Text 43]
The Birth of Lord Kṛṣṇa
261
TRANSLATION
In the next millennium, I again appeared from the two of you, who appeared as My mother, Aditi, and My father, Kaśyapa. I was known as Upendra, and because of being a dwarf, I was also known as Vāmana.
TEXT 43
तृतीयेऽस्मिन् भवेऽहं वै तेनैव वपुषाथ वाम् । जातो भूयस्तयोरेव सत्यं मे व्याहृतं सति ॥४३॥
tṛtīye 'smin bhave 'haṁ vai tenaiva vapuṣātha vām jāto bhūyas tayor eva satyaṁ me vyāhṛtaṁ sati
tṛtīye —for the third time;  asmin bhave —in this appearance (as Kṛṣṇa);  aham —I Myself;  vai —indeed;  tena —with the same personality;  eva —in this way;  vapuṣā —by the form;  atha —as;  vām —of both of you;  jātaḥ —born;  bhūyaḥ —again;  tayoḥ —of both of you;  eva —indeed;  satyam —take as truth;  me —My;  vyāhṛtam —words;  sati —O supremely chaste.
TRANSLATION
O supremely chaste mother, I, the same personality, have now appeared of you both as your son for the third time. Take My words as the truth.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead chooses a mother and father from whom to take birth again and again. The Lord took birth originally from Sutapā and Pṛśni, then from Kaśyapa and Aditi, and again from the same father and mother, Vasudeva and Devakī. “In other appearances also,” the Lord said, “I took the form of an ordinary child just to become your son so that we could reciprocate eternal love.” Jīva Gosvāmī has explained this verse in his  Kṛṣṇa-sandarbha , Ninety-sixth Chapter, where he notes that in text 37 the Lord says,  amunā vapuṣa , meaning “by this same form.” In other words, the Lord told Devakī, “This time I have