Text 28] Lord Krsna’s Entrance in Dvaraka 587

of the Lord. The Lord is all-powerful, and in His presence anything
impossible can be made possible by His inconceivable energy. But the
situation created at the time of His passing on the roads of Dvaraka
was beautiful and could not be compared to anything besides the descrip-
tion of natural phenomena.

TEXT 28

afer ve frat: ota: aarate: |
aaee feral aq aR gar llRcil

pravistas tu grham pitroh
parisvaktah sva-matrbhih-

vavande sirasd sapta
devaki-pramukha muda

pravistah—after entering; tu—but: grham—houses; pitroh—of the father;
parisvaktah—embraced; sva-matrbhih—by His own mothers; vavande—
offered obeisances; sirasa—His head; sapta—seven; devaki—Devaki;
pramukha—headed by; muda—at that time.

TRANSLATION

After entering the house of His father, He was embraced by the moth-
ers present, and the Lord offered His obeisances unto them by placing His
head at their feet. The mothers were headed by Devaki [His real mother].

PURPORT

It appears that Vasudeva, the father of Lord Krsna, had completely sepa-
rate residential quarters where he lived with his eighteen wives, out of
whom Srimati Devaki is the real mother of Lord Krsna. But inspite of this,
all other stepmothers were equally affectionate to Him, as will be evident
from the following verse. Lord Krsna also did not distinguish His real
mother from His stepmothers, and He equally offered Hiis obeisances unto
all the wives of Vasudeva present on the occasion. According to scriptures
also, there are seven mothers: 1) the real mother, 2) the wife of the
spiritual master, 3) the wife of a brahmana, 4) the wife of the king, 5) the
cow, 6) the nurse, and 7) the earth. All of them are mothers. Even by this
injunction of the sdstras, the stepmother, who is the wife of the father, is
