138 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 8
millennium in My original transcendental form.” (Bg. 4.6). Before
Krsna’s appearance, Drona and Dhara appear in order to become His
father and mother. It is they who appear as Nanda Maharaja and his
wife, Yasoda. In other words, it is not possible for a sédhana-siddha liv-
ing being to become the father or mother of Krsna, for Krsna’s father
and mother are already designated. But by following the principles ex-
hibited by Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda and their associates, the inhabi-
tants of Vrndavana, ordinary living beings may attain such affection as
exhibited by Nanda and Yasoda.

When Drona and Dhara were requested to beget children, they chose
to come to this world to have the Supreme Personality of Godhead as
their son, Krsna. Krsna’s appearance means paritrdndya sddhinam
vindsdya ca duskrtam—the devotees are protected, and the miscreants
are vanquished. Whenever Krsna comes, He distributes the highest goal
of life, devotional service. He appears as Caitanya Mahaprabhu for the
same purpose because unless one comes to devotional service, one cannot
be delivered from the miseries of the material world (duhkhalayam
asasvatam), where the living beings struggle for existence. The Lord
says in Bhagavad-gita (15.7):

mamaivamso jiva-loke
Jiva-bhitah sandtanah
manah sasthanindriyani
prakrti-sthani karsati
‘‘The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental
parts. Because of conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the
six senses, which include the mind.” The living entities are struggling to
become happy, but unless they take to the bhakti cult, their happiness is
not possible. Krsna clearly says:
asraddadhanah purusa
, dharmasyasya parantapa
aprapya mam nivartante
mrtyu-samsdra-vartmani
“Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot at-
tain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this ma-
terial world.” (Bg. 9.3)
