SB 10.3.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

opas$aMh"r" ivaṅAtmaªa,
@d"Ae r&pamalaAEik(k(ma,
zAÊlca‚(gAd"Apaá-
i™ayaA jauíM" catauBauRjama,

upasamhara visvatmann

ado rupam alaukikam

saṅkha-cakra-gada-padma-

sriya justam catur-bhujam

upasamhara-withdraw; visvatman-O all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead; adah-that; rupam-form; alaukikam-which is unnatural in this world; saṅkha-cakra-gada-padma-of the conchshell, disc, club and lotus; sriya-with these opulences; justam-decorated; catuh-bhujam-four hands.

TRANSLATION

O my Lord, You are the all-pervading Supreme Personality of Godhead, and Your transcendental four-armed form, holding conchshell, disc, club and lotus, is unnatural for this world. Please withdraw this form [and become just like a natural human child so that I may try to hide You somewhere].

PURPORT

Devaki was thinking of hiding the Supreme Personality of Godhead and not handing Him over to Kamsa as she had all her previous children. Although Vasudeva had promised to hand over every child to Kamsa, this time he wanted to break his promise and hide the child somewhere. But because of the Lord's appearance in this surprising four-armed form, He would be impossible to hide.