Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krṣṇa in the Womb 19
appear in Your transcendental form for the benefit of the living entities so that they can see You face to face and offer their worshipful sacrifices by ritualistic performance of the  Vedas , mystic meditation and devotional service as recommended in the scriptures. Dear Lord, if You did not appear in Your eternal transcendental form, full of bliss and knowledge—which can eradicate all kinds of speculative ignorance about Your position—then all people would simply speculate about You according to their respective modes of material nature.”
The appearance of Krṣṇa is the answer to all imaginative iconography of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Everyone imagines the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to his mode of material nature. In the  Brahma-saṁhitā  it is said that the Lord is the oldest person. Therefore a section of religionists imagine that God must be very old, and therefore they depict a form of the Lord like a very old man. But in the same  Brahma-saṁhitā , that is contradicted; although He is the oldest of all living entities, He has His eternal form as a fresh youth. The exact words used in this connection in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  are  vijñānam ajñānabhid āpamārjanam .  Vijñānam  means transcendental knowledge of the Supreme Personality.  Vijñānam  is also experienced knowledge. Transcendental knowledge has to be accepted by the descending process of discipline succession as Brahmā presents the knowledge of Krṣṇa in the  Brahma-saṁhitā .  Brahma-saṁhitā  is  vijñānam  as realized by Brahmā’s transcendental experience, and in that way he presented the form and the pastimes of Krṣṇa in the transcendental abode.  Ajñānabhid  means that which can match all kinds of speculation. In ignorance, people are imagining the form of the Lord; sometimes He has no form and sometimes He has form, according to their different imaginations. But the presentation of Krṣṇa in the  Brahma-saṁhitā  is  vijñānam —s experienced knowledge given by Lord Brahmā and accepted by Lord Caitanya. There is no doubt about it. Śrī Krṣṇa’s form, Śrī Krṣṇa’s flute, Krṣṇa’s color—everything is reality. Here it is said that this  vijñānam  is always defeating all kinds of speculative knowledge. “Therefore, without Your appearing as Krṣṇa, as You are, neither  ajñānabhid  (nescience of speculative knowledge) nor  vijñānam  would be realized.  Ajñānabhid āpamārjanam —by Your appearance the speculative knowledge of ignorance will be vanquished and the real experienced knowledge of authorities like Lord Brahmā will be established. Men influenced by the three modes of material nature imagine their own God according to the modes of material nature. In this way God is presented in various ways, but Your appearance will establish what the real form of God is.”