Shloka 29
Yoga-māyā Appears as Durgā; Kaṁsa’s Repentance and the Demonic Policy of Persecuting Vaiṣṇavas
तस्यां रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां कंस आहूय मन्त्रिण: । तेभ्य आचष्ट तत् सर्वं यदुक्तं योगनिद्रया ॥ २९ ॥
tasyāṁ rātryāṁ vyatītāyāṁ kaṁsa āhūya mantriṇaḥ tebhya ācaṣṭa tat sarvaṁ yad uktaṁ yoga-nidrayā
หลังจากคืนนั้นผ่านพ้นไป พญากังสะทรงเรียกเหล่าเสนาบดีมาเข้าเฝ้า และแจ้งให้ทราบถึงสิ่งที่โยกมายาได้กล่าวไว้ทั้งหมด
The Vedic scripture Caṇḍī describes māyā, the energy of the Supreme Lord, as nidrā: durgā devī sarva-bhūteṣu nidrā-rūpeṇa samāsthitaḥ . The energy of Yoga-māyā and Mahā-māyā keeps the living entities sleeping in this material world in the great darkness of ignorance. Yoga-māyā, the goddess Durgā, kept Kaṁsa in darkness about Kṛṣṇa’s birth and misled him to believe that his enemy Kṛṣṇa had been born elsewhere. Kṛṣṇa was born the son of Devakī, but according to the Lord’s original plan, as prophesied to Brahmā, He went to Vṛndāvana to give pleasure to mother Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja and other intimate friends and devotees for eleven years. Then He would return to kill Kaṁsa. Because Kaṁsa did not know this, he believed Yoga-māyā’s statement that Kṛṣṇa was born elsewhere, not of Devakī.
FAQs
Yoga-nidrā is Yogamāyā, the Lord’s divine potency who arranges His pastimes; here she speaks to Kaṁsa and directs the unfolding of Kṛṣṇa-līlā.
Because he was shaken by what Yogamāyā told him, and he sought political counsel—sharing the entire message to decide how to respond.
Fear-driven decisions often lead to harmful plans; the verse highlights how anxiety can push leaders toward persecution instead of wisdom and righteousness.