The Krishna whom Yashoda Maiya (Mother Yashoda) gave birth to and the Krishna who came with Vasudev, how did they become one?
So the Shree Krishna whom Vasudev brought and the Shree Krishna who was born of Yashoda Maiya, who appeared before Yashoda Maiya, both the Krishnas merged into one.
Vasudev even could not see this as he was walking in with little baby Krishna in his arms, in his embrace, through yogamaya (Divine spiritual power), the Divine power of the Lord, he did not see what was happening. This Krishna in his arms became the Krishna of Yashoda Maiya.
So Yashoda Maiya’s Krishna actually came and merged into the Krishna who was in the arms of Vasudev, and Vasudev was thinking that he was simply placing the baby boy he had brought, his Krishna, and taking the girl. That is all he saw. And Yashoda Maiya had no notion that she had given birth. How come?
The Lord, through His yogamaya, once again through His Divine power, through His swaroop shakti (intrinsic Divine power), made Yashoda Maiya feel so tired after labor that she could not even open her eyes. So the child was born and she was sound asleep, therefore she did not know who was born.
But did Krishna really go inside the mother’s womb? Well, we have the Brahma Vaivarta Puran and Garbha Samhita, which explain that both the ‘birth’ and the ‘actions’ are all Divine.
It is stated,
वायुगर्भा कलावती अयोनिसम्भवा देवी, वायु गर्भ कलावती ।
Vayu garbh kalāvati ayoni sambhavā Devi, vayu garbha kalāvati.
This is from Garg Samhita. Ayoni means ‘not born from a womb’ in the ordinary sense. Vayu garbh means ‘air-filled womb’. Vayu means ‘air’. Air was placed into the mother’s womb, and every month the mother would feel the baby growing bigger inside the womb. Through His yogamaya (Divine spiritual power), the Lord made the mother feel that the child was in the womb. The womb was filled with air, and the Lord remained absolutely unattached. He was not physically bound there. But the mother did not know that it was only air, and likewise in the heart of Devaki ji and in the heart of Yashoda Maiya, the Lord made them experience His real presence in the hriday (heart). He made them experience His true presence.
This is described in Brahma Vaivarta Puran.
