24. Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

houses of brahmanas, but now they could find the opportunity to start the
fire peacefully. Being forbidden to offer sacrifices, the brahmanas were
very distressed in mind, intelligence and activities, but just on the point
of Krsna’s appearance, automatically their minds became full of joy
because they could hear loud vibrations in the sky of transcendental sounds
proclaiming the appearance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

The denizens of the Gandharva and Kinnara planets began to sing, and
the denizens of Siddhaloka and the planets of the Caranas began to offer
prayers in the service of the Personality of Godhead. In the heavenly
planets, the angels along with their wives, accompanied by the Apsaras,
began to dance.

The great sages and the demigods, being pleased, began to shower
flowers. At the seashore, there was the sound of mild waves, and above the
sea there were clouds in the sky which began to thunder very pleasingly.

When things were adjusted like this, Lord Visnu, who is residing within
the heart of every living entity, appeared in the darkness of night as the
Supreme Personality of Godhead before Devaki, who also appeared as one
of the demigoddesses. The appearance of Lord Visnu at that time could
be compared with the full moon in the sky as it rises on the eastern hori-
zon. The objection may be raised that, since Lord Krsna appeared on the
eighth day of the waning moon, there could be no rising of the full moon.
In answer to this it may be said that Lord Krsna appeared in the dynasty
which is in the hierarchy of the moon; therefore, although the moon was
incomplete on that night, because of the Lord’s appearance in the dynasty
wherein the moon is himself the original person, the moon was in an
overjoyous condition, so by the grace of Krsna he could appear just as a
full moon.

In an astronomical treatise by the name Khamanik ya, the constellations
at the time of the appearance of Lord Krsna are very nicely described. It is
confirmed that the child born at that auspicious moment was the Supreme
Brahman or the Absolute Truth.

Vasudeva saw that wonderful child born as a baby with four hands,
holding conchshell, club, disc, and lotus flower, decorated with the mark
of Srivatsa, wearing the jeweled necklace of kaustubha stone, dressed in
yellow silk, appearing dazzling like a bright blackish cloud, wearing a
helmet bedecked with the vaidirya stone, valuable bracelets, earrings and
similar other ornaments all over His body and an abundance of hair on
His head. Due to the extraordinary features of the child, Vasudeva was
struck with wonder. How could a newly born child be so decorated? He
could therefore understand that Lord. Krsna had now appeared, and he
