all the  devas ." The Supreme Lord,  Viṣṇu , the Original Person, expands in different forms.  Tad aikṣata bahu syām  ( Chāndogya Upaniṣad  6.2.3). He alone has expanded into many.  Advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam  ( Brahma-saṁhitā  5.33). There are different grades of forms, known as  svāṁśa  and  vibhinnāṁśa . The  svāṁśa  expansions, or  viṣṇu-tattva , are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whereas the  vibhinnāṁśa  are  jīva-tattva , who are part and parcel of the Lord ( mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ ). If we accept Krṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and worship Him, all the parts and expansions of the Lord are automatically worshiped.  Sarvārhaṇam acyutejyā  ( Bhāg.  4.31.14). Krṣṇa is known as  Acyuta  ( senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me 'cyuta ). By worshiping  Acyuta , Krṣṇa, one automatically worships all the demigods. There is no need of separately worshiping either the