आसीत् ॥१०॥
athÄyam eva varo hy arhattama yarhi barhiá¹£i rÄjará¹£er varadará¹£abho bhavÄn nija-puruá¹£eká¹£aṇa-viá¹£aya ÄsÄ«t
atha - then; ayam - this; eva - certainly; varaḥ - benediction; hi - indeed; arhat-tama - O most worshipable of the worshipable; yarhi - because; barhiá¹£i - in the sacrifice; rÄja-ṛṣeḥ - of King NÄbhi; varada-ṛṣabhaḥ - the best of the benefactors; bhavÄn - Your Lordship; nija-puruá¹£a - of Your devotees; Ä«ká¹£aṇa-viá¹£ayaḥ - the object of the sight; ÄsÄ«t - has become.
O most worshipable of all, You are the best of all benefactors, and Your appearance at saintly King NÄbhi’s sacrificial arena is meant for our benediction. Because You have been seen by us, You have bestowed upon us the most valuable benediction.
Nija-puruá¹£a-Ä«ká¹£aṇa-viá¹£aya. In Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (9.29) Kṛṣṇa says, samo ’haá¹ sarva-bhÅ«teá¹£u: “I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him.â€
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is equal to everyone. In that sense, He has no enemies and no friends. Everyone is enjoying the fruitive reactions of his own work, and the Lord, within everyone’s heart, is observing and giving everyone the desired result. However, just as the devotees are always anxious to see the Supreme Lord satisfied in every way, similarly the Supreme Lord is very anxious to present Himself before His devotees. ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa says in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.8):
paritrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹
vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm
dharma-saá¹sthÄpanÄrthÄya
sambhavÄmi yuge yuge
“To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear millennium after millennium.â€
Thus Kṛṣṇa’s appearance is for the deliverance and satisfaction of His devotees. Actually He does not advent Himself simply to kill the demons, for that can be done by His agents. Lord Viṣṇu’s appearance at the sacrificial arena of MahÄrÄja NÄbhi was just to please the King and his assistants. Otherwise there was no reason for His being present there.
