176 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 8

Sri-kimpuruséh iicuh—the inhabitants of Kimpurusa-loka said;
vayam—we; kimpurusah—the inhabitants of Kimpurusa-loka, or
insignificant living entities; tvam—Your Lordship; tu—however;
mahd-purusah—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; #svarah—the
supreme controller; ayam—this; ku-purusah—most sinful person,
Hiranyakasipu; nastah—slain; dhik-krtah—being condemned;
sddhubhih—by the saintly persons; yada —when.

TRANSLATION

The inhabitants of Kimpurusa-loka said: We are insignificant
living entities, and You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
the supreme controller. Therefore how can we offer suitable
prayers unto You? When this demon was condemned by devotees
because they were disgusted with him, he was then killed by You.

PURPORT

The cause of the Supreme Lord’s appearance upon this earth is stated
in Bhagavad-gita (4.7-8) by the Lord Himself:

yada yada hi dharmasya
glanir bhavati bharata

abhyutthanam adharmasya
taddtmanam samy aham

paritranaya sddhiinam
vindsadya ca duskrtam

dharma-samsthdpanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge

““Whenever and wherever there is a decrease in religious principles and a
predominant rise in irreligion, at that time I descend Myself. To deliver
the pious and annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the prin-
ciples of religion, I advent Myself, millennium after millennium.” The
Lord appears in order to execute two kinds of activities—to kill the
demons and to protect the devotees. When the devotees are too disturbed
by the demons, the Lord certainly appears in different incarnations to
give the devotees protection. The devotees following in the footsteps of
