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expansions and opulences. There is no need to think of the Lord ar-
tificially as yogis do. Dhydnavasthita-tad-gatena manasa pasyanti yarn
yoginah (Bhag. 12.13.1). Yogis meditate upon the Supreme Person
within the mind. For a devotee, however, the Lord is present, and His
presence need only be awakened through initiation by a bona fide spiri-
tual master. The Lord did not need to live within the womb of Devaki,
for His presence within the core of her heart was sufficient to carry Him.
One is here forbidden to think that Krsna was begotten by Vasudeva
within the womb of Devaki and that she carried the child within her
womb.

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 ap-
pearance of the form of Krsna anywhere, and specifically within the
heart, is called dhadma. Dhama refers not only to Krsna’s form, but to
His name, His form, His quality and His paraphernalia. Everything be-
comes manifest simultaneously.

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
Nrsimbha and Varaha, are with Him, and they are not subject to the con-
ditions 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 Karnsa, she looked just
like a suppressed 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 can-
not 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
