विधूय तदमेयात्मा भगवान्धर्मगुब्विभुः ।
मिषतो दशमासस्य तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हरिः ॥११॥

vidhÅ«ya tad ameyÄtmÄ
bhagavÄn dharma-gub vibhuḥ
miá¹£ato daÅ›amÄsasya
tatraivÄntardadhe hariḥ


Text

The Lord, maintaining his reputation of being affectionate to his devotees, inconceivable in form, and also a thief, having destroyed the brahmÄstra, disappeared at that spot from the sight of the child ten months in the womb.

Purport

Dharmagup means “the Lord who maintains his quality of being affectionate to his devotee.†He was seen by Pariksit who was just about to be born, being ten months in the womb (dasamasasya). The Lord disappeared there, where he was situated, without going elsewhere, because he is all powerful (vibhuh). He entered the womb and, attracting Pariksit’s mind (harih, attractor), he then disappeared. This is the quality of the thief: he enters in and then disappears. Like a deceitful night prowler, he had entered into the womb to steal Pariksit’s mind. This metaphor is implied.