Text 18] Prayers by the Demigods 141

tatah—thereafter; jagat-marigalam —auspiciousness for all living en-
tities in all the universes of the creation; acyuta-amsam—the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, who is never bereft of the six opulences, all of
which are present in all His plenary expansions; samdhitam—fully
transferred; sira-sutena—by Vasudeva, the son of Siirasena; devi—
Devaki-devi; dadhaéra—carried; sarva-dtmakam—the Supreme Soul of
everyone; dtma-bhiitam—the cause of all causes; kdstha—the east;
yathé—just as; Gnanda-karam—the blissful (moon); manastah—being
placed within the mind.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, accompanied by plenary expansions, the fully opu-
lent Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is all-auspicious for the
entire universe, was transferred from the mind of Vasudeva to the
mind of Devaki. Devaki, having thus been initiated by Vasudeva,
became beautiful by carrying Lord Krsna, the original conscious-
ness for everyone, the cause of all causes, within the core of her
heart, just as the east becomes beautiful by carrying the rising
moon.

PURPORT

As indicated here by the word manastah, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead was transferred from the core of Vasudeva’s mind or heart to
the core of the heart of Devaki. We should note carefully that the Lord
was transferred to Devaki not by the ordinary way for a human being,
but by diksd, initiation. Thus the importance of initiation is mentioned
here. Unless one is initiated by the right person, who always carries
within his heart the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one cannot acquire
the power to carry the Supreme Godhead within the core of one’s own
heart.

The word acyutdrmsam is used because the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is sad-aisvarya-piima, full in the opulences of wealth,
strength, fame, knowledge, beauty and renunciation. The Supreme God-
head is never separated from His personal opulences. As stated in the
Brahma-samhita (5.39), rémadi-mirtisu kald-niyamena tisthan: the
Lord is always situated with all His plenary expansions, such as Rama,
Nrsirnha and Varaha. Therefore the word acyutamsam is specifically
used here, signifying that the Lord is always present with His plenary
