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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 8]
performed by Him perfectly by automatic knowledge, strength and activity. All these prove without any question that the Lord's activities, forms and deeds are all inconceivable to our limited thinking power, but because He is inconceivably powerful, everything is possible in Him. Therefore no one can calculate Him exactly; every action of the Lord is bewildering to the common man. He cannot be understood by the Vedic knowledge, but He can be easily understood by the pure devotees because they are intimately related with Him. The devotees therefore know that although He appears amongst the animals, He is not an animal, nor a man, nor a  ṛṣi , nor a fish. He is eternally the Supreme Lord in all circumstances.
TEXT 31
गोप्याददेत्वयि कृतागसि दाम तावद् 
या ते दशाश्वकलिलाञ्जनसम्ब्रमाक्षम् । 
वक्त्रं निनीय भयभावनया स्थितस्य 
सामां विमोहयति भीरपि यद्विभेति॥३१॥
gopy ādade tvayi kṛtāgasi dāma tāvad 
yā te daśāśru-kalilānjana-sambhramākṣam 
vaktram ninīya bhaya-bhāvanayā sthitasya 
sā mām vimohayati bhīr api yad bibheti
gopī —the cowherd lady (Yaśodā);  ādade —took up;  tvayi —on Your;  kṛtāgasi —creating disturbances (by breaking the butter pot);  dāma —rope;  tāvat —at that time;  yā —that which;  te —Your;  daśā —situation;  aśru-kalila —overflooded with tears;  añjana —ointment;  sambhrama —perturbed;  akṣam —eyes;  vaktram —face;  ninīya —downwards;  bhaya-bhāvanayā —by thoughts of fear;  sthitasya —of the situation;  sā —that;  mām —me;  vimohayati —bewilders;  bhīḥ api —even fear personified;  yat —whom;  bibheti —be afraid of.
TRANSLATION
My dear Kṛṣṇa, Yaśodā took up a rope to bind You when You committed an offense, and Your perturbed eyes overflooded with tears, which washed the mascara from Your eyes. And You were afraid, though fear personified is afraid of You. This sight is bewildering to me.