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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 3]
Kṛṣṇa as their son. This pastime takes place eternally and is therefore called  nitya-līlā . Thus there was no cause for surprise or ridicule. As confirmed by the Lord Himself in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.9):
janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvataḥ tyaktvā deham punar janma naiti mām eti so 'rjuna
“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.” One should try to understand the appearance and disappearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead from Vedic authorities, not from imagination. One who follows his imaginations about the Supreme Personality of Godhead is condemned.
avajānanti mām mūḍhā mānuṣīm tanum āśritam param bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram  (Bg. 9.11)
The Lord appears as the son of His devotee by His  param bhāvam . The word  bhāva  refers to the stage of pure love, which has nothing to do with material transactions.
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युवां वै ब्रह्मणादिष्टौ प्रजासर्गे यदा ततः । सन्नियम्येन्द्रियग्रामं तेपाथे परमं तपः ॥३३॥
yuvām vai brahmaṇādiṣṭau prajā-sarge yadā tataḥ sanniyamyendriya-grāmam tepāthe paramam tapaḥ
yuvām—both of you (Pṛśni and Sutapā); vai—indeed; brahmaṇā ādiṣṭau—ordered by Lord Brahmā (who is known as Pitāmaha, the