Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.85.20

suti-grihe nanu jagada bhavan ajo nau

sanjajna ity anu-yugam nija-dharma-guptyai

nana-tanur gagana-vad vidadhaj jahasi

ko veda bhumna uru-gaya vibhuti-mayam

SYNONYMS

suti-grihe -- in the maternity room; nanu -- indeed; jagada -- said; bhavan -- You; ajah -- the unborn Lord; nau -- to us; sanjajne -- You have taken birth; iti -- thus; anu-yugam -- in one age after another; nija -- Your own; dharma -- the principles of religion; guptyai -- to protect; nana -- various; tanuh -- divine bodies; gagana-vat -- like a cloud; vidadhat -- assuming; jahasi -- You make unmanifest; kah -- who; veda -- can understand; bhumnah -- of the all-pervading Supreme Lord; uru-gaya -- O You who are greatly glorified; vibhuti -- of the opulent expansions; mayam -- the mystic, deluding potency.

TRANSLATION

Indeed, while still in the maternity room You told us that You, the unborn Lord, had already been born several times as our son in previous ages. After manifesting each of these transcendental bodies to protect Your own principles of religion, You then made them unmanifest, thus appearing and disappearing like a cloud. O supremely glorified, all-pervading Lord, who can understand the mystic, deluding potency of Your opulent expansions?

PURPORT

Lord Krishna was first born to Vasudeva and Devaki in their previous lives as Sutapa and Prisni. Later they again became His parents as Kasyapa and Aditi. This, then, was the third time He had appeared as their son.

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