Shloka 8
देवकी-विवाहः, आकाशवाणी, भूरभारावतरण-याचना, क्षीराब्धि-स्तुति, केशावतार-नियोजनम्
याम् एनां वहसे मूढ सह भर्त्रा रथे स्थिताम् अस्यास् तवाष्टमो गर्भः प्राणान् अपहरिष्यति
yām enāṃ vahase mūḍha saha bhartrā rathe sthitām asyās tavāṣṭamo garbhaḥ prāṇān apahariṣyati
হে মূঢ়! যাকে তুমি রথে বহন করছ, স্বামীর সঙ্গে বসানো সেই নারীটির অষ্টম গর্ভই তোমার প্রাণ হরণ করবে। কালের গতিতে কোনো শক্তি, কোনো রাজমুকুট, কোনো অত্যাচার বিধিকে অতিক্রম করতে পারে না; শ্রীবিষ্ণুর সংকল্প পরিপক্ব হলে তা-ই নিয়তি হয়ে উপস্থিত হয়।
A celestial voice (ākāśa-vāṇī) warning Kaṁsa about Devakī’s eighth child
Avatara: Krishna
Purpose: Bhagavān will be born as Devakī’s eighth child to destroy Kaṃsa and re-establish dharma in Mathurā and beyond.
Leela: Yuddha
Dharma Restored: Deliverance of the oppressed and the rebalancing of righteous rule
Concept: Tyrannical power cannot outrun the ripening of karmic consequence; destiny aligned with dharma arrives inexorably.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Avoid harming the innocent out of fear; respond to threatening news with restraint and ethical clarity.
Vishishtadvaita: The Lord’s purposeful descent works through time (kāla) as His instrument, harmonizing cosmic justice with historical events.
Vishnu Form: Krishna
FAQs
It establishes divine inevitability: Kaṁsa’s political power cannot override the cosmic order, and the Lord’s saving purpose will manifest through Devakī’s eighth birth.
Through the narrative device of an ākāśa-vāṇī, the text shows that events unfold under a higher sovereignty—human actions react to, but cannot cancel, the ordained turning of time.
The verse points to Vishnu’s supremacy indirectly: the coming child represents the irresistible divine intervention that restores dharma when tyranny peaks.