When I think of Lord Kṛṣṇa — how He was born in the prison house of Vasudeva although He is unborn, how He went away from His father’s protection to Vraja and lived there incognito out of fear of the enemy, and how, although unlimitedly powerful, He fled from Mathurā in fear — all these bewildering incidents give me distress.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
मां खेदयत्येतदजस्य जन्म विडम्बनं यद्वसुदेवगेहे । व्रजे च वासोऽरिभयादिव स्वयं पुराद्व्यवात्सीद्यदनन्तवीर्यः
māṃ khedayatyetadajasya janma viḍambanaṃ yadvasudevagehe | vraje ca vāso'ribhayādiva svayaṃ purādvyavātsīdyadanantavīryaḥ
SB 3.2.16