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@istvatyau·(: s$a BagAvaAna,
˜ajae ‰"AeNAAe mah"AyazAA:
jaÁae nand" wita KyaAtaAe
yazAAed"A s$aA Dar"ABavata,

astv ity uktah sa bhagavan

vraje drono maha-yasah

jajne nanda iti khyato

yasoda sa dharabhavat

astu-when Brahma agreed, "Yes, it is all right"; iti uktah-thus being ordered by him; sah-he (Drona); bhagavan-eternally the father of Krsna (Bhagavan's father is also Bhagavan); vraje-in Vrajabhumi, Vrndavana; dronah-Drona, the most powerful Vasu; maha-yasah-the very famous transcendentalist; jajne-appeared; nandah-as Nanda Maharaja; iti-thus; khyatah-is celebrated; yasoda-as Mother Yasoda; sa-she; dhara-the same Dhara; abhavat-appeared.

TRANSLATION

When Brahma said, "Yes, let it be so," the most fortunate Drona, who was equal to Bhagavan, appeared in Vrajapura, Vrndavana, as 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, appeared on earth before Krsna as Nanda Maharaja and Yasoda. In contrast to Sutapa and Prsni, they did not undergo severe penances and austerities to become the father and mother of Krsna. This is the difference between nitya-siddha and sadhana-siddha.