रोहिण्यास्तनय: प्रोक्तो राम: सङ्कर्षणस्त्वया । देवक्या गर्भसम्बन्ध: कुतो देहान्तरं विना ॥ ८ ॥
rohiṇyās tanayaḥ prokto rāmaḥ saṅkarṣaṇas tvayā devakyā garbha-sambandhaḥ kuto dehāntaraṁ vinā
- rohiṇyāḥ
- of Rohiṇīdevī, the mother of Baladeva
- tanayaḥ
- the son
- proktaḥ
- is well known
- rāmaḥ
- Balarāma
- saṅkarṣaṇaḥ
- Balarāma is none other than Saṅkarṣaṇa, the first Deity in the quadruple group (Saṅkarṣaṇa, Aniruddha, Pradyumna and Vāsudeva)
- tvayā
- by you (it is so said)
- devakyāḥ
- of Devakī, the mother of Kṛṣṇa
- garbha-sambandhaḥ
- connected with the womb
- kutaḥ
- how
- deha-antaram
- transferring bodies
- vinā
- without
My dear Śukadeva Gosvāmī, you have already explained that Saṅkarṣaṇa, who belongs to the second quadruple, appeared as the son of Rohiṇī named Balarāma. If Balarāma was not transferred from one body to another, how is it possible that He was first in the womb of Devakī and then in the womb of Rohiṇī? Kindly explain this to me.