# SB 10.4.9 ## Text > sā tad-dhastāt samutpatya > sadyo devy ambaraṁ gatā > adṛśyatānujā viṣṇoḥ > sāyudhāṣṭa-mahābhujā ## Synonyms *sā*—that female child; *tat*-*hastāt*—from the hand of Kaṁsa; *sam*-*utpatya*—slipped upward; *sadyaḥ*—immediately; *devī*—the form of a demigoddess; *ambaram*—into the sky; *gatā*—went; *adṛśyata*—was seen; *anujā*—the younger sister; *viṣṇoḥ*—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; *sa*-*āyudhā*—with weapons; *aṣṭa*—eight; *mahā*-*bhujā*—with mighty arms. ## Translation **The child, Yogamāyā-devī, the younger sister of Lord Viṣṇu, slipped upward from Kaṁsa's hands and appeared in the sky as Devī, the goddess Durgā, with eight arms, completely equipped with weapons.** ## Purport Kaṁsa tried to dash the child downward against a piece of stone, but since she was Yogamāyā, the younger sister of Lord Viṣṇu, she slipped upward and assumed the form of the goddess Durgā. The word *anujā,* meaning "the younger sister," is significant. When Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa, took birth from Devakī, He must have simultaneously taken birth from Yaśodā also. Otherwise how could Yogamāyā have been *anujā,* the Lord's younger sister?