140 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 8

the most famous Nanda Maharaja, and his wife, Dhara, appeared as
mother Yasoda.

PURPORT

Because whenever Krsna appears on this earth He superficially needs a
father and mother, Drona and Dhara, His eternal father and mother, ap-
peared on earth before Krsna as Nanda Maharaja and Yaéoda. In contrast
to Sutapa and Prsnigarbha, they did not undergo severe penances and

“ austerities to become the father and mother of Krsna. This is the dif-
ference between nitya-siddha and sédhana-siddha.

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qat aRnamat gata TAT |
STATS TTT AIT U4 II

tato bhaktir bhagavati
putri-bhiite janardane

dampatyor nitardm dsid
gopa-gopisu bharata

tatah—thereafter; bhaktih bhagavati—the cult of bhakti, devotional
service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; putri-bhiite—in the
Lord, who had appeared as the son of mother Yasoda; janadrdane—in
Lord Krsna; dam-patyoh—of both husband and wife; nitaraém—
continuously; dsit—there was; gopa-gopisu—all the inhabitants of
Vrndavana, the gopas and the gopis, associating with Nanda Maharaja

and Yasoda and following in their footsteps; bhdrata—O Maharaja
Pariksit.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, O Maharaja Pariksit, best of the Bharatas, when the
Supreme Personality of Godhead became the son of Nanda
Maharaja and Yasoda, they maintained continuous, unswerving de-
votional love in parental affection. And in their association, all the
other inhabitants of Vrndavana, the gopas and gopis, developed
the culture of krsna-bhakti.
