Shloka 11

Devanagari script

प्रतिजग्राह तं राधा विधिवद्‌ दिव्यरूपिणम्‌ | पुत्र कमलगर्भाभ॑ देवगर्भ श्रिया वृतम्‌,(स्तन्यं समास्रवच्चास्या दैवादित्यथ निश्चय: ।) राधाने भी कमलके भीतरी भागके समान कान्तिमान्‌, शोभाशाली तथा दिव्यरूपधारी उस देवबालकको विधि-पूर्वक ग्रहण किया। निश्चय ही दैवकी प्रेरणासे राधाके स्तनोंसे दूघ भी झरने लगा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | pratijagrāha taṃ rādhā vidhivad divyarūpiṇam | putra kamalagarbhābhaṃ devagarbha śriyā vṛtam | (stanyaṃ samāsravac cāsyā daivād ity atha niścayaḥ) |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Rādhā nahm nach den gebührenden Riten jenes Kind von göttlicher Gestalt als Sohn an—strahlend wie das innerste Herz des Lotos, ein gottgeborenes Kindlein, umgeben von glückverheißendem Glanz. Und wahrlich: vom Antrieb des Schicksals bewegt, begann Milch aus ihren Brüsten zu fließen, als bestätigte die Natur selbst das Band der Mutterschaft und die Pflicht der Fürsorge, die sie auf sich genommen hatte.

Word by Word

• {'pratijagrāha': 'accepted, received (formally took into her care)', 'tam': 'him (the child)', 'rādhā': 'Rādhā (a woman who receives the child

• foster-mother figure in this passage)', 'vidhivat': 'according to rule/rite

• in the proper prescribed manner', 'divyarūpiṇam': 'of divine form

• possessing a supernatural appearance', 'putram': 'son (as acknowledged/accepted)', 'kamalagarbhābhaṃ': 'shining like the interior (womb/heart) of a lotus

• lotus-like radiance', 'devagarbha': 'god-born

• having divine origin', 'śriyā vṛtam': 'surrounded/adorned with splendor, prosperity, auspicious beauty (śrī)', 'stanyam': 'breast-milk', 'samāsravat': 'flowed forth, began to stream', 'cāsyāḥ': 'and of her', 'daivāt': 'from fate/divine dispensation

• by providence', 'iti': 'thus', 'atha': 'then/thereupon', 'niścayaḥ': 'certainty, definite conclusion'}

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Rādhā
• divine child (devagarbha/infant)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma expressed as compassionate responsibility: when one accepts a vulnerable being under proper conduct (vidhivat), providence itself supports that duty. The spontaneous flow of milk symbolizes ethical legitimacy and nature’s affirmation of caregiving.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rādhā formally receives a divinely radiant infant as her son. Immediately afterward, by divine dispensation, her breasts begin to lactate, indicating that she is enabled to nurture the child and that the adoption is confirmed by an auspicious sign.