Text 23] The Demigods Appeal to the Lord 159

paritrandya sadhinam
vinasdya ca duskrtam

dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge

“To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to re-
establish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after
millennium.” The Lord has nothing to do with anyone’s protection or
destruction, but for the creation, maintenance and annihilation of this
material world He apparently has to act either in goodness, in passion or
in darkness. Actually, however, He is unaffected by these modes of ma-
terial nature. He is the Supreme Lord of everyone. As a king sometimes
punishes or rewards someone to maintain law and order, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, although having nothing to do with the activities
of this material world, sometimes appears as various incarnations accord-
ing to the time, place and object.

TEXT 23

wd a ae fafaneran:

ae FM WaT afeany |
TA ANA: AO WATE

Mat a at Tafa TAHT: 23!

ayam ca tasya sthiti-pdlana-ksanah
sattvam jusdnasya bhavaya dehinam

tasmad vrajamah saranam jagad-gurum
svdnam sa no dhasyati sarh sura-priyah

ayam—this period; ca—also; tasya—of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead; sthiti-pdlana-ksanah—the time for maintenance, or for
establishing His rule; sattvam—the mode of goodness; jusdnasya—ac-
cepting (now, without waiting); bhavéya—for the increased develop-
ment or establishment; dehinam—of all living entities who accept ma-
terial bodies; tasmat—therefore; vrajamah—let us take; saranam—
shelter; jagat-gurum—at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, who is the universal teacher; suandm—His own persons;
