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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 8]
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: To follow the orders of Lord Brahmā, Droṇa, the best of the Vasus, along with his wife, Dharā, spoke to Lord Brahmā in this way.
PURPORT
As stated in the  Brahma-saṁhitā  (5.37):
ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhis tābhir ya eva nija-rūpatayā kalābhiḥ goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūto govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi
When Kṛṣṇa descends anywhere, He is accompanied by His own associates. These associates are not ordinary living beings. Kṛṣṇa's pastimes are eternal, and when He descends, He comes with His associates. Therefore Nanda and mother Yaśodā are the eternal father and mother of Kṛṣṇa. This means that whenever Kṛṣṇa descends, Nanda and Yaśodā, as well as Vasudeva and Devakī, also descend as the Lord's father and mother. Their personalities are expansions of Kṛṣṇa's personal body; they are not ordinary living beings. Mahārāja Parīkṣit knew this, but he was curious to know from Śukadeva Gosvāmī whether it is possible for an ordinary human being to come to this stage by  sādhana-siddhi . There are two kinds of perfection —  nitya-siddhi  and  sādhana-siddhi . A  nitya-siddha  is one who is eternally Kṛṣṇa's associate, an expansion of Kṛṣṇa's personal body, whereas a  sādhana-siddha  is an ordinary human being who, by executing pious activities and following regulative principles of devotional service, also comes to that stage. Thus the purpose of Mahārāja Parīkṣit's inquiry was to determine whether an ordinary human being can attain the position of mother Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja. Śukadeva Gosvāmī answered this question as follows.
TEXT 49
जातयोनौ महादेवे भुवि विश्वेश्वरे हरौ । भक्तिः स्यात् परमा लोके यथाञ्जो दुर्गति तरेत् ॥४९॥