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Prayers by the Demigods
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already there within the mind, and consequently it is not astonishing for Him to appear as if born from a devotee's body. The word  āviveśa  signifies that the Lord appeared within the mind of Vasudeva. There was no need for a discharge of semen. That is the opinion of Śrīpāda Śrīdhara Svāmī and Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura. In the  Vaiṣṇavatoṣaṇī , Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī says that consciousness was awakened within the mind of Vasudeva. Śrīla Virarāghava Ācārya also says that Vasudeva was one of the demigods and that within his mind the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared as an awakening of consciousness.
TEXT 17
स विभ्रत् पौरुषंधाम भ्राजमानो यथा रविः । दुरासदोऽतिदुर्धर्षो भूतानां सम्बभूव ह ॥१७॥
sa bibhrat pauruṣam dhāma bhrājamāno yathā raviḥ durāsado 'tidurdharṣo bhūtānām sambabhūva ha
saḥ—he (Vasudeva); bibhrat—carried; pauruṣam—pertaining to the Supreme Person; dhāma—the spiritual effulgence; bhrājamānaḥ—illuminating; yathā—as; raviḥ—the sunshine; durāsadaḥ—very difficult even to look at, difficult to understand by sensory perception; atidurdharṣaḥ—approachable with great difficulty; bhūtānām—of all living entities; sambabhūva—so he became; ha—positively.
TRANSLATION
While carrying the form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead within the core of his heart, Vasudeva bore the Lord's transcendentally illuminating effulgence, and thus he became as bright as the sun. He was therefore very difficult to see or approach through sensory perception. Indeed, he was unapproachable and unperceivable even for such formidable men as Karnsa, and not only for Karnsa but for all living entities.