Shloka 12
Brahmā’s Prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa (Brahmā-stuti) and the Restoration of Vraja’s Lunch Pastime
उत्क्षेपणं गर्भगतस्य पादयो: किं कल्पते मातुरधोक्षजागसे । किमस्तिनास्तिव्यपदेशभूषितं तवास्ति कुक्षे: कियदप्यनन्त: ॥ १२ ॥
utkṣepaṇaṁ garbha-gatasya pādayoḥ kiṁ kalpate mātur adhokṣajāgase kim asti-nāsti-vyapadeśa-bhūṣitaṁ tavāsti kukṣeḥ kiyad apy anantaḥ
O Lord Adhokṣaja, does a mother take offense when the child within her womb kicks with his legs? And is there anything—called ‘real’ or ‘unreal’ by philosophers—that actually lies outside Your abdomen, O Infinite One?
Śrīla Prabhupāda comments as follows on this verse in Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Chapter Fourteen: “Lord Brahmā therefore compared himself to a little child within the womb of his mother. If the child within the womb plays with his hands and legs, and while playing touches the body of the mother, is the mother offended with the child? Of course she isn’t. Similarly, Lord Brahmā may be a very great personality, and yet not only Brahmā but everything that be is existing within the womb of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord’s energy is all-pervading: there is no place in the creation where it is not acting. Since everything is existing within the energy of the Lord, the Brahmā of this universe and the Brahmās of the many other millions and trillions of universes are existing within the energy of the Lord; therefore the Lord is considered to be the mother, and everything existing within the womb of the mother is considered to be the child. And the good mother is never offended with the child, even if he touches the body of the mother by kicking his legs.”
FAQs
This verse teaches that the Supreme (Adhokṣaja) transcends ordinary categories like “existent” and “non-existent,” because He is beyond the reach of material logic and perception, even while appearing within the womb.
Brahmā is emphasizing the Lord’s inconceivable nature: the same infinite Supreme who is worshiped by all can also appear as a child, even situated within a mother’s womb—showing His acintya (inexplicable) potency.
It encourages humility: do not reduce the Divine to limited intellectual labels. Approach spiritual truth through devotion, reverence, and sincere practice rather than insisting that God must fit our categories.