208 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 3

of Godhead, Visnu; devakyam—in the womb of Devaki; deva-ripi-
nyam—who was in the same category as the Supreme Personality
of Godhead (dnanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhih); visnuh—Lord
Visnu, the Supreme Lord; sarva-guhd-sayah—who is situated in the
core of everyone’s heart; dvirdsit—appeared; yathd—as; prdcydm
disi—in the east; induh iva—like the full moon; puskalah—complete in
every respect.

TRANSLATION

The demigods and great saintly persons showered flowers in a
joyous mood, and clouds gathered in the sky and very mildly thun-
dered, making sounds like those of the ocean’s waves. Then the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu, who is situated in the
core of everyone’s heart, appeared from the heart of Devaki in the
dense darkness of night, like the full moon rising on the eastern
horizon, because Devaki was of the same category as Sri Krsna.

PURPORT
As stated in the Brahma-samhita (5.37):

Gnanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhavitabhis
tabhir ya eva nija-ripataya kalabhih

goloka eva nivasaty akhilatma-bhito
govindam ddi-purusam tam aham bhajami

This verse indicates that Krsna and His entourage are of the same spiri-
tual potency (Gnanda-cinmaya-rasa). Krsna’s father, His mother, His
friends the cowherd boys, and the cows are all expansions of Krsna, as
will be explained in the brahma-vimohana-lila. When Brahma took
away Krgna’s associates to test the supremacy of Lord Krsna, the Lord
expanded Himself again in the forms of the many cowherd boys and
calves, all of whom, as Brahma saw, were visnu-mirtis. Devaki is also an
expansion of Krsna, and therefore this verse says, devakydm deva-
ripinyam visnuh sarva-guhd-sayah.

At the time for the Lord’s appearance, the great sages and the
demigods, being pleased, began to shower flowers. At the seashore, there
