Text 41] Prayers by the Demigods 197

varadha—the Varaha incarnation; hamsa—the swan incarnation; rd-
janya—incarnations as Lord Ramacandra and other ksatriyas; vipra—
incarnations as brdhmanas like Vamanadeva; vibudhesu—among the
demigods; krta-avatarah—appeared as incarnations; tuam— Your Lord-
ship; pdsi—please save; nah—us; tri-bhuvanam ca—and the three
worlds; yathad—as well as; adhund—now; isa—O Supreme Lord;
bhéram—burden; bhuvah—of the earth; hara—please diminish; yadu-
uttama—O Lord Krsna, best of the Yadus; vandanam te—we offer our
prayers unto You.

TRANSLATION

O supreme controller, Your Lordship previously accepted incar-
nations as a fish, a horse, a tortoise, Narasimhadeva, a boar, a
swan, Lord Ramacandra, Parasurdma and, among the demigods,
Vamanadeva, to protect the entire world by Your mercy. Now
please protect us again by Your mercy by diminishing the distur-
bances in this world. O Krsna, best of the Yadus, we respectfully
offer our obeisances unto You.

PURPORT

In every incarnation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has a par-
ticular mission to execute, and this was true in His appearance as the son
of Devaki in the family of the Yadus. Thus all the demigods offered their
prayers to the Lord, bowing down before Him, and requested the Lord to
do the needful. We cannot order the Supreme Personality of Godhead to
do anything for us. We can simply offer Him our obeisances, as advised
in Bhagavad-gitaé (man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yéji mam
namaskuru), and pray to Him for annihilation of dangers.

TEXT 41

feeara a afta: 1: TAI-
ATA TANT WAY WAN A: |
Tat azar AAT TATA: UE 8HI
