210 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 3
Similarly, because the Supreme Personality of Godhead has inconceiv-
able potencies, He can be within everyone’s heart and yet not be situated
variously. Ekatvam anupasyatah (Isopanisad 7). The Lord is one, but He
can appear in everyone’s heart by His inconceivable potency. Thus al-
though the Lord was within the heart of Devaki, He appeared as her
child. According to the Visnu Purdna, therefore, as quoted in the
Vaisnava-tosani, the Lord appeared like the sun (anugrahdsaya). The
Brahma-samhita (5.35) confirms that the Lord is situated even within
the atom (anddntara-stha-paramanu-cayantara-stham). He is situated
in Mathura, in Vaikuntha and in the core of the heart. Therefore one
should clearly understand that He did not live like an ordinary child in
the heart or the womb of Devaki. Nor did He appear like an ordinary
human child, although He seemed to do so in order to bewilder asuras
like Karnsa. The asuras wrongly think that Krsna took birth like an ordi-
nary child and passed away from this world like an ordinary man. Such
asuric conceptions are rejected by persons in knowledge of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Ajo ’pi sann avyaydtma bhiitanam isvaro ’pi san
(Bg. 4.6). As stated in Bhagavad-gita, the Lord is aja, unborn, and He is
the supreme controller of everything. Nonetheless, He appeared as the
child of Devaki. This verse describes the inconceivable potency of the
Lord, who appeared like the full moon. Understanding the special sig-
nificance of the appearance of the Supreme Godhead, one should never
regard Him as having taken birth like an ordinary child.
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