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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 2]
Personality of Godhead.” Some said, “He is an incarnation of Nārāyaṇa,” and others said, “He is the incarnation of Kṣīrodakaśāyī Viṣṇu.” But actually He is the original Supreme Personality of Godhead— Kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam —and Nārāyaṇa, the  puruṣas  and all other incarnations accompany Him to function as different parts of His pastimes.  Mahataṁsa-yuktaḥ  indicates that He is accompanied by the  puruṣas , who create the  mahat-tattva . It is confirmed in the Vedic hymns,  mahāntaṁ vibhum ātmānam .
Lord Kṛṣṇa appeared, just like electricity, when there was friction between Kaṁsa and Vasudeva and Ugrasena. Vasudeva and Ugrasena were the Lord’s devotees, and Kaṁsa, a representative of the  karmīs  and  jñānīs , was a nondevotee. Kṛṣṇa, as He is, is compared to the sun. He first appeared from the ocean of the womb of Devakī, and gradually He satisfied the inhabitants of the places surrounding Mathurā, just as the sun enlivens the lotus flower in the morning. Gradually rising up to the meridian of Dvārakā, the Lord set like the sun, placing everything in darkness, as described by Uddhava.
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मां खेदयत्येतदजस्य जन्म- विडम्बनं यद्वसुदेवगेहे । त्रजे च वासोऽरिभयादिव स्वयं पुराद् व्यवात्सीघदनन्तवीर्यः ॥१६॥
mām khedayaty etad ajasya janma- viḍambanam yad-vasudeva-gehe vraje ca vāso 'ri-bhayād iva svayam purād vyavātsīd yad-ananta-vīryaḥ
mām —to me;  khedayati —gives me distress;  etat —this;  ajasya —of the unborn;  janma —birth;  viḍambanam —bewildering;  yat —that;  vasudeva-gehe —in the home of Vasudeva;  vraje —in Vṛndāvana;  ca —also;  vāsaḥ —inhabitation;  ari —enemy;  bhayāt —because of fear;  iva —as if;  svayam —Himself;  purāt —from Mathurā Purī;  vyavātsīt —fled;  yat —one who is;  ananta-vīryaḥ —unlimitedly powerful.
TRANSLATION
When I think of Lord Kṛṣṇa—how He was born in the prison house of Vasudeva although He is unborn, how He went away from His father’s protection to Vraja and lived there incognito out of fear of the enemy,