sÄ tad-dhastÄt samutpatya
sadyo devy ambaraá¹ gatÄ
adṛśyatÄnujÄ viṣṇoḥ
sÄyudhÄá¹£á¹a-mahÄbhujÄ
sÄ - that female child; tat-hastÄt - from the hand of Kaá¹sa; sam-utpatya - slipped upward; sadyaḥ - immediately; devÄ« - the form of a demigoddess; ambaram - into the sky; gatÄ - went; adṛśyata - was seen; anujÄ - the younger sister; viṣṇoḥ - of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sa-ÄyudhÄ - with weapons; aá¹£á¹a - eight; mahÄ-bhujÄ - with mighty arms.
The child, Yoga-mÄyÄ-devÄ«, the younger sister of Lord Viṣṇu, slipped upward from Kaá¹sa’s hands and appeared in the sky as DevÄ«, the goddess DurgÄ, with eight arms, completely equipped with weapons.
Kaá¹sa tried to dash the child downward against a piece of stone, but since she was Yoga-mÄyÄ, the younger sister of Lord Viṣṇu, she slipped upward and assumed the form of the goddess DurgÄ. The word anujÄ, meaning “the younger sister,†is significant. When Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, took birth from DevakÄ«, He must have simultaneously taken birth from YaÅ›odÄ also. Otherwise how could Yoga-mÄyÄ have been anujÄ, the Lord’s younger sister?
