Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.3.48-49

tayā hṛta-pratyaya-sarva-vṛttiṣu

dvāḥ-stheṣu paureṣv api śāyiteṣv atha

dvāraś ca sarvāḥ pihitā duratyayā

bṛhat-kapāṭāyasa-kīla-śṛńkhalaiḥ

tāḥ kṛṣṇa-vāhe vasudeva āgate

svayaḿ vyavaryanta yathā tamo raveḥ

vavarṣa parjanya upāḿśu-garjitaḥ

śeṣo 'nvagād vāri nivārayan phaṇaiḥ

SYNONYMS

tayā — by the influence of Yogamāyā; hṛta-pratyaya — deprived of all sensation; sarva-vṛttiṣu — having all their senses; dvāḥ-stheṣu — all the doormen; paureṣu api — as well as other members of the house; śāyiteṣu — sleeping very deeply; atha — when Vasudeva tried to take his transcendental son out of the confinement; dvāraḥ ca — as well as the doors; sarvāḥ — all; pihitāḥ — constructed; duratyayā — very hard and firm; bṛhat-kapāṭa — and on great doors; āyasa-kīla-śṛńkhalaiḥ — strongly constructed with iron pins and closed with iron chains; tāḥ — all of them; kṛṣṇa-vāhe — bearing Kṛṣṇa; vasudeve — when Vasudeva; āgate — appeared; svayam — automatically; vyavaryanta — opened wide; yathā — as; tamaḥ — darkness; raveḥ — on the appearance of the sun; vavarṣa — showered rain; parjanyaḥ — the clouds in the sky; upāḿśu-garjitaḥ — very mildly resounding and raining very slightly; śeṣaḥ — Ananta-nāga; anvagāt — followed; vāri — showers of rain; nivārayan — stopping; phaṇaiḥ — by spreading His hoods.

TRANSLATION

By the influence of Yogamāyā, all the doorkeepers fell fast asleep, their senses unable to work, and the other inhabitants of the house also fell deeply asleep. When the sun rises, the darkness automatically disappears; similarly, when Vasudeva appeared, the closed doors, which were strongly pinned with iron and locked with iron chains, opened automatically. Since the clouds in the sky were mildly thundering and showering, Ananta-nāga, an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, followed Vasudeva, beginning from the door, with hoods expanded to protect Vasudeva and the transcendental child.

PURPORT

Śeṣa-nāga is an expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead whose business is to serve the Lord with all necessary paraphernalia. When Vasudeva was carrying the child, Śeṣa-nāga came to serve the Lord and protect Him from the mild showers of rain.

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