Text 47] The Birth of Lord Krsna 267

in a body made of wood or stone. He can change His body into anything
because everything is His energy (pardsya Saktir vividhaiva sriyate). As
clearly said in Bhagavad-gita (7.4), bhinna prakrtir astadha: the ma-
terial elements are separated energies of the Supreme Lord. If He
transforms Himself into the arcd-mirti, the worshipable Deity, which we
see as stone or wood, He is still Krsna. Therefore the Sdstra warns, arcye
visnau Ssila-dhir gurusu nara-matih. One who thinks that the worship-
able Deity in the temple is made of wood or stone, one who sees a
Vaisnava guru as an ordinary human being, or one who materially con-
ceives of a Vaisnava as belonging to a particular caste is ndraki, a resi-
dent of hell. The Supreme Personality of Godhead can appear before us
in many forms, as he likes, but we must know the true facts: janma
karma ca me divyam evarn yo vetti tattvatah (Bg. 4.9). By following the
instructions of sédhu, guru and Sdstra—the saintly persons, the spiritual
master and the authoritative scriptures—one can understand Krsna, and
then one makes his life successful by returning home, back to Godhead.

TEXT 47

aaa attanaeraiea:

ad aMa @ alaarzend |
wel aeneahay aes

Tl ATA AAT VOI

tatas ca Saurir bhagavat-pracoditah
sutam samadaya sa siitikd-grhat

yada bahir gantum iyesa tarhy aja
ya yogamdydjani nanda-jéyaya

tatah—thereafter; ca—indeed; saurih—Vasudeva; bhagavat-praco-
ditah—being instructed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
sutam—his son; samddédya—carrying very carefully; sah—he; sitika-
grhdt—from the maternity room; yadd—when; bahih gantum—to go
outside; iyesa—desired; tarhi—exactly at that time; aja—the transcen-
dental energy, who also never takes birth; ya—who; yogamdyd—is
known as Yogamaya; ajani—took birth; nanda-jayayé—from the wife
of Nanda Maharaja.
