720 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 13
rectified by the Lord when He eliminates them from the world and
establishes a rule of devatas like the Pandavas. His designation as kala in
disguise is significant. He is not at all dangerous, but He is the transcenden-
tal form of eternity, knowledge and bliss. For the devotees His factual
form is disclosed, and for the nondevotees He appears like kala-riipa
which is causal form. This causal form of the Lord is not at all pleasing to
the asuras, and therefore they think of the Lord as formless in order to
feel secure that they will not be vanquished by the Lord.
TEXT 50
Feng = aecATI dha |
amg yates wag arafetar: ltoll
nispaditam deva-krtyam
avasesam pratik sate
tavad yityam aveksadhvam
bhaved yavad ihesvarah

nispaditam—performed; deva-krtyam—what was to be done on behalf of
the demigods; avasesam—the rest; pratiksate—being awaited; tavat—up to
that time; yzyam—all of you Pandavas; aveksadhvam—observe and wait;
bhavet—may; yavat—as long as; iha—in this world; isvarah—the Supreme
Lord.

TRANSLATION
The Lord has already performed His duties to help the demigods, and
He is awaiting the rest. You Pandavas may wait as long as the Lord is here
on earth.
PURPORT

The Lord descends from His abode (Krsnaloka), the topmost planet
in the spiritual sky, in order to help the demigod administrators of
this material world when they are greatly vexed by the asuras, who are
not only envious of the Lord but also of His devotees. As referred to
above, the conditioned living beings contact material association by their
own choice, dictated by a strong desire to lord it over the resources of the
material world and become imitation lords of all they survey. Everyone is
trying to become an imitation God; there is keen competition amongst
such imitation gods, and such competitors are generally known as asuras.
When there are too many asuras in the world, then it becomes a hell for
those who are devotees of the Lord. Due to the growth of the asuras, the
mass of people who are generally devoted to the Lord by nature and the
