12 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

head, by His inconceivable potency, can appear in any way. It is not
necessary for Him to appear in the ordinary way by seminal injection
within the womb of a woman.

When Vasudeva was sustaining the form of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead within his heart, he appeared just like the glowing sun whose
shining rays are always unbearable and scorching to the common man.
The form of the Lord situated in the pure unalloyed heart of Vasudeva is
not different from the original form of Krsna. The appearance of the form
of Krsna anywhere, and specifically within the heart, is called dhama.
Dhama does not only refer to Krsna’s form, but His name, His form, His
quality and His paraphernalia. Everything becomes manifest simulta-
neously.

Thus the eternal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with full
potencies was transferred from the mind of Vasudeva to the mind of
Devaki, exactly as the setting sun’s rays are transferred to the full moon
rising in the east.

Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, entered the body of Devaki
from the body of Vasudeva. He was beyond the conditions of the ordinary
living entity. When Krsna is there, it is to be understood that all His
plenary expansions, such as Narayana, and incarnations like Lord Nrsimha,
Varaha, etc., are with Him, and they are not subject to the conditions of
material existence. In this way, Devaki became the residence of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead who is one without a second and the
cause of all creation. Devaki became the residence of the Absolute Truth,
but because she was within the house of Kamsa, she looked just like a
supressed fire, or like misused education. When fire is covered by the walls
of a pot or is kept in a jug, the illuminating rays of the fire cannot be very
much appreciated. Similarly, misused knowledge, which does not benefit
the people in general, is not very much appreciated. So Devaki was kept
within the prison walls of Karnsa’s palace, and no one could see her tran-
scendental beauty which resulted from her conceiving the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead.

Kamsa, however, saw the transcendental beauty of his sister Devaki, and
he at once concluded that the Supreme Personality of Godhead had taken
shelter in her womb. She had never before looked so wonderfully beautiful.
He could distinctly understand that there was something wonderful within
the womb of Devaki. In this way, Kamsa became perturbed. He was sure
that the Supreme Personality of Godhead would kill him in the future and
that He had now come. Kamsa began to think: “What is to be done with
Devaki? Surely she has Visnu or Krsna within her womb, so it is certain
