Softheartedness should be Accompanied by Sharp Discrimination

2011-12-01
Srimad Bhagavatam 10.04.08-09 - Softheartedness should be Accompanied by Sharp Discrimination (download mp3)
by Gopinath Candra Prabhu at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 10.4.8
tam grhitva caranayor
jata-matram svasuh sutam
apothayac chila-prsthe
svarthonmulita-sauhrdah

Translation: 
Having uprooted all relationships with his sister because of intense selfishness, Kamsa, who was sitting on his knees, grasped the newborn child by the legs and tried to dash her against the surface of a stone.

SB 10.4.9
sa tad-dhastat samutpatya
sadyo devy ambaram gata
adrsyatanuja visnoh
sayudhasta-mahabhuja

Translation: 
The child, Yogamaya-devi, the younger sister of Lord Visnu, slipped upward from Kamsa's hands and appeared in the sky as Devi, the goddess Durga, with eight arms, completely equipped with weapons.

Purport: 
Kamsa tried to dash the child downward against a piece of stone, but since she was Yogamaya, the younger sister of Lord Visnu, she slipped upward and assumed the form of the goddess Durga. The word anuja, meaning "the younger sister," is significant. When Visnu, or Krsna, took birth from Devaki, He must have simultaneously taken birth from Yasoda also. Otherwise how could Yogamaya have been anuja, the Lord's younger sister?