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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 12]
even in that awkward position (in the womb of his mother) in a shape just suitable for his vision. The Lord can become bigger than thousands of universes and can become smaller than an atom at the same time. Merciful as He is, He becomes just suitable to the vision of the limited living being. He is unlimited. He is not limited by any measurement of our calculation. He can become bigger than what we can think of, and He can become smaller than what we can conceive. But in all circumstances He is the same all-powerful Lord. There is no difference between the thumblike Viṣṇu in the womb of Uttarā and the full-fledged Nārāyaṇa in the Vaikuṇṭha-dhāma, the kingdom of Godhead. He accepts the form of  arca-vigraha  (worshipable Deity) just to accept service from His different incapable devotees. By the mercy of the  arca-vigraha , the form of the Lord in material elements, the devotees who are in the material world can easily approach the Lord, although He is not conceivable by the material senses. The  arca-vigraha  is therefore an all-spiritual form of the Lord to be perceived by the material devotees; such  arca-vigraha  of the Lord is never to be considered material. There is no difference between matter and spirit for the Lord, although there is a gulf of difference between the two in the case of the conditioned living being. As for the Lord, there is nothing but spiritual existence, and there is nothing except spiritual existence for the pure devotee of the Lord in his intimate relation with the Lord.
TEXT 10
अस्त्रतेजः स्वगदया नीहारमिव गोपतिः । विधमन्तं संनिकर्षे पर्यैक्षत क इत्यसौ ॥१०॥
astra-tejaḥ sva-gadayā   nīhāram iva gopatiḥ   vidhamantam sannikarṣe   paryaikṣata ka ityasau
astra-tejaḥ —radiation of the  brahmāstra ;  sva-gadayā —by means of His own club;  nīhāram —drops of dew;  iva —like;  gopatiḥ —the sun;  vidhamantam —act of vanishing;  sannikarṣe —nearby;  paryaikṣata —observing;  kaḥ —who;  ityasau —this body.
TRANSLATION
The Lord was thus engaged in vanquishing the radiation of the  brahmāstra , just as the sun evaporates a drop of dew. He was observed by the child, who thought it to be Him.