264 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 3
affection; ydsyethe—shall both obtain; mat-gatim—My supreme abode;
param—which is transcendental, beyond this material world.
TRANSLATION

Both of you, husband and wife, constantly think of Me as your
son, but always know that I am the Supreme Personality of God-
head. By thus thinking of Me constantly with love and affection,
you will achieve the highest perfection: returning home, back to
Godhead.

PURPORT

This instruction by the Supreme Personality of Godhead to His father
and mother, who are eternally connected with Him, is especially in-
tended for persons eager to return home, back to Godhead. One should
never think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as an ordinary
human being, as nondevotees do. Krsna, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, personally appeared and left His instructions for the benefit of
all human society, but fools and rascals unfortunately think of Him as an
ordinary human being and twist the instructions of Bhagavad-gita for
the satisfaction of their senses. Practically everyone commenting on
Bhagavad-gitd interprets it for sense gratification. It has become es-
pecially fashionable for modern scholars and politicians to interpret
Bhagavad-gita as if it were something fictitious, and by their wrong in-
terpretations they are spoiling their own careers and the careers of
others. The Krsna consciousness movement, however, is fighting against
this principle of regarding Krsna as a fictitious person and of accepting
that there was no Battle of Kuruksetra, that everything is symbolic, and
that nothing in Bhagavad-gitd is true. In any case, if one truly wants to
be successful, one can do so by reading the text of Bhagavad-gitd as it is.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu especially stressed the instructions of
Bhagavad-gita: yare dekha, tare kaha ‘krsna’-upadesa. If one wants to
achieve the highest success in life, one must accept Bhagavad-gitda as
spoken by the Supreme Lord. By accepting Bhagavad-gita in this way,
all of human society can become perfect and happy.

It is to be noted that because Vasudeva and Devaki would be separated
from Krsna when He was carried to Gokula, the residence of Nanda
