Text 9] Prayers by the Demigods 129
represents bhakti, and Karnsa symbolically represents material fear.
When a pure devotee always fears material association, his real position
of bhakti is manifested, and he naturally becomes uninterested in ma-
terial enjoyment. When the six sons of Marici are killed by such fear and
one is freed from material contamination, within the womb of bhakti the
Supreme Personality of Godhead appears. Thus the seventh pregnancy of
Devaki signifies the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
After the six sons Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Mada and Matsarya are
killed, the Sesa incarnation creates a suitable situation for the appearance
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In other words, when one
awakens his natural Krsna consciousness, Lord Krsna appears. This is
the explanation given by Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura.
TEXT 9
ATA TAA AHS CTT APTA 1S
athaham arnsa-bhagena
devakyah putratar subhe
prapsyami tvarh yasodayam
nanda-patnyam bhavisyasi

atha—therefore; aham—I; arsa-bhagena—by My plenary ex-
pansion; devakyah—of Devaki; putratam—the son; subhe—O all-
auspicious Yogamaya; prdpsydmi—lI shall become; tuam—you; yaso-
déyém—in the womb of mother Yasoda4; nanda-patnyém—in the wife
of Maharaja Nanda; bhavisyasi—shall also appear.

TRANSLATION

O all-auspicious Yogamaya, I shall then appear with My full six
opulences as the son of Devaki, and you will appear as the
daughter of mother Yasoda, the queen of Maharaja Nanda.

PURPORT

The word amsa-bhagena is important in this verse. In Bhagavad-gita

(10.42) the Lord says:
