vaibhava-prakÄÅ›a yaiche devakÄ«-tanuja
dvibhuja-svarūpa kabhu, kabhu haya caturbhuja
vaibhava-prakÄÅ›a - the feature of vaibhava-prakÄÅ›a; yaiche - just as; devakÄ«-tanuja - the son of DevakÄ«; dvi-bhuja - two-handed; svarÅ«pa - form; kabhu - sometimes; kabhu - sometimes; haya - is; catur-bhuja - four-handed.
“An example of vaibhava-prakÄÅ›a is the son of DevakÄ«. He sometimes has two hands and sometimes four hands.
When Lord Kṛṣṇa took His birth, He appeared outside the womb as four-handed Viṣṇu. Then DevakÄ« and Vasudeva offered their prayers to Him and asked Him to assume His two-handed form. The Lord immediately assumed His two-handed form and ordered that He be transferred to Gokula, on the other side of the river YamunÄ.
