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Vasudeva entered  Gokula where ,says Desika, 'svasutham agryam 
asooyatha rohini,' which implies that he saw his son Balarama 
also.There he placed Krishna near the sleeping Yasodha and took the 
female child near her to Mathura. Knowing that the eighth child was 
born, Kamsa came and took the infant by her legs to strike her on the 
rock when she kicked herself  free and rose up to the sky and warned 
kamsa about the birth of Krishna. Her speech is described by Desika 
thus: 'patu gabheeram udhaaram anaakulam hitham avistharam arthyam 
aviplavam.' It was patu,sharp and 
pungent,gabheeram,resonant,udhaaram, distinct, anaakulam, poised, 
hitham, wellwishing, due to her karuna the goddess Durga as she was 
to be known later, wanted to warn him not to court distruction. It 
was also avistharam, brief,arthyam, meaningful and aviplavam 
unmistakeable. 

        She said that she was aseshasuraasuramohinee, the deluder of 
all devas and asuras, being the Maya of the Lord, the destroyer of 
madhukaitabha, the maya that veils the real nature of the Lord , 
yavanikaa. Then she warned him that his destroyer is in the house of 
Nanda, 'Vasathi nandagrhe vibudhadhvishaam dhamayithaa vasudeva 
samudbhavah thava naasayitha.' In the Bhagavatha the Yogamaya does 
not divulge the whereabouts of Krishna but Desika boldly makes her 
give  the address of Krishna perhaps to make it clear to Kamsa that 
he cannot harm Krishna even if he finds Him.

         Then the scene changes and in Gokula yasodha and others 
regain consciousness from the swoon-like sleep induced by the maya of 
the Lord and Yasodha found a male child next to her. Desika describes 
the Lord as the one who is aagamabhooshana, ornament to the vedas, 
who is enquired into by the sages even now without finding His real 
nature, became the ornament of the gopas due to destiny of His own 
making.

        After Krishna came to Gokula there was no death of calves and 
the cows were contented and gave plenty of milk as Andal 
said, 'vaangakkudam niraikkum vallal perum pasukkal.' The people had 
no fear  from robbers and from disease and Desika says that the life 
in Gokula resembled that in Krthayuga.

        Nanda celebrated the birth of Krishna 
elaborately. 'Adhichakaara vadhaanyamaneh sriyam vyadhitha 
kalpathroranukalpathaam ajanayaccha sutha prasavotsave mahathi megha 
vikatthana modhathaam.' That is, Nanda appropriated the glory of  
chitamani, the wish-giving gem, by his generosity,which made the 
kalpataru lose its importance and he outshined the raingiving clouds 
by his shower of gifts. This made the people of Gokula,says Desika, 
look down on the Indraloka. The news of the celebratiobns in Gokula 
pacified the minds of Devaki and Vasudeva who were separated from  
Krishna, the puraanapurusha, who had come to them through the penance 
of earlier life.' putram praooyathapasaa purusham puranam kaalam 
chiram vidhivasaath kila viprakarshou.'

        The two boys, Balrama and Krishna grew up in Gokula like the 
Moon in sukla paksha creating happiness not only to the inhabitants 
but also to devas whe were eagerly waiting for thedestruction of 
Kamsa and others.

        


        







                






        









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