Text 46] The Birth of Lord Krsna 265

Maharaja, the Lord personally instructed them that they should always
think of Him as their son and as the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
That would keep them in touch with Him. After eleven years, the Lord
would return to Mathura to be their son, and therefore there was no
question of separation.

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Sri-Suka uvaca
ity uktvadsid dharis tisnim
bhagavan dtma-mayaya
pitroh sampasyatoh sadyo
babhiiva prakrtah sisuh

Sri-Sukah uvdca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti uktvd—after in-
structing in this way; dsit—remained; harih—the Supreme Personality
of Godhead; tisnim—silent; bhagavan—Lord Visnu, the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; atma-mdyaydé—by acting in His own spiritual en-
ergy; pitroh sampasyatoh—while His father and mother were factually
seeing Him; sadyah—immediately; babhiiva—He became; prakrtah—
like an ordinary human being; sisuh—a child.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: After thus instructing His father and
mother, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, remained
silent. In their presence, by His internal energy, He then trans-
formed Himself into a small human child. [In other words, He
transformed Himself into His original form: krsnas tu bhagavan
svayam.]

PURPORT

As stated in Bhagavad-gita (4.6), sambhavamy aétma-méyaya: what-
ever is done by the Supreme Personality of Godhead is done by His spiri-
tual energy; nothing is forced upon Him by the material energy. This is
