# SB 10.1.56 ## Text > atha kāla upāvṛtte > devakī sarva-devatā > putrān prasuṣuve cāṣṭau > kanyāṁ caivānuvatsaram ## Synonyms *atha*—thereafter; *kāle*—in due course of time; *upāvṛtte*—when it was ripe; *devakī*—Devakī, the wife of Vasudeva, Kṛṣṇa's father; *sarva*-*devatā*—Devakī, to whom all the demigods and God Himself appeared; *putrān*—sons; *prasuṣuve*—gave birth to; *ca*—and; *aṣṭau*—eight; *kanyāṁ* *ca*—and one daughter named Subhadrā; *eva*—indeed; *anuvatsaram*—year after year. ## Translation **Each year thereafter, in due course of time, Devakī, the mother of God and all the demigods, gave birth to a child. Thus she bore eight sons, one after another, and a daughter named Subhadrā.** ## Purport The spiritual master is sometimes glorified as *sarva-devamayo guruḥ* (SB 11.17.27). By the grace of the *guru,* the spiritual master, one can understand the different kinds of *devas.* The word *deva* refers to God, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the original source of all the demigods, who are also called *devas.* In *Bhagavad-gītā* [[bg/10/2|(Bg. 10.2)]] the Lord says, *aham ādir hi devānām*/ "I am the source of all the *devas.*" The Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, the Original person, expands in different forms. *Tad aikṣata bahu syām* (*Chāndogya Upaniṣad* 6.2.3). He alone has expanded into many. *Advaitam acyutam anādim ananta-rūpam* (Bs. 5.33). There are different grades of forms, known as *svāṁśa* and *vibhinnāṁśa.* The *svāṁśa* expansions, or *viṣṇu-tattva,* are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whereas the *vibhinnāṁśa* are *jīva-tattva,* who are part and parcel of the Lord (*mamaivāṁśo jīva-loke jīva-bhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ* [[bg/15/7|[Bg. 15.7] ]]). If we accept Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead and worship Him, all the parts and expansions of the Lord are automatically worshiped. *Sarvārhaṇam acyutejyā* [[sb/4/31/14|(SB 4.31.14)]]. Kṛṣṇa is known as Acyuta (*senayor ubhayor madhye rathaṁ sthāpaya me 'cyuta* [[bg/1/21-22|[Bg. 1.21] ]]). By worshiping Acyuta, Kṛṣṇa, one automatically worships all the demigods. There is no need of separately worshiping either the *viṣṇu-tattva* or *jīva-tattva.* If one concentrates upon Kṛṣṇa, one worships everyone. Therefore, because mother Devakī gave birth to Kṛṣṇa, she is described here as *sarva-devatā.*