Text 48] Lord Kṛṣṇa Shows the Universal Form
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TRANSLATION
Although Kṛṣṇa was so pleased with Vasudeva and Devakī that He descended as their son, they could not enjoy Kṛṣṇa's magnanimous childhood pastimes, which are so great that simply chanting about them vanquishes the contamination of the material world. Nanda Mahārāja and Yaśodā, however, enjoyed these pastimes fully, and therefore their position is always better than that of Vasudeva and Devakī.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa actually took birth from the womb of Devakī, but just after His birth He was transferred to the home of mother Yaśodā. Devakī could not even have Kṛṣṇa suck her breast. Therefore Parikṣit Mahārāja was astonished. How had mother Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja become so fortunate that they enjoyed the complete childhood pastimes of Kṛṣṇa, which are still glorified by saintly persons? What had they done in the past by which they were elevated to such an exalted position?
TEXT 48
श्रीशुक्र उवाच
द्रोणो वस्त्रां प्रवरो धरया भार्यया सह ।
करिष्यमाण आदेशान् ब्रह्मणस्तमुवाच ह ॥४८॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
droṇo vasūnām pravaro
dharayā bhāryayā saha
kariṣyamāṇa ādeśān
brahmaṇas tam uvāca ha
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; droṇaḥ—by the name Droṇa; vasūnām—of the eight Vasus (a type of demigod); pravaraḥ—who was the best; dharayā—with Dharā; bhāryayā—His wife; saha—with; kariṣyamāṇaḥ—just to execute; ādeśān—the orders; brahmaṇaḥ—of Lord Brahmā; tam—unto him; uvāca—said; ha—in the past.