Text 39] The Killing of the Demon Aghāsura
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at all wonderful. Indeed, He showed such great mercy that even Aghāsura, the most sinful miscreant, was elevated to being one of His associates and achieving  sārūpya-mukti , which is actually impossible for materially contaminated persons to attain.
PURPORT
The word  māyā  is also used in connection with love. Out of  māyā , love, a father has affection for his child. Therefore the word  māyinaḥ  indicates that Kṛṣṇa, out of love, appeared as the son of Nanda Mahārāja and assumed the form of a human child ( manujārbha ). Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes. He is the creator of cause and effect, and He is the supreme controller. Nothing is impossible for Him. Therefore, that He enabled even a living being like Aghāsura to attain the salvation of  sārūpya-mukti  was not at all wonderful for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa took pleasure in entering the mouth of Aghāsura in a sporting spirit along with His associates. Therefore, when Aghāsura, by that sporting association, as maintained in the spiritual world, was purified of all contamination, he attained  sārūpya-mukti  and  vimukti  by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. For Kṛṣṇa this was not at all wonderful.
TEXT 39
सकृद् यदङ्गप्रतिमान्तराहिता 
    मनोमयी भागवतीं ददौ गतिम् । 
    स एव नित्यात्मसुखानुभूत्यभि- 
    व्युदस्तमायोऽन्तर्गतो हि किं पुनः ॥३९॥
sakṛd yad-aṅga-pratimāntar-āhitā  
 manomayī bhāgavatīṁ dadau gatim  
 sa eva nityātma-sukhānubhūty-abhi-  
 vyudasta-māyo 'ntar-gato hi kiṁ punaḥ
sakṛt —once only;  yat —whose;  aṅga-pratimā —the form of the Supreme Lord (there are many forms, but Kṛṣṇa is the original form);  antaḥ-āhitā —placing within the core of the heart, somehow or other;  manaḥ-mayī —thinking of Him even by force;  bhāgavatīm —which is