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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.33
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 33
- kaccic chivaṁ devaka-bhoja-putryā
- viṣṇu-prajāyā iva deva-mātuḥ
- yā vai sva-garbheṇa dadhāra devaṁ
- trayī yathā yajña-vitānam artham
kaccitwhether — whether; śivameverything well — everything well; devakaof the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja-bhojaof the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja-putryāḥof the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja — of the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja; viṣṇuof she who gave birth to the Personality of Godhead-prajāyāḥof she who gave birth to the Personality of Godhead — of she who gave birth to the Personality of Godhead; ivalike that of — like that of; devaof the mother of the demigods (Aditi)-mātuḥof the mother of the demigods (Aditi) — of the mother of the demigods (Aditi); yāone who — one who; vaiindeed — indeed; svaby her own womb-garbheṇaby her own womb — by her own womb; dadhāraconceived — conceived; devamthe Supreme Lord — the Supreme Lord; trayīthe Vedas — the Vedas; yathāas much as — as much as; yajñaof spreading the sacrifice-vitānamof spreading the sacrifice — of spreading the sacrifice; arthampurpose — purpose.
As the Vedas are the reservoir of sacrificial purposes, so the daughter of King Devaka-bhoja conceived the Supreme Personality of Godhead in her womb, as did the mother of the demigods. Is she [Devakī] doing well?
The Vedas are full of transcendental knowledge and spiritual values, and thus Devakī, the mother of Lord Kṛṣṇa, conceived the Lord in her womb as the personified meaning of the Vedas. There is no difference between the Vedas and the Lord. The Vedas aim at the understanding of the Lord, and the Lord is the Vedas personified. Devakī is compared to the meaningful Vedas and the Lord to their purpose personified.