Shloka 2

गर्भ-व्यवस्था, देवकी-गर्भ-स्तुति (गर्भस्तुतिः), जगदन्तर्गत-हरि-प्रतिपादनम्

Devanagari script

सप्तमे रोहिणीं प्राप्ते गते गर्भे ततो हरिः लोकत्रयोपकाराय देवक्याः प्रविवेश वै

Transliteration

saptame rohiṇīṃ prāpte gate garbhe tato hariḥ lokatrayopakārāya devakyāḥ praviveśa vai

Translation

เมื่อครรภ์ที่เจ็ดได้ไปถึงโรหิณีแล้ว จากนั้นพระหริ—เพื่อเกื้อกูลแก่สามโลก—ได้เสด็จเข้าสู่ครรภ์ของเทวคีโดยแท้

Word by Word

• सप्तमे: in the seventh (month/period)
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (locative: ‘in the seventh’)

• रोहिणीम्: Rohiṇī
• रोहिणीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राप्ते: when (she) had been reached/attained
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• गते: when (it) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (with ‘गर्भे’)

• गर्भे: into the womb
• गर्भे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (with ‘गते’)

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे/क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोक-त्रय-उपकाराय: for the benefit of the three worlds
• लोक-त्रय-उपकाराय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + उपकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (लोकत्रयस्य उपकारः)

• देवक्याः: of Devakī
• देवक्याः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• प्रविवेश: entered
• प्रविवेश: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Cosmological Context

Manvantara: Vaivasvata

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Avatara Context

Avatara: Krishna

Purpose: To benefit and protect the three worlds by descending into Devakī’s womb as the Supreme Lord.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Cosmic welfare of the three worlds and restoration of righteous order through the avatāra’s advent

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The transcendent Hari freely enters embodied limitation for lokatraya-upakāra, revealing avatāra as compassionate condescension without loss of sovereignty.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: In hardship, remember the tradition’s claim that the divine can be present within constrained circumstances; cultivate steadiness and service where you are.

Vishishtadvaita: The Lord remains supreme yet truly becomes present in a finite locus (womb) for the world’s good—transcendence with real immanence.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Hari

Bhakti Type: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)
• Devakī
• Rohiṇī
• Three worlds (trailokya)

FAQs

What is the significance of the seventh embryo going to Rohiṇī in the Vishnu Purana?

It signals a divine arrangement preceding Krishna’s birth, relocating the seventh pregnancy to Rohiṇī and preparing the protective context for the Lord’s descent.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Lord’s purpose in entering Devakī’s womb?

Parāśara frames it as lokatrayopakāra—Hari’s intentional incarnation for the welfare and rebalancing of the three worlds.

What is the theological importance of Hari in this context?

Hari is portrayed as the Supreme, sovereign reality who freely assumes embodiment not from compulsion, but to uphold dharma and bless the cosmos.