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are very advanced in austerity and penance or even though they are great philoso-
phers, are unable to understand Him.” ;

Sriia Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura next quotes Sripada Baladeva
Vidyabhtisana, who refers to the prayers offered by the demigods to Lord Krsna
in the womb of Devakf and summarizes the birth of Krsna as follows: “As the rising
moon manifests light in the east, so Devaki, who was always situated on the
transcendental platform, having been initiated in the Krsna mantra by Vasudeva,
the son of Sirasena, kept Krsna within her heart.’' From this statement of Srimaa-
Bhagavatam (10.2.18} it is understood that the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
having been transferred from the heart of Anakadundubhi, or Vasudeva, manifested
Himself in the heart of Devaki. According to Srila Baladeva Vidyabhdsana, the
“heart of Devaki"’ means the womb of Devaki because in the Srimad-Bhagavatam,
Tenth Canto, Second Chapter, verse 41, the demigods say, disty@mba te kuksi-
gatafi parati puman. ‘Mother Devaki, the Lord is already within your womb.”
Therefore, that the Lord was transferred from the heart of Vasudeva to the heart
of Devaki means that He was transferred to the womb of Devaki.

Similarly, in regard to the appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu as described
in the Caitanya-carita@myta, the words visese sevana kare govinda-carana, ‘they
specifically began to worship the lotus feet of Govinda,” indicate that exactly as
Krsna appeared in the heart of Devakf through the heart of Vasudeva, so Lord
Caitanya appeared in the heart of Sacidevi through the heart of Jagannatha Misra.
This is the mystery of the appearance of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Consequently,
one should not think of Lord Caitanya’s appearance as that of a common man or
living entity. This subject matter is a little difficult to understand, but for devotees
of the Lord it will not at all be difficult to realize the statements given by Krsnadasa
Kaviraja Gosvami.

TEXT 87

COLE CUTS Ca AS BCH ATT |
wut ofad ace, — Face Cer a 4

haite haite haila garbha trayodasa mésa
tathapi bhimistha nahe,—misrera haifa trasa

SYNONYMS

haite haite—ihus becoming; haila—it so became; garbha—pregnancy; trayodasa—
thirteenth; mdasa—month; tathdpi—stitl; bhamistha—delivery; nahe—there was no
sign; misrera—of Jagannatha Misra; haffa—became; trdsa—apprehension.

TRANSLATION

tn this way the pregnancy approached its thirteenth month, but still there was
no sign of the delivery of the child. Thus Jagannatha Misra became greatly appre-
hensive.
