Text 27] The Activities of the Pracetas 1521

TEXT 27

SS MEO CLES CEE SIRE
med a: feerat RaaegateTay 291!

rupam bhagavata tv etad
agesa-klesa-sanksayam

aviskrtam nah klistanam
kim anyad anukampitam

ripam—form; bhagavata—by Your Lordship; tu—but; etat—this; asesa—
unlimited; klesa— miseries; satksayam—which dissipates; aviskrtam—re-
vealed; nah—of us; klistanadm—who are suffering from material conditions;
kim anyat—what to speak of; anukampitam—those to whom You are always
favorably disposed.
TRANSLATION

Dear Lord, we conditioned souls are always covered by ignorance in the
bodily conception of life. We therefore always prefer the miserable condi-
tions of material existence. To deliver us from these miserable conditions,
You have advented Yourself in this transcendental form. This is evidence
of Your unlimited causeless mercy upon those of us who are suffering in
this way. What, then, to speak of the devotees to whom You are always so
favorably disposed?

PURPORT

When the Lord appears in His original form, He acts to deliver the pious
and annihilate the miscreants (Bg. 4.8). Although He annihilates the de-
mons, He nonetheless benefits them. It is said that all the living entities
who died on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra attained their original consti
tutional position (svariipa) because they had the chance to see Krsna face
to face riding in the chariot of Arjuna. On the Battlefield of Kuruksetra,
superficially two things were going on—the demons were being killed, and
the devotee, Arjuna, was being protected. However, the results were the
same for everyone. Thus it is said that the appearance of the Lord di-
minishes all kinds of miserable conditions caused by material existence.

It is clearly stated in this verse that this form (asesa-klesa-sanksayam)
is meant to diminish all the miserable conditions experienced in life not
only by the devotees but by all others. Aviskrtarmi nah klistanam. The
