Text 28] The Lord Agrees to Become Aditi’s Son 25
divaukasam deva divas cyutanam
parayanam naur iva majjato ‘psu

tvam—Your Lordship; vai—indeed; prajanaém—of all living entities;
sthira-jarygamanam —either stationary or moving; prajapatinam—of all
the Prajapatis; asi—You are; sambhavisnuh—the generator of every-
one; diva-okasam—of the inhabitants of the upper planetary system;
deva —O Supreme Lord; divah cyutanam—of the demigods, who have
now fallen from their residential quarters; pardéyanam—the supreme
shelter; nauh—boat; iva—like; majatah—of one drowning; apsu—in
the water.

TRANSLATION

My Lord, You are the original generator of all living entities,
stationary or moving, and You are also the generator of the
Prajapatis. O my Lord, as a boat is the only hope for a person
drowning in the water, You are the only shelter for the demigods,
who are now bereft of their heavenly position.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Seventeenth
Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “The Supreme Lord Agrees
to Become Aditi’s Son.”
