# An Interesting Detail Our general understanding, as the Srimad-Bhagavatam narrates, is that Krishna was born as the son of Vasudeva and Devaki in the prison house of Kamsa, after which He was secretly transported to Gokula where He was swapped with the daughter of Nanda and Yasoda. Krishna then remained in Gokula and performed many wonderful pastimes with His ‘foster’ parents. Our *acaryas*, however, offer an esoteric nuance and ‘inside story’ to Krishna’s birth. They explain that though there are many forms of Krishna, the original and most complete is that of Krishna in Vrindavana. This form of Krishna is known as Nandanandana, Krishna who is the son of Nanda Maharaja, and He never, at any time, leaves Vrindavana. Even though it would superficially seem so, Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja, never takes one step out of of that enchanting land (*vrindavanam parityajya sa kvacin naiva gacchati*). Even when He seems to leave, He remains in Vrindavana in an unmanifested state. Thus, according to *acaryas* like Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura, Yasoda had actually given birth to twins; a boy and a girl. The boy was Krishna in His original form, and when Vasudeva arrived with his baby, an expansion of Krishna (Vasudeva), the expansion merged into Krishna’s original form, the son of Yasoda. Later, Vasudeva returned to Kamsa’s cell in Mathura with the baby girl, as the traditional story reveals. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/canto-10-part-1/b.a.b.y/b-birth-1-5/krishnas-birth/an-interesting-detail.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.