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the transcendental position. But Jagannatha Misra and Sacimata were not a common
man and woman with contaminated hearts. When the heart is uncontaminated, it is
said to be in the existentia! position of vasudeva. Vasudeva can beget Vasudeva, or
Krsna, who is transcendentally situated.”

It is to be understood that Sacidevi did not become pregnant as an ordinary
woman becomes pregnant because of sense indulgence. One should not think the
pregnancy of Sacimata to be that of an ordinary woman because that is an offense.
One can understand the pregnancy of Sacimata when one is actually advanced in
spiritual consciousness and fully engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.

In the Sritnad-Bhdgavatam (10.2.16) it is stated:

bhagavan api visvatma

bhaktanadm abhayankarah
avivesamsa-bhagena
mana anakadundubheh
This is a statement regarding the birth of Lord Krsna. The incarnation of the Lord
entered the mind of Vasudeva and was then transferred to the mind of Devaki. Srila
Sridhara Svami gives the following annotation in this connection: ‘mana avivesa’
manasy avirbabhiva; fivanadm iva na dha@tu-sambandha ity arthah. There was no
question of the seminal discharge necessary for the birth of an ordinary human
being. Srila Ripa Gosvami aiso comments in this connection that Lord Krsna first
appeared in the mind of Anakadundubhi, Vasudeva, and was then transferred to
the mind of Devaki-devi. Thus the spiritual bliss in the mind of Devaki-devi gradually
increased, just as the moon increases every night until it becomes a full moon. At
the time of His appearance, Lord Krsna came out of the mind of Devaki and ap-
peared within the prison house of Karnsa by the side of Devaki's bed. At that time,
by the spell of yogamaya, Devaki thought that her child had now been born.
In this connection, even the demigods from the celestial kingdom were also be-
wildered. As it is stated, muhyanti yat surayah (Bhdg. 1.1.1). They came to offer
their prayers to Devaki, thinking that the Supreme Lord was within her womb.
The demigods came to Mathura from their celestial kingdom. This indicates that
Mathura is still more important than the celestial kingdom of the upper planetary
system.

Lord Krsna, as the eternal son of YaSodamayi, is always present in Vrndavana.
The pastimes of Lord Krsna are continuously going on within both this material
world and the spiritual world. In such pastimes, the Lord always thinks Himself the
eternal son of mother Yasoda and father Nanda Maharaja. In the Tenth Canto of
Srimad-Bhagavatam, Chapter Six, verse 43, it is stated, “‘When magnanimous, broad-
hearted Nanda Maharaja came back from a tour, he immediately took his son Krsna
on his lap and experienced transcendental bliss by smefling His head.”’ Similarly, in
the Tenth Canto, Ninth Chapter, verse 21, it is said, “This Personality of Godhead,
appearing as the son of acowherd damsel, is easily available and understandable to
devotees, whereas those who are under the concept of bodily life, even though they
