440 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 8

yovernment of the Supreme Lord. No one can artificially claim to the
supreme position of the Lord, but everyone is meant to serve the purpose
of the supreme whole.

TEXT 17

ata wat A qat 7a at ww |
WAAR «= ATIATAH «AT! U2

yugani yuga-mdanam ca
dharmo yas ca yuge yuge
avataranucaritam
yad ascaryatamam hareh

yugani—the different ages; yuga-madnam—the duration of each age; ca—
as well as; dharmah—the particular occupational duty; yah ca—and which;
yuge yuge—in each and every yuga or particular age; avatdra—the incarna-
tion; anucaritam—and the activities of the incarnation; yat—which;
ascaryatamam—the most wonderful activities; hareh—of the Supreme
Lord.

TRANSLATION

Please explain all the different ages in the duration of the creation, and
also the duration of such ages. Also tell me about the different activities
of the different incarnations of the Lord in different ages.

PURPORT

Lord Krsna is the original Personality of Godhead, and all the incarna-
tions of the Supreme Lord, although nondifferent from Him, are emana-
tions from the Supreme. Maharaja Pariksit inquires from the great learned
sage Sukadeva Gosvami about the different activities of such incarna-
tions so that the incarnation of the Lord may be confirmed by His
activities in the authoritative scriptures. Maharaja Pariksit is not to be
carried away by the sentiments of the common man to accept an incarna-
tion of the Lord very cheaply. Instead he wished to accept the incarnation
of the Lord by symptoms mentioned in the Vedic literatures and confirmed
by an dcarya like Sukadeva Gosvami. The Lord descends by His internal
