Text 20] Brahma’s Prayers for Creative Energy 359

the demigods, to perform Your transcendental pastimes. You are not
affected by material contamination. You come just to fulfill the
obligations of Your own principles of religion, and therefore, O Supreme
Personality, I offer my obeisances unto You for manifesting such different
forms.

PURPORT

The Lord’s incarnations in different species of life are all transcendental.
He appears as a human being in His incarnations of Krsna, Rama, etc.,
but He is not a human being. Anyone who mistakes Him for an ordinary
human being is certainly not very intelligent, as confirmed in Bhagavad-
gita (Bg. 9.11): avajananti mam mudha manusim tanum asritam. The
same principle is applicable when He appears as the hog or fish incarna-
tions. They are transcendental forms of the Lord and are manifested
under certain necessities of His own pleasure and pastimes. Such
manifestations of the transcendental forms of the Lord are accepted by
Him mostly to enliven His devotees. All His incarnations are manifested
whenever there is a need to deliver His devotees and maintain His own
principles.

TEXT 20

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HATA HCRAETM THA
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yo ‘vidyayanupahato ‘pi dasardha-vrttya
nidram uvaha jathari-krta-loka-yatrah

antar-jale *hikasipu sparsanukulam
bhimormi-malini janasya sukham vivrnvan

yah—one;avidyaya—influenced by nescience; anupahatah—without being
affected; api—in spite of; dasardha—five; vrttya—interaction; nidram—
sleep; uvaha—accepted; jathari—within the abdomen; krta—doing so; loka-
yatrah—maintenance of the different entities; antah-jale—within the water
of devastation; ahi-kasipu-on the snake bed; sparsa-anukilam—happy for
the touch; bhima-irmi—violent waves; mdlini—chain of; janasya—of the
intelligent person; sukham—happiness; vivrnvan—showing.
