Text 43] The Birth of Lord Krsna 261
TRANSLATION
In the next millennium, I again appeared from the two of you,
who appeared as My mother, Aditi, and My father, Kasyapa. I was
known as Upendra, and because of being a dwarf, I was also known
as Vamana.
TEXT 43
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TASHA AASE I TAA AGMA ITA |
MA ARTA TS A STE Ala (Ml
trtiye ’smin bhave “ham vai
tenaiva vapusdtha vam
jato bhiiyas tayor eva
satyam me vydhrtam sati
trttiye—for the third time; asmin bhave—in this appearance (as
Krsna); aham—I Myself; vai—indeed; tena—with the same _per-
sonality; eva—in this way; vapusd—by the form; atha—as; vam—of
both of you; jatah—born; bhityah—again; tayoh—of both of you;
eva—indeed; satyam—take as truth; me—My; vydéhrtam—words;
sati—O supremely chaste.
TRANSLATION
O supremely chaste mother, I, the same personality, have now
appeared of you both as your son for the third time. Take My
words as the truth.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead chooses a mother and father
from whom to take birth again and again. The Lord took birth originally
from Sutapa and Prsni, then from Kasyapa and Aditi, and again from the
same father and mother, Vasudeva and Devaki. “In other appearances
also,”’ the Lord said, “I took the form of an ordinary child just to become
your son so that we could reciprocate eternal love.”” Jiva Gosvami has ex-
plained this verse in his Krsna-sandarbha, Ninety-sixth Chapter, where
he notes that in text 37 the Lord says, amund vapusa, meaning “by this
same form.” In other words, the Lord told Devaki, ‘“‘This time I have
