naitad vicitraá¹ manujÄrbha-mÄyinaḥ
parÄvarÄṇÄá¹ paramasya vedhasaḥ
agho 'pi yat-sparÅ›ana-dhauta-pÄtakaḥ
prÄpÄtma-sÄmyaá¹ tv asatÄá¹ sudurlabham

 na - not; etat - this; vicitram - is wonderful; manuja-arbha-mÄyinaḥ - of Kṛṣṇa, who appeared as the son of Nanda MahÄrÄja and YaÅ›odÄ, being compassionate upon them; para-avarÄṇÄm - of all causes and effects; paramasya vedhasaḥ - of the supreme creator; aghaḥ api - AghÄsura also; yat-sparÅ›ana - simply by the slight association of whom; dhauta-pÄtakaḥ - became freed from all contamination of material existence; prÄpa - became elevated; Ätma-sÄmyam - to a body exactly resembling that of NÄrÄyaṇa; tu - but; asatÄm sudurlabham - which is not at all possible to be obtained by contaminated souls (but everything can be possible by the mercy of the Supreme Lord).


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Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes. The causes and effects of the material world, both higher and lower, are all created by the Supreme Lord, the original controller. When Kṛṣṇa appeared as the son of Nanda MahÄrÄja and YaÅ›odÄ, He did so by His causeless mercy. Consequently, for Him to exhibit His unlimited opulence was not at all wonderful. Indeed, He showed such great mercy that even AghÄsura, the most sinful miscreant, was elevated to being one of His associates and achieving sÄrÅ«pya-mukti, which is actually impossible for materially contaminated persons to attain.

Purport

The word mÄyÄ is also used in connection with love. Out of mÄyÄ, love, a father has affection for his child. Therefore the word mÄyinaḥ indicates that Kṛṣṇa, out of love, appeared as the son of Nanda MahÄrÄja and assumed the form of a human child (manujÄrbha). Kṛṣṇa is the cause of all causes. He is the creator of cause and effect, and He is the supreme controller. Nothing is impossible for Him. Therefore, that He enabled even a living being like AghÄsura to attain the salvation of sÄrÅ«pya-mukti was not at all wonderful for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa took pleasure in entering the mouth of AghÄsura in a sporting spirit along with His associates. Therefore, when AghÄsura, by that sporting association, as maintained in the spiritual world, was purified of all contamination, he attained sÄrÅ«pya-mukti and vimukti by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. For Kṛṣṇa this was not at all wonderful.