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TEXT 61
kalau janisyamananam
duhkha-soka-tamo-nudam
anugrahaya bhaktanam
supunyam vyatanod yasah
SYNONYMS
kalauin this age of Kali; janisyamananamof the conditioned souls who will take birth in the future; duhkha-soka-tamah-nudamto minimize their unlimited unhappiness and lamentation, which are caused by ignorance; anugrahayajust to show mercy; bhaktanamto the devotees; su-punyamvery pious, transcendental activities; vyatanotexpanded; yasahHis glories or reputation.
TRANSLATION
To show causeless mercy to the devotees who would take birth in the future in this age of Kali, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, acted in such a way that simply by remembering Him one will be freed from all the lamentation and unhappiness of material existence. [In other words, He acted so that all future devotees, by accepting the instructions of Krsna consciousness stated in Bhagavad-gita, could be relieved from the pangs of material existence.]
PURPORT
The Lords activities of saving the devotees and killing the demons (paritranaya sadhunam vinasaya ca duskrtam [Bg. 4.8]) take place side by side. Krsna actually appears for the deliverance of the sadhus, or bhaktas, but by killing the demons He shows them mercy also, for anyone killed by Krsna is liberated. Whether the Lord kills or gives protection, He is kind to both the demons and the devotees.
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