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TEXTS 3435
yasyavatara jnayante
sariresv asaririnah
tais tair atulyatisayair
viryair dehisv asangataih
sa bhavan sarva-lokasya
bhavaya vibhavaya ca
avatirno msa-bhagena
sampratam patir asisam
SYNONYMS
yasyaof whom; avatarahthe different incarnations, like Matsya, Kurma and Varaha; jnayanteare speculated; sariresuin different bodies, differently visible; asaririnahthey are not ordinary material bodies, but are all transcendental; taih taihby such bodily activities; atulyaincomparable; ati-sayaihunlimited; viryaihby strength and power; dehisuby those who actually have material bodies; asangataihwhich activities, enacted in different incarnations, are impossible to be performed; sahthe same Supreme; bhavanYour Lordship; sarva-lokasyaof everyone; bhavayafor the elevation; vibhavayafor the liberation; caand; avatirnahhave now appeared; amsa-bhagenain full potency, with different parts and parcels; sampratamat the present moment; patih asisamYou are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of all auspiciousness.
TRANSLATION
Appearing in bodies like those of an ordinary fish, tortoise and hog, You exhibit activities impossible for such creatures to performextraordinary, incomparable, transcendental activities of unlimited power and strength. These bodies of Yours, therefore, are not made of material elements, but are incarnations of Your Supreme Personality. You are the same Supreme Personality of Godhead, who have now appeared, with full potency, for the benefit of all living entities within this material world.
PURPORT
Krsna appears as an incarnation when real spiritual life declines and when rogues and thieves increase to disturb the situation of the world. Unfortunate, less intelligent persons, bereft of devotional service, cannot understand the Lords activities, and therefore such persons describe these activities as kalpanamythology or imaginationbecause they are rascals and the lowest of men (na mam duskrtino mudhah prapadyante naradhamah [Bg. 7.15]). Such men cannot understand that the events described by Vyasadeva in the puranas and other sastras are not fictitious or imaginary, but factual.
Krsna, in His full, unlimited potency, here shows that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, for although the two trees were so large and sturdy that even many elephants could not move them, Krsna, as a child, exhibited such extraordinary strength that they fell down with a great sound. From the very beginning, by killing Putana, Sakatasura and Trnavartasura, by causing the trees to fall, and by showing the entire universe within His mouth, Krsna proved that He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The lowest of men (mudhas), because of sinful activities, cannot understand this, but devotees can accept it without a doubt. Thus the position of a devotee is different from that of a nondevotee.
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