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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 14]
universe, yet it can be easily smashed by the arrangement of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Personality of Godhead does not need to descend in order to kill any strongly built body; He comes down just for the sake of His devotees. Everyone is subject to the miseries offered by material nature, but because the activities of miscreants, such as killing innocent people and animals or torturing women, are harmful to everyone and are therefore a source of pain for the devotees, the Lord comes down. He descends only to give relief to His ardent devotees. The killing of the miscreant by the Lord is also the mercy of the Lord towards the miscreant, although apparently the Lord takes the part of the devotee. Since the Lord is absolute, there is no difference between His activities of killing the miscreants and favoring the devotees.
TEXT 42
दितिरुवाच
वधं भगवता साधात्सुनाभोदारजादुना । आशासे पुत्रयोर्महं मा कुद्राद्वाह्मणाद्प्रभो ॥४२॥
ditir uvāca
vadham bhagavatā sākṣāt
sunābhodārabāhunā
āśāse putrayor mahyam
mā kruddhād brāhmaṇād prabho
ditiḥ uvāca —Diti said;  vadham —the killing;  bhagavatā —by the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  sākṣāt —directly;  sunābha —with His Sudarśana weapon;  udāra —very magnanimous;  bāhunā —by the arms;  āśāse —I desire;  putrayoḥ —of the sons;  mahyam —of mine;  mā —never be it so;  kruddhāt —by the rage;  brāhmaṇāt —of the  brāhmaṇas ;  prabho —O my husband.
TRANSLATION
Diti said:  It is very good that my sons will be magnanimously killed by the arms of the Personality of Godhead with His Sudarśana weapon. O my husband, may they never be killed by the wrath of the  brāhmaṇa  devotees.
PURPORT
When Diti heard from her husband that the great souls would be angered by the activities of her sons, she was very anxious. She thought that her sons might be killed by the wrath of the  brāhmaṇas . The Lord does not appear when the  brāhmaṇas  become angry at someone because the wrath of a  brāhmaṇa  is sufficient in itself. He certainly appears,