Shloka 4
श्रीशुक उवाच कदाचिदौत्थानिककौतुकाप्लवे जन्मर्क्षयोगे समवेतयोषिताम् । वादित्रगीतद्विजमन्त्रवाचकै- श्चकार सूनोरभिषेचनं सती ॥ ४ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca kadācid autthānika-kautukāplave janmarkṣa-yoge samaveta-yoṣitām vāditra-gīta-dvija-mantra-vācakaiś cakāra sūnor abhiṣecanaṁ satī
Шукадева сказал: Однажды, в радостный день обряда уттхана, когда по звезде рождения сложилось благоприятное сочетание, собрались женщины Враджи. Под музыку, песни и произнесение мантр брахманами добродетельная Яшода совершила для своего сына обрядовое омовение — абхишеку.
There is no question of overpopulation or of children’s being a burden for their parents in a Vedic society. Such a society is so well organized and people are so advanced in spiritual consciousness that childbirth is never regarded as a burden or a botheration. The more a child grows, the more his parents become jubilant, and the child’s attempts to turn over are also a source of jubilation. Even before the child is born, when the mother is pregnant, many recommended ritualistic ceremonies are performed. For example, when the child has been within the womb for three months and for seven months, there is a ceremony the mother observes by eating with neighboring children. This ceremony is called svāda-bhakṣaṇa. Similarly, before the birth of the child there is the garbhādhāna ceremony. In Vedic civilization, childbirth or pregnancy is never regarded as a burden; rather, it is a cause for jubilation. In contrast, people in modern civilization do not like pregnancy or childbirth, and when there is a child, they sometimes kill it. We can just consider how human society has fallen since the inauguration of Kali-yuga. Although people still claim to be civilized, at the present moment there is actually no human civilization, but only an assembly of two-legged animals.
FAQs
This verse describes Yaśodā arranging an auspicious ceremonial bathing (abhiṣeka) for child Kṛṣṇa on a day aligned with His birth-star, with music, singing, and brāhmaṇas chanting Vedic mantras—showing Vraja’s devotion expressed through sacred family rites.
Because the day was favorable by nakṣatra (birth-star alignment), Yaśodā lovingly performed the traditional protective and celebratory rite for her child, expressing parental affection (vātsalya-bhakti) and invoking auspiciousness through mantra and blessings.
Sanctify family milestones with prayer, gratitude, and uplifting sound (mantra, kīrtana), keeping devotion at the center—so celebrations become spiritually meaningful rather than merely social.