Chapter 18

Verse 8 (SB 6.18.8)

SB 6.18.7

SB 6.18.9

SB 6.18.8 • मूल श्लोक

उरुक्रमस्य देवस्य मायावामनरूपिण: । कीर्तौ पत्‍न्‍यां बृहच्छ्‌लोकस्तस्यासन् सौभगादय: ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

urukramasya devasya māyā-vāmana-rūpiṇaḥ kīrtau patnyāṁ bṛhacchlokas tasyāsan saubhagādayaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

urukramasya — of Urukrama; devasya — the Lord; māyā — by His internal potency; vāmana-rūpiṇaḥ — having the form of a dwarf; kīrtau — in Kīrti; patnyām — His wife; bṛhacchlokaḥ — Bṛhatśloka; tasya — of him; āsan — were; saubhaga-ādayaḥ — sons beginning with Saubhaga.

Translation

“By His own potency, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who has multifarious potencies, appeared in the form of a dwarf as Urukrama, the twelfth son of Aditi. In the womb of His wife, whose name was Kīrti, He begot one son, named Bṛhatśloka, who had many sons, headed by Saubhaga.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda

As the Lord says in Bhagavad-gītā (4.6): ajo ’pi sann avyayātmābhūtānām īśvaro ’pi sanprakṛtiṁ svām adhiṣṭhāyasambhavāmy ātma-māyayā “Although I am unborn and My transcendental body never deteriorates, and although I am the Lord of all sentient beings, I still appear in every millennium in My original transcendental form.” When the Supreme Personality of Godhead incarnates, He does not need any help from the external energy, for He appears as He is by His own potency. The spiritual potency is also called māyā. It is said, ato māyāmayaṁ viṣṇuṁ pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ: the body accepted by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is called māyāmaya. This does not mean that He is formed of the external energy; this māyā refers to His internal potency.