Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krsna in the Womb 11

shipper of the power, Durga, or the external energy of Krsna, may achieve
all kinds of material success very easily, but anyone who wants to be
elevated transcendentally must engage in worshipping the Powerful in
Krsna consciousness.

The Lord also declared to Yogamaya that His plenary expansion, Ananta
Sesa, was within the womb of Devaki. On account of being forcibly
attracted to the womb of Rohini, He would be known as Sankarsana and
would be the source of all spiritual power or bala, by which one could be
able to attain the highest bliss of life which is called ramana. Therefore the
plenary portion Ananta would be known after His appearance either as
Sankarsana or Balarama.

In the Upanisads it is stated, Nayam atma bala hinena labhya. The
purport is that one cannot attain the Supreme or any form of self-
realization without being sufficiently favored by Balarama. Bala does not
mean physical strength. No one can attain spiritual perfection by physical
strength. One must have the spiritual strength which is infused by Balarama
or Sankargana. Ananta or Sega is the power which sustains all the planets
in their different positions. Materially this sustaining power is known as
the law of gravitation, but actually it is the display of the potency of
Sankarsana. Balarama or Sankarsana is spiritual power, or the original
spiritual master. Therefore Lord Nityananda Prabhu, who is also the incar-
nation of Balarama, is the original spiritual master. And the spiritual
master is the representative of Balarama, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, who supplies spiritual strength. In the Caitanya-caritamrta it is
confirmed that the spiritual master is the manifestation of the mercy of
Krsna.

When Yogamaya was thus ordered by the Supreme Personality of God-
head, she circumambulated the Lord and then appeared within this material
world according to His order. When the Supreme Powerful Personality of
Godhead transferred Lord Sega from the womb of Devaki to the womb of
Rohini, both of them were under the spell of Yogamaya, which is also
called yoga-nidra. When this was done, people understood that Devaki’s
seventh pregnancy was a miscarriage. Thus although Balarama appeared as
the son of Devaki, He was transferred to the womb of Rohini to appear as
her son. After this arrangement, the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
Krsna, who is always ready to place His full potencies in His unalloyed
devotees, entered as the Lord of the whole creation within the mind of
Vasudeva. It is understood in this connection that Lord Krsna first of all
situated Himself in the unalloyed heart of Devaki. He was not put into the
womb of Devaki by seminal discharge. The Supreme Personality of God-
