Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
ity abhiṣṭūya puruá¹£aá¹
yad-rÅ«pam anidaá¹ yathÄ
brahmeÅ›Änau purodhÄya
devÄḥ pratiyayur divam

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; iti - in this way; abhiṣṭūya - offering prayers; puruá¹£am - unto the Supreme Personality; yat-rÅ«pam - whose form; anidam - transcendental; yathÄ - as; brahma - Lord BrahmÄ; Ä«Å›Änau - and Lord Åšiva; purodhÄya - keeping them in front; devÄḥ - all the demigods; pratiyayuḥ - returned; divam - to their heavenly homes.


Text

After thus offering prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, the Transcendence, all the demigods, with Lord BrahmÄ and Lord Åšiva before them, returned to their homes in the heavenly planets.

Purport

It is said:

adyÄpiha caitanya ei saba lÄ«lÄ kare
 yÄṅ’ra bhÄgye thÄke, se dekhaye nirantare

(Caitanya-bhÄgavata, Madhya 23.513)

The incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead appear continuously, like the waves of a river or an ocean. There is no limit to the Lord’s incarnations, but they can be perceived only by devotees who are fortunate. The devatÄs, the demigods, fortunately understood the incarnation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and thus they offered their prayers. Then Lord Åšiva and Lord BrahmÄ led the demigods in returning to their homes.

The word kuká¹£i-gataḥ, meaning “within the womb of DevakÄ«,†has been discussed by ÅšrÄ« JÄ«va GosvÄmÄ« in his Krama-sandarbha commentary. Since it was said at first that Kṛṣṇa was present within the heart of Vasudeva and was transferred to the heart of DevakÄ«, ÅšrÄ« JÄ«va GosvÄmÄ« writes, “How is it that Kṛṣṇa was now in the womb?†He replies that there is no contradiction. From the heart the Lord can go to the womb, or from the womb He can go to the heart. Indeed, He can go or stay anywhere. As confirmed in the Brahma-saá¹hitÄ (5.35), aṇá¸Äntara-stha-paramÄṇu-cayÄntara-sthaá¹ govindam Ädi-puruá¹£aá¹ tam ahaá¹ bhajÄmi. The Lord can stay wherever He likes. DevakÄ«, therefore, in accordance with the desire of her former life, now had the opportunity to seek the benediction of having the Supreme Personality of Godhead as her son, DevakÄ«-nandana.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Tenth Canto, Second Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Kṛṣṇa in the Womb.â€