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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 3]
Similarly, because the Supreme Personality of Godhead has inconceivable potencies, He can be within everyone's heart and yet not be situated variously.  Ekatvam anupaśyataḥ  ( Īśopaniṣad 7 ). The Lord is one, but He can appear in everyone's heart by His inconceivable potency. Thus although the Lord was within the heart of Devakī, He appeared as her child. According to the  Viṣṇu Purāṇa , therefore, as quoted in the  Vaiṣṇava-toṣaṇī , the Lord appeared like the sun ( anugrahāsaya ). The  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.35) confirms that the Lord is situated even within the atom ( aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-stham ). He is situated in Mathurā, in Vaikuṇṭha and in the core of the heart. Therefore one should clearly understand that He did not live like an ordinary child in the heart or the womb of Devakī. Nor did He appear like an ordinary human child, although He seemed to do so in order to bewilder  asuras  like Kaṁsa. The  asuras  wrongly think that Kṛṣṇa took birth like an ordinary child and passed away from this world like an ordinary man. Such asuric conceptions are rejected by persons in knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Ajo 'pi sann avyayātmā bhūtānām īśvaro 'pi san  (Bg. 4.6). As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā , the Lord is  aja , unborn, and He is the supreme controller of everything. Nonetheless, He appeared as the child of Devakī. This verse describes the inconceivable potency of the Lord, who appeared like the full moon. Understanding the special significance of the appearance of the Supreme Godhead, one should never regard Him as having taken birth like an ordinary child.
TEXTS 9-10
तमद्भुतं बालकमम्बुजेक्षणं 
चतुर्भुजं शङ्खगदाद्युदायुधम् । 
श्रीवत्सलक्ष्मं गलशोभिकौस्तुभं 
पीताम्बरं सान्द्रपयोदसौभगम् ॥ ९ ॥ 
महार्हवैदूर्यकिरीटकुण्डल- 
त्विषा परिष्वक्तसहस्रकुन्तलम् । 
उद्दामकाञ्च्यङ्गदकङ्कणादिभि- 
विरोचमानं वसुदेव ऐक्षत ॥ १० ॥