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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 9]
Brahmā and Lord Śiva, the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī, is the Lord's constant companion in service, since she always associates with His body. But even she could not get such mercy. Therefore Mahārāja Parīkṣit was surprised, thinking, “What did mother Yaśodā and Nanda Mahārāja do in their previous lives by which they got such a great opportunity, the opportunity to be the affectionate father and mother of Kṛṣṇa?”
In this verse there are three negative pronouncements— na, na, na . When anything is uttered three times—“do it, do it, do it”—one should understand that this is meant to indicate great stress on a fact. In this verse, we find  na lebhire, na lebhire, na lebhire . Yet mother Yaśodā is in the supermost exalted position, and thus Kṛṣṇa has become completely subordinate to her.
The word  vimuktidāt  is also significant. There are different types of liberation, such as  sāyujya, sālokya, sārūpya, sārṣṭi  and  sāmīpya , but  vimukti  means “special  mukti .” When after liberation one is situated on the platform of  prema-bhakti , one is said to have achieved  vimukti , “special  mukti .” Therefore the word  na  is mentioned. That exalted platform of  premā  is described by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as  premā pum-artho mahān , and mother Yaśodā naturally acts in such an exalted position in loving affairs. She is therefore a  nitya-siddha  devotee, an expansion of Kṛṣṇa's  hlādinī  potency, His potency to enjoy transcendental bliss through expansions who are special devotees ( ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhiḥ ). Such devotees are not  sādhana-siddha .
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नायं सुखापो भगवान् देहिनां गोपिकासुतः । 
    ज्ञानिनां चात्मभूतानां यथा भक्तिमतामिह ॥२१॥
nāyam sukhāpo bhagavān 
    dehinām gopikā-sutaḥ 
    jñāninām cātma-bhūtānām 
    yathā bhaktimatām iha
na—not; ayam—this; sukha-āpaḥ—very easily obtainable, or an object of happiness; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dehinām—of persons in the bodily concept of life, especially the karmīs;