Text 49] The Birth of Lord Krsna 269

vavarsa parjanya upamsu-garjitah
Seso ’nvagdd vari nivérayan phanaih

tayaé—by the influence of Yogamaya; hrta-pratyaya—deprived of all
sensation; sarva-vrttisu—having all their senses; dvdh-sthesu—all the
doormen; pauresu api—as well as other members of the house;
Sdyitesu—sleeping very deeply; atha—when Vasudeva tried to take his
transcendental son out of the confinement; dvdrah ca—as well as the
doors; sarvah—all; pihitah—constructed; duratyayéa—very hard and
firm; brhat-kapata—and on great doors; dyasa-kila-srnkhalaih—
strongly constructed with iron pins and closed with iron chains; tah—all
of them; krsna-vahe—bearing Krsna; vasudeve—when Vasudeva;
dgate—appeared; svayam—automatically; vyavaryanta—opened wide;
yathé—as; tamah—darkness; raveh—on the appearance of the sun;
vavarsa—showered rain; parjanyah—the clouds in the sky; updmsu-
garjitah—very mildly resounding and raining very slightly; sesah—
Ananta-naga; anvagat—followed; vari—showers of rain; nivérayan—
stopping; phanaih—by spreading His hoods.

TRANSLATION

By the influence of Yogamaya, all the doorkeepers fell fast
asleep, their senses unable to work, and the other inhabitants of
the house also fell deeply asleep. When the sun rises, the darkness
automatically disappears; similarly, when Vasudeva appeared, the
closed doors, which were strongly pinned with iron and locked
with iron chains, opened automatically. Since the clouds in the sky
were mildly thundering and showering, Ananta-naga, an expan-
sion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, followed Vasudeva,
beginning from the door, with hoods expanded to protect
Vasudeva and the transcendental child.

PURPORT

Sesa-naga is an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
whose business is to serve the Lord with all necessary paraphernalia.
When Vasudeva was carrying the child, Sesa-naga came to serve the
Lord and protect Him from the mild showers of rain.
