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TEXT 40
matsyasva-kacchapa-nrsimha-varaha-hamsa-
rajanya-vipra-vibudhesu krtavatarah
tvam pasi nas tri-bhuvanam ca yathadhunesa
bharam bhuvo hara yaduttama vandanam te
SYNONYMS
matsyathe fish incarnation; asvathe horse incarnation; kacchapathe tortoise incarnation; nrsimhathe Narasimha incarnation; varahathe Varaha incarnation; hamsathe swan incarnation; rajanyaincarnations as Lord Ramacandra and other ksatriyas; vipraincarnations as brahmanas like Vamanadeva; vibudhesuamong the demigods; krta-avatarahappeared as incarnations; tvamYour Lordship; pasiplease save; nahus; tri-bhuvanam caand the three worlds; yathaas well as; adhunanow; isaO Supreme Lord; bharamburden; bhuvahof the earth; haraplease diminish; yadu-uttamaO Lord Krsna, best of the Yadus; vandanam tewe offer our prayers unto You.
TRANSLATION
O supreme controller, Your Lordship previously accepted incarnations as a fish, a horse, a tortoise, Narasimhadeva, a boar, a swan, Lord Ramacandra, Parasurama and, among the demigods, Vamanadeva, to protect the entire world by Your mercy. Now please protect us again by Your mercy by diminishing the disturbances in this world. O Krsna, best of the Yadus, we respectfully offer our obeisances unto You.
PURPORT
In every incarnation, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has a particular mission to execute, and this was true in His appearance as the son of Devaki in the family of the Yadus. Thus all the demigods offered their prayers to the Lord, bowing down before Him, and requested the Lord to do the needful. We cannot order the Supreme Personality of Godhead to do anything for us. We can simply offer Him our obeisances, as advised in Bhagavad-gita (man-mana bhava mad-bhakto mad-yaji mam namaskuru [Bg. 18.65]), and pray to Him for annihilation of dangers.
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