Shloka 25
The Lord’s Advent: Yoga-māyā’s Mission, Saṅkarṣaṇa’s Transfer, and the Demigods’ Prayers
ब्रह्मा भवश्च तत्रैत्य मुनिभिर्नारदादिभि: । देवै: सानुचरै: साकं गीर्भिर्वृषणमैडयन् ॥ २५ ॥
brahmā bhavaś ca tatraitya munibhir nāradādibhiḥ devaiḥ sānucaraiḥ sākaṁ gīrbhir vṛṣaṇam aiḍayan
Brahmā and Śiva, accompanied by sages like Nārada and others, and by demigods such as Indra, Candra, and Varuṇa with their attendants, invisibly approached Devakī’s chamber and together offered obeisances and prayers to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the bestower of blessings upon all.
Dvau bhūta-sargau loke ’smin daiva āsura eva ca ( Padma Purāṇa ). There are two classes of men — the daivas and the asuras — and there is a great difference between them. Kaṁsa, being an asura, was always planning how to kill the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His mother, Devakī. Thus he was also Kṛṣṇa conscious. But devotees are Kṛṣṇa conscious favorably ( viṣṇu-bhaktaḥ smṛto daivaḥ ). Brahmā is so powerful that he is in charge of creating an entire universe, yet he personally came to receive the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhava, Lord Śiva, is always jubilant in chanting the holy name of the Lord. And what to speak of Nārada? Nārada-muni, bājāya vīṇā, rādhikā-ramaṇa-nāme. Nārada Muni is always chanting the glories of the Lord, and his engagement is to travel all over the universe and find a devotee or make someone a devotee. Even a hunter was made a devotee by the grace of Nārada. Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, in his Toṣaṇī, says that the word nārada-ādibhiḥ means that Nārada and the demigods were accompanied by other saintly persons, like Sanaka and Sanātana, all of whom came to congratulate or welcome the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even though Kaṁsa was planning to kill Devakī, he too awaited the arrival of the Supreme Personality of Godhead ( pratīkṣaṁs taj janma ).
FAQs
They come with the sages and demigods to glorify the Supreme Lord as He is about to appear, acknowledging that Krishna—not any deva—is the ultimate protector and source of all blessings.
It indicates formal stuti—devotional glorification—where realized beings use prayerful speech to remember and proclaim the Lord’s supremacy and mercy.
By cultivating the habit of praising and remembering Krishna—through prayer, kīrtana, and gratitude—especially in times of fear or transition, just as the devas do before the Lord’s appearance.