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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 24: Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.24.53-55
sańkarshanam ahīśvaram
SYNONYMS
pravara — Pravara (in some readings, Pauvara); śruta — Śruta; mukhyān — headed by; ca — and; sākshāt — directly; dharmah — religion personified; vasūn iva — exactly like the chief Vasus in the heavenly planets; vasudevah — Śrīla Vasudeva, the father of Krishna; tu — indeed; devakyām — in the womb of Devakī; ashta — eight; putrān — sons; ajījanat — begot; kīrtimantam — Kīrtimān; sushenam ca — and Sushena; bhadrasenam — Bhadrasena; udāra-dhīh — all fully qualified; rijum — Riju; sammardanam — Sammardana; bhadram — Bhadra; sańkarshanam — Sańkarshana; ahi-īśvaram — the supreme controller and serpent incarnation; ashtamah — the eighth one; tu — but; tayoh — of both (Devakī and Vasudeva); āsīt — appeared; svayam eva — directly, personally; harih — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; kila — what to speak of; subhadrā — a sister, Subhadrā; ca — and; mahābhāgā — highly fortunate; tava — your; rājan — O Mahārāja Parīkshit; pitāmahī — grandmother.
TRANSLATION
The eight sons born of Sahadevā such as Pravara and Śruta, were exact incarnations of the eight Vasus in the heavenly planets. Vasudeva also begot eight highly qualified sons through the womb of Devakī. These included Kīrtimān, Sushena, Bhadrasena, Riju, Sammardana, Bhadra and Sańkarshana, the controller and serpent incarnation. The eighth son was the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself — Krishna. The highly fortunate Subhadrā, the one daughter, was your grandmother.
PURPORT
The fifty-fifth verse says, svayam eva harih kila, indicating that Krishna, the eighth son of Devakī, is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Krishna is not an incarnation. Although there is no difference between the Supreme Personality of Godhead Hari and His incarnation, Krishna is the original Supreme Person, the complete Godhead. Incarnations exhibit only a certain percentage of the potencies of Godhead; the complete Godhead is Krishna Himself, who appeared as the eighth son of Devakī.
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