Shloka 9
Yoga-māyā Appears as Durgā; Kaṁsa’s Repentance and the Demonic Policy of Persecuting Vaiṣṇavas
सा तद्धस्तात् समुत्पत्य सद्यो देव्यम्बरं गता । अदृश्यतानुजा विष्णो: सायुधाष्टमहाभुजा ॥ ९ ॥
sā tad-dhastāt samutpatya sadyo devy ambaraṁ gatā adṛśyatānujā viṣṇoḥ sāyudhāṣṭa-mahābhujā
ఆ శిశువు కంసుని చేతుల నుండి ఎగిరి ఆకాశంలోకి వెళ్ళింది. విష్ణువు యొక్క ఆ చెల్లెలు ఎనిమిది చేతులతో, ఆయుధాలతో అలంకరించబడిన దేవిగా కనిపించింది.
Kaṁsa tried to dash the child downward against a piece of stone, but since she was Yoga-māyā, the younger sister of Lord Viṣṇu, she slipped upward and assumed the form of the goddess Durgā. The word anujā, meaning “the younger sister,” is significant. When Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, took birth from Devakī, He must have simultaneously taken birth from Yaśodā also. Otherwise how could Yoga-māyā have been anujā, the Lord’s younger sister?
FAQs
She is Yogamāyā, the divine potency of Lord Viṣṇu, who manifested a formidable eight-armed form to confront and warn Kaṁsa.
After escaping Kaṁsa’s grasp, she revealed her divine supremacy and then became unperceivable to ordinary vision, demonstrating that the Lord’s energy is beyond material control.
It teaches that arrogance and violence cannot control destiny, while divine protection operates beyond human power—encouraging humility, faith, and reliance on dharma.