126 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 8
He is beyond my contemplation, speculation and meditation. He is
beyond all of my material activities.
PURPORT

One simply has to realize the greatness of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. One should not try to understand Him by any material means,
subtle or gross. Mother Yasoda, being a simple woman, could not find out
the real cause of the vision; therefore, out of maternal affection, she
simply offered obeisances unto the Supreme Lord to protect her child.
She could do nothing but offer obeisances to the Lord. It is said, acintyah
khalu ye bhava na tars tarkena yojayet (Mahabharata, Bhisma
Parva 5.22). One should not try to understand the supreme cause by
argument or reasoning. When we are beset by some problem for which
we can find no reason, there is no alternative than to surrender to the
Supreme Lord and offer Him our respectful obeisances. Then our posi-
tion will be secure. This was the means adopted in this instance also by
mother Yasodaé. Whatever happens, the original cause is the Supreme
Personality of Godhead (sarva-kérana-kdranam). When the immediate
cause cannot be ascertained, let us simply offer our obeisances at the
lotus feet of the Lord. Mother Yasoda concluded that the wonderful
things she saw within the mouth of her child were due to Him, although
she could not clearly ascertain the cause. Therefore when a devotee can-
not ascertain the cause of suffering, he concludes:

tat te nukampdm susamiksamano
bhufijdna evatma-krtam vipakam
hrd-vag-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te
Jiveta yo mukti-pade sa daya-bhak
(Bhag. 10.14.8)

The devotee accepts that it is due to his own past misdeeds that the
Supreme Personality of Godhead has caused him some small amount of
suffering. Thus he offers obeisances to the Lord again and again. Such a
devotee is called mukti-pade sa daya-bhak; that is, he is guaranteed his
liberation from this material world. As stated in Bhagavad-gita (2.14):
