44 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 7
and therefore Maharaja Pariksit was very much interested in hearing
about Him.
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aulgaaitatesarrarTe-
TEN GATT AAT UY II
$ri-Suka uvdca
kadécid autthanika-kautukaplave
Janmarksa-yoge samaveta-yositam
vaditra-gita-dvija-mantra-vacakais
cakara stinor abhisecanam sati

sri-Sukah wvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued to speak (at the re-
quest of Maharaja Pariksit); kadécit—at that time (when Krsna was
three months old); autthanika-kautuka-dplave—when Krsna was three
or four months old and His body was developing, He attempted to turn
around, and this pleasing occasion was observed with a festival and
bathing ceremony; janma-rksa-yoge —at that time, there was also a con-
junction of the moon with the auspicious constellation Rohini; samaveta-
yositam—(the ceremony was observed) among the assembled women, a
ceremony of mothers; vdditra-gita—different varieties of music and
singing; dvija-mantra-vacakaih—with chanting of Vedic hymns by
qualified braéhmanas; cakdra—executed; siinoh—of her son;
abhisecanam—the bathing ceremony; sati—mother Yasoda.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: When mother Yasoda’s baby was slant-
ing His body to attempt to rise and turn around, this attempt was
observed by a Vedic ceremony. In such a ceremony, called utthana,
which is performed when a child is due to leave the house for the
first time, the child is properly bathed. Just after Krsna turned
three months old, mother Yasoda celebrated this ceremony with
