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cannot remain. When Vasudeva was carrying Krsna, the darkness of the
night disappeared. All the prison doors automatically opened. At the
same time there was a thunder in the sky and severe rainfall. While
Vasudeva was carrying his son Krsna in the falling rain, Lord Sega in the
shape of a serpent spread his hood over the head of Vasudeva so that he
would not be hampered by the rainfall. Vasudeva came onto the bank of
the Yamuna and saw that the water of the Yamuna was roaring with waves
and that the whole span was full of foam. Still, in that furious feature, the
river gave passage to Vasudeva to cross, just as the great Indian Ocean gave
a path to Lord Rama when He was bridging over the gulf. In this way
Vasudeva crossed the River Yamuna. On the other side, he went to the place
of Nanda Maharaja situated in Gokula, where he saw that all the cowherd
men were fast asleep. He took the opportunity of silently entering into
the house of Yasgoda, and without difficulty he replaced his son, taking
away the baby girl newly born in the house of Yagoda. Then, after entering
the house very silently and exchanging the boy with the girl, he again
returned to the prison of Karsa and silently put the girl on the lap of
Devaki. He again clamped the shackles on himself so that Karmsa could
not recognize that so many things had happened.

Mother Yaégoda understood that a child was born of her, but because
she was very tired from the labor of childbirth, she was fast asleep. When
she awoke, she could not remember whether she had given birth to a male
or female child.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Third Chapter of Krsna,
“Birth of Lord Krsna.”
