Text 30] Prayers by the Demigods 167

TRANSLATION

O Lord, You are always in full knowledge, and to bring all good
fortune to all living entities, You appear in different incarnations,
all of them transcendental to the material creation. When You ap-
pear in these incarnations, You are pleasing to the pious and
religious devotees, but for nondevotees You are the annihilator.

PURPORT

This verse explains why the Supreme Personality of Godhead appears
as an incarnation again and again. The incarnations of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead all function differently, but their main purpose is
paritrandya sddhiindm vindsdya ca duskrtam—to protect the devotees
and annihilate the miscreants. Yet even though the duskrtis, or
miscreants, are annihilated, this is ultimately good for them.

TEXT 30
SUD ERIC ICTR La
TATRA AATAT: l
aoe git WeHAT
Fier Tae TATA Rell

tvayy ambujaksakhila-sattva-dhamni
samadhindvesita-cetasaike

tvat-pada-potena mahat-krtena
kurvanti govatsa-padam bhavabdhim

tvayi—in You; ambhuja-aksa—O lotus-eyed Lord; akhila-sattva-
dhémni—who are the original cause of all existence, from whom every-
thing emanates and in whom all potencies reside; samadhind—by
constant meditation and complete absorption (in thoughts of You, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead); dvesita—fully absorbed, fully
engaged; cetasa—but by such a mentality; eke—the one process of al-
ways thinking of Your lotus feet; tvat-pdda-potena—by boarding such a
boat as Your lotus feet; mahat-krtena—by that action which is
