SB 1.8.33

TEXT 33

TEXT

अपरे वसुदेवस्य देवक्यां याचितो ऽभ्यगात् ।
अजस्त्वमस्य क्षेमाय वधाय च सुरद्विषाम् ॥ ३३ ॥

apare vasudevasya

devakyam yacito 'bhyagat

ajas tvam asya ksemaya

vadhaya ca sura-dvisam

apare-others; vasudevasya-of Vasudeva; devakyam-of Devaki; yacitah-being prayed for; abhyagat-took birth; ajah-unborn; tvam-You are; asya-of him; ksemaya-for the good; vadhaya-for the purpose of killing; ca-and; sura-dvisam-of those who are envious of the demigods.

TRANSLATION

Others say that since both Vasudeva and Devaki prayed for You, You have taken Your birth as their son. Undoubtedly You are unborn, yet You take Your birth for their welfare and to kill those who are envious of the demigods.

It is also said that Vasudeva and Devaki, in their previous birth as Sutapa and Prsni, underwent a severe type of penance to get the Lord as their son, and as a result of such austerities the Lord appeared as their son. It is already declared in the Bhagavad-gita that the Lord appears for the welfare of all people of the world and to vanquish the asuras or the materialistic atheists.