sa tvam prabho 'dya vasudeva-gṛhe 'vatīrṇaḥ
svÄmÅ›ena bhÄram apanetum ihÄsi bhÅ«meḥ
aká¹£auhiṇī-Å›ata-vadhena suretarÄmÅ›a-
rÄjñÄm amuá¹£ya ca kulasya yaÅ›o vitanvan
saḥ - He; tvam - You; prabho - O master; adya - now; vasudeva-gá¹›he - in the home of Vasudeva; avatÄ«rṇaḥ - have descended; sva - with Your own; amÅ›ena - direct expansion (Lord BalarÄma); bharam - the burden; apanetum - to remove; iha - here; asi - You are; bhÅ«meḥ - of the earth; aká¹£auhiṇī - of the armies; Å›ata - hundreds; vadhena - by killing; sura-itara - of the opponents of the demigods; amÅ›a - who are expansions; rÄjñÄm - of the kings; amuá¹£ya - of this; ca - and; kulasya - dynasty (of the descendants of Yadu); yaÅ›aḥ - the fame; vitanvan - spreading.
You are that very same Supreme Person, my Lord, and You have now appeared in the home of Vasudeva with Your plenary portion. You have done this to relieve the earth’s burden by killing hundreds of armies led by kings who are expansions of the demigods’ enemies, and also to spread the fame of our dynasty.
The term suretarÄá¹Å›a-rÄjñÄm indicates that the demoniac kings slain by Kṛṣṇa were in fact expansions or incarnations of the enemies of the demigods. This fact is elaborately explained in the MahÄbhÄrata, which reveals the specific identities of the demoniac kings.
