Text 53] The Birth of Lord Krsna 273

head had been born to her and had now changed into Krsna, whereas
Yasoda was not able to understand what kind of child had been born to
her. Yasoda was such an advanced devotee that she never regarded Krsna
as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but simply loved Him as her
own child. Devaki, however, knew from the very beginning that al-
though Krsna was her son, He was the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
In Vrndavana, no one regarded Krsna as the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. When something very wonderful happened because of Krsna’s
activities, the inhabitants of Vrndavana—the cowherd men, the cowherd
boys, Nanda Maharaja, Yasoda and the others—were surprised, but they
never considered their son Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Sometimes they suggested that some great demigod had appeared there
as Krsna. In such an exalted status of devotional service, a devotee
forgets the position of Krsna and intensely loves the Supreme Personality
of Godhead without understanding His position. This is called kevala-
bhakti and is distinct from the stages of jidna and jidnamayi bhakti.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Tenth Canto, Third
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled ‘The Birth of Lord Krsna.”
