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The Birth of Lord Krṣṇa
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in a body made of wood or stone. He can change His body into anything because everything is His energy ( parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate ). As clearly said in  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.4),  bhinnā prakṛtir aṣṭadhā : the material elements are separated energies of the Supreme Lord. If He transforms Himself into the  arcā-mūrti , the worshipable Deity, which we see as stone or wood, He is still Krṣṇa. Therefore the  śāstra  warns,  arcye viṣṇau śilā-dhīr guruṣu nara-matiḥ . One who thinks that the worshipable Deity in the temple is made of wood or stone, one who sees a Vaiṣṇava  guru  as an ordinary human being, or one who materially conceives of a Vaiṣṇava as belonging to a particular caste is  nārakī , a resident of hell. The Supreme Personality of Godhead can appear before us in many forms, as he likes, but we must know the true facts:  janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvataḥ  (Bg. 4.9). By following the instructions of  sādhu ,  guru  and  śāstra —the saintly persons, the spiritual master and the authoritative scriptures—one can understand Krṣṇa, and then one makes his life successful by returning home, back to Godhead.
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ततश्च शौरिर्भगवत्प्रचोदितः
सुतं समादाय स स्रुतिकागृहात् ।
यदा बहिर्गन्तुमियेष तर्ह्यजा
या योगमायाजनि नन्दजायया ॥४७॥
tataś ca śaurir bhagavat-pracoditaḥ sutam samādāya sa sūtikā-gṛhāt yadā bahir gantum iyeṣa tarhy ajā yā yogamāyājani nanda-jāyayā
tataḥ —thereafter;  ca —indeed;  śauriḥ —Vasudeva;  bhagavat-pracoditaḥ —being instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  sutam —his son;  samādāya —carrying very carefully;  saḥ —he;  sūtikā-gṛhāt —from the maternity room;  yadā —when;  bahiḥ gantum —to go outside;  iyeṣa —desired;  tarhi —exactly at that time;  ajā —the transcendental energy, who also never takes birth;  yā —who;  yogamāyā —is known as Yogamāyā;  ajani —took birth;  nanda-jāyayā —from the wife of Nanda Mahārāja.