Looking at the Cultural Background
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Lord Kṛṣṇa, son of a cowherd, 
    Is their milker, 
    Arjuna is the calf, 
    The supreme nectar of the  Gītā  
    Is the milk, 
    And the wise man 
    Of purified intellect 
    Is the drinker.
PURPORT
Unless one understands spiritual variegatedness, one cannot understand the transcendental pastimes of the Lord. In the  Brahma-saṁhitā  it is said that Kṛṣṇa's name, form, quality, pastimes, entourage, and paraphernalia are all  ānanda-cinmaya-rasa —in short, everything of His transcendental association is of the same composition of spiritual bliss, knowledge, and eternity. There is no end to His name, form, etc., unlike in the material world, where all things have their end. As stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā , only fools deride Him; whereas it is Śaṅkara, the greatest impersonalist, who worships Him, His cows, and His pastimes as the son of Vasudeva and pleasure of Devakī.
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Thou son of Vasudeva, 
    Destroyer of the demons Kaṁsa and Cāṇūra, 
    Thou supreme bliss of Mother Devakī, 
    O Thou, guru of the universe, 
    Teacher of the worlds, 
    Thee, O Kṛṣṇa, I salute.
PURPORT
Śaṅkara describes Him as the son of Vasudeva and Devakī. Does he mean thereby that he is worshiping an ordinary material man? He worships Kṛṣṇa because he knows that Kṛṣṇa's birth and activities are all supernatural. As stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  [4.9], Kṛṣṇa's birth and activities are mysterious and transcendental, and therefore only the devotees of Kṛṣṇa can know them perfectly. Śaṅkara was not such a fool that he would accept Kṛṣṇa as an ordinary man and at the same time offer