tvaá¹ naḥ paramakaá¹ daivaá¹
tvaá¹ na indro jagat-pate
bhavÄya bhava go-vipra
devÄnÄá¹ ye ca sÄdhavaḥ
tvam - You; naḥ - our; paramakam - supreme; daivam - worshipable Deity; tvam - You; naḥ - our; indraḥ - Lord Indra; jagat-pate - O master of the universe; bhavÄya - for the welfare; bhava - please be; go - of the cows; vipra - the brÄhmaṇas; devÄnÄm - and the demigods; ye - who; ca - and; sÄdhavaḥ - saintly persons.
You are our worshipable Deity. Therefore, O Lord of the universe, for the benefit of the cows, the brÄhmaṇas, the demigods and all other saintly persons, please become our Indra.
The Supreme Lord is self-sufficient: He can do everything Himself. The Lord appointed one of His innumerable children to the position of Indra, the lord of the cosmic heaven. But Indra abused his authority, and now Surabhi requests Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Absolute Truth, to directly become her Lord, her Indra. We should carefully perform our duties without false pride; thus we will not become obsolete and embarrassed, as in the present case of King Indra, who actually attacked Lord Kṛṣṇa and His Vá¹›ndÄvana devotees.
