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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 3]
fortune. These two things are not at all contradictory. Lord Kṛṣṇa is detached from the variegatedness of the inferior nature, but He is in eternal, blissful enjoyment of the spiritual nature, or His internal potency. One who has a poor fund of knowledge cannot understand this distinction between the external and internal potencies. In  Bhagavad-gītā , the internal potency is described as the  parā prakṛti . In the  Viṣṇu Purāṇa  also, the internal potency of  Viṣṇu  is described as  parā śakti . The Lord is never detached from the association of  parā śakti . This  parā śakti  and her manifestations are described in the  Brahma-saṁhitā  as  ānanda-cinmaya-rasa-pratibhāvitābhiḥ . (Bs. 5.37) The Lord is eternally joyful and cognizant in the taste derived from such transcendental bliss. Negation of the variegatedness of the inferior energy does not necessitate negation of the positive transcendental bliss of the spiritual world. Therefore the Lord's gentleness, His smile, His character and everything related to Him are all transcendental. Such manifestations of the internal potency are the reality, of which the material shadow is only a temporary representation from which everyone with proper knowledge must be detached.
TEXT 21
इमं लोकमप्तुं चैव रमयन् सुतरां यदून् । रेमे क्षणदया दचक्षणस्त्रीक्षणसौहृदः ॥२१॥
imam lokam amum caiva ramayan sutarām yadūn reme kṣaṇadayā datta- kṣaṇa-strī-kṣaṇa-sauhṛdaḥ
imam—this; lokam—earth; amum—and the other worlds; ca—also; eva—certainly; ramayan—pleasing; sutarām—specifically; yadūn—the Yadus; reme—enjoyed; kṣaṇadayā—by night; datta—given by; kṣaṇa—leisure; strī—women; kṣaṇa—conjugal love; sauhṛdaḥ—friendship.
TRANSLATION
The Lord enjoyed His pastimes, both in this world and in other worlds [higher planets], specifically in the association of the Yadu dynasty. At leisure hours offered by night, He enjoyed the friendship of conjugal love with women.
PURPORT
The Lord enjoyed in this world with His pure devotees. Although He is the Personality of Godhead and is transcendental to all material attach-