22 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

devotee and vanquish the nondevotee), actually He descends for His
pleasure-meeting with the devotees, not really to vanquish the nondevo-
tees. The nondevotees can be vanquished simply by material nature. ‘“The
action and reaction of the external energy of material nature (creation,
maintenance and annihilation) are being carried on automatically. But
simply by taking shelter of Your holy name—because Your holy name and
Your personality are nondifferent—the devotees are sufficiently protected.”
The protection of the devotees and the annihilation of the nondevotees
are actually not the business of the Supreme Personality of Godhead when
He descends. They are just for His transcendental pleasure. There cannot
be any other reason for His appearance.

“Our dear Lord, You are appearing as the best of the Yadu dynasty,
and we are offering our respectful humble obeisance unto Your lotus feet.
Before this appearance, You also appeared as the fish incarnation, the
horse incarnation, the tortoise incarnation, the swan incarnation, as King
Ramacandra, as Paragurama, and as many other incarnations. You ap-
peared just to protect the devotees, and we request You in Your present
appearance as the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself to give us
similar protection all over the three worlds and remove all obstacles for
the peaceful execution of our lives.

“Dear mother Devaki, within your womb is the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, appearing along with all His plenary extensions. He is the
original Personality of Godhead appearing for our welfare. Therefore you
should not be afraid of your brother, the King of Bhoja. Your son Lord
Krsna, who is the original Personality of Godhead, will appear for the
protection of the pious Yadu dynasty. The Lord is appearing not only
alone but accompanied by His immediate plenary portion, Balarama.”

Devaki was very much afraid of her brother Kamsa because he had
already killed so many of her children. She used to remain very anxious
about Krsna. In the Visnu Purana it is stated that in order to pacify
Devaki, all the demigods, along with their wives, used to always visit her
to encourage her not to be afraid that her son would be killed by Kamsa.
Krsna, who was within her womb, was to appear not only to diminish the
burden of the world but specifically to protect the interest of the Yadu
dynasty, and certainly to protect Devaki and Vasudeva.

Thus ends the Bhaktivedanta purport of the Second Chapter of Krsna,
“Prayers by the Demigods for Lord Krsna in the Womb.”
