Gokula · II. Birth in the Prison

Verse 12

कारागारान्धकारघ्नः पितृप्राग्जन्मसूचकः ।वसुदेवस्तुतः स्तोत्रं तापत्रयनिवारणः॥

kārāgārāndhakāraghnaḥ pitṛprāgjanmasūcakaḥ ·vasudevastutaḥ stotraṃ tāpatrayanivāraṇaḥ

The Names in This Verse (5)

65 kārāgārāndhakāraghnaḥ

dispeller of the prison-house darkness

S.B.G 10.3.8

Destroyer of the prison's darkness — the four-armed form illumines the dark prison cell with its own radiance; the prison glows without fire or lamp.

66 pitṛprāgjanmasūcakaḥ

who revealed to his father his own former births

S.B.G 10.3.5

Who indicated his nature to his parents before being born — the Lord reveals his cosmic identity to Vasudeva and Devakī before appearing, preparing them to receive him.

67 vasudevastutaḥ

praised by Vasudeva

S.B.G 10.3.24

Praised by Vasudeva — Vasudeva delivers a celebrated hymn (S.B.G 10.3.24-31) recognising the Supreme in the newborn; one of the Bhāgavata's most celebrated stutis.

68 stotram

the very embodiment of praise

69 tāpatrayanivāraṇaḥ

remover of the three afflictions

ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika

S.B.G 1.7.6

Remover of the three sufferings — ādhyātmika, ādhibhautika, ādhidaivika; the Bhāgavata opens by declaring Kṛṣṇa the sole remedy for the threefold misery.