Text 14] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 201

scendental world; brahma-ddayah—the demigods, headed by Lord
Brahma; vayam—we; iva—like; isa—O my Lord; na—nct; ca—and;
udvijantah—who are afraid (of Your fearful appearance); ksemaya—for
the protection; bhitaye—for the increase; uta—it is said; atma-
sukhadya—for personal satisfaction by such pastimes; ca—also; asya—
of this (material world); vikriditam—manifested; bhagavatah—of Your
Lordship; rucira—very pleasing; avataraih—by Your incarnations.

TRANSLATION
O my Lord, all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, are sin-

cere servants of Your Lordship, who are situated in a transcenden-
tal position. Therefore they are not like us [Prahlada and his
father, the demon HiranyakaSipu]. Your appearance in this fear-
some form is Your pastime for Your own pleasure. Such an incar-
nation is always meant for the protection and improvement of the
universe.

PURPORT

Prahlada Maharaja wanted to assert that his father and the other mem-
bers of his family were all unfortunate because they were demoniac,
whereas the devotees of the Lord are always fortunate because they are
always ready to follow the orders of the Lord. When the Supreme Lord
appears in this material world in His various incarnations, He performs
two functions—saving the devotee and vanquishing the demon
(paritranaya sddhinam vinasaya ca duskrtam). Lord Nrsirnhadeva, for
example, appeared for the protection of His devotee. Such pastimes as
those of Nrsirmhadeva are certainly not meant to create a fearful situation
for the devotees, but nonetheless the devotees, being very simple and
faithful, were afraid of the fierce incarnation of the Lord. Therefore
Prahlada Maharaja, in the following prayer, requests the Lord to give up
His anger.

TEXT 14
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Wea avy sasatecn |
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