88 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 1

visnu-tattva or jiva-tattva. If one concentrates upon Krsna, one worships
everyone. Therefore, because mother Devaki gave birth to Krsna, she is
described here as sarva-devata.

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kirtimantam prathamajam
karmnsayanakadundubhih
arpayam asa krechrena
so ’nrtad ativihvalah

kirtimantam—by the name Kirtiman; prathama-jam—the first-born
baby; kammsdéya—unto Karmsa; dnakadundubhih—Vasudeva; arpayam
Gsa—delivered; krcchrena—with great pain; sah—he (Vasudeva);
anrtat—from the breaking of the promise, or from fear of being a liar;
ati-vihvalah—was very much disturbed, being afraid.

TRANSLATION

Vasudeva was very much disturbed by fear of becoming a liar by
breaking his promise. Thus with great pain he delivered his first-
born son, named Kirtiman, into the hands of Kamsa.

PURPORT

In the Vedic system, as soon as a child is born, especially a male child,
the father calls for learned bréhmanas, and according to the description
of the child’s horoscope, the child is immediately given a name. This
ceremony is called néma-karana. There are ten different samskdras, or
reformatory methods, adopted in the system of varndsrama-dharma,
and the name-giving ceremony is one of them. Although Vasudeva’s first
son was to be delivered into the hands of Karnsa, the ndma-karana
ceremony was performed, and thus the child was named Kirtiman. Such
names are given immediately after birth.
