दितिजदनुजादयश्चापि तेषामुपक्रमसमयोऽयमिति स्वात्ममायया सुरनरमृगमि
श्रितजलचराकृतिभिर्यथापराधं दण्डं दण्डधर दधर्थ एवमेनमपि भगवन्जहि त्वा
ष्ट्रमुत यदि मन्यसे ॥४०॥
tri-bhuvanÄtma-bhavana trivikrama tri-nayana tri-loka-manoharÄnubhÄva tavaiva vibhÅ«tayo ditija-danujÄdayaÅ› cÄpi teá¹£Äm upakrama-samayo 'yam iti svÄtma-mÄyayÄ sura-nara-má¹›ga-miÅ›rita-jalacarÄká¹›tibhir yathÄparÄdhaá¹ daṇá¸aá¹ daṇá¸a-dhara dadhartha evam enam api bhagavañ jahi tvÄá¹£á¹ram uta yadi manyase
tri-bhuvana-Ätma-bhavana - O Lord, You are the shelter of the three worlds because You are the Supersoul of the three worlds; tri-vikrama - O Lord, who assumes the form of VÄmana, Your power and opulence are distributed throughout the three worlds; tri-nayana - O maintainer and seer of the three worlds; tri-loka-manohara-anubhÄva - O You who are perceived as the most beautiful within the three worlds; tava - of You; eva - certainly; vibhÅ«tayaḥ - the expansions of energy; diti-ja-danu-ja-Ädayaḥ - the demoniac sons of Diti, and the DÄnavas, another type of demon; ca - and; api - also (the human beings); teá¹£Äm - of all of them; upakrama-samayaḥ - the time of enterprise; ayam - this; iti - thus; sva-Ätma-mÄyayÄ - by Your own energy; sura-nara-má¹›ga-miÅ›rita-jalacara-Äká¹›tibhiḥ - with different forms like those of the demigods, human beings, animals, mixtures and aquatics (the incarnations VÄmana, Lord RÄmacandra, Kṛṣṇa, VarÄha, HayagrÄ«va, Ná¹›siá¹ha, Matsya and KÅ«rma); yathÄ-aparÄdham - according to their offenses; daṇá¸am - punishment; daṇá¸a-dhara - O supreme chastiser; dadhartha - You awarded; evam - thus; enam - this one (Vá¹›trÄsura); api - also; bhagavan - O Supreme Personality of Godhead; jahi - kill; tvÄá¹£á¹ram - the son of Tvaá¹£á¹Ä; uta - indeed; yadi manyase - if You think it proper.
O Lord, O personified three worlds, father of the three worlds! O strength of the three worlds, in the form of the VÄmana incarnation! O three-eyed form of Ná¹›siá¹hadeva! O most beautiful person within the three worlds! Everything and everyone, including human beings and even the Daitya demons and the DÄnavas, is but an expansion of Your energy. O supremely powerful one, You have always appeared in Your forms as the various incarnations to punish the demons as soon as they become very powerful. You appear as Lord VÄmanadeva, Lord RÄma and Lord Kṛṣṇa. You appear sometimes as an animal like Lord Boar, sometimes a mixed incarnation like Lord Ná¹›siá¹hadeva and Lord HayagrÄ«va, and sometimes an aquatic like Lord Fish and Lord Tortoise. Assuming such various forms, You have always punished the demons and DÄnavas. We therefore pray that Your Lordship appear today as another incarnation, if You so desire, to kill the great demon Vá¹›trÄsura.
There are two kinds of devotees, known as sakÄma and akÄma. Pure devotees are akÄma, whereas devotees in the upper planetary systems, such as the demigods, are called sakÄma because they still want to enjoy material opulence. Because of their pious activities, the sakÄma devotees are promoted to the higher planetary systems, but at heart they still desire to lord it over the material resources. The sakÄma devotees are sometimes disturbed by the demons and RÄká¹£asas, but the Lord is so kind that He always saves them by appearing as an incarnation. The Lord’s incarnations are so powerful that Lord VÄmanadeva covered the entire universe with two steps and therefore had no place for His third step. The Lord is called Trivikrama because He showed His strength by delivering the entire universe with merely three steps.
The difference between sakÄma and akÄma devotees is that when sakÄma devotees, like the demigods, fall into difficulty, they approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead for relief, whereas akÄma devotees, even in the greatest danger, never disturb the Lord for material benefits. Even if an akÄma devotee is suffering, he thinks this is due to his past impious activities and agrees to suffer the consequences. He never disturbs the Lord. SakÄma devotees immediately pray to the Lord as soon as they are in difficulty, but they are regarded as pious because they consider themselves fully dependent on the mercy of the Lord. As stated in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (10.14.8):
tat te ’nukampÄá¹ susamÄ«ká¹£amÄṇo
bhuñjÄna evÄtma-ká¹›taá¹ vipÄkam
há¹›d-vÄg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te
jÄ«veta yo mukti-pade sa dÄya-bhÄk
Even while suffering in the midst of difficulties, devotees simply offer their prayers and service more enthusiastically. In this way they become firmly fixed in devotional service and eligible to return home, back to Godhead, without a doubt. SakÄma devotees, of course, achieve from the Lord the results they desire from their prayers, but they do not immediately become fit to return to Godhead. It is to be noted herein that Lord Viṣṇu, in His various incarnations, is always the protector of His devotees. ÅšrÄ«la MadhvÄcÄrya says: vividhaá¹ bhÄva-pÄtratvÄt sarve viṣṇor vibhÅ«tayaḥ. Kṛṣṇa is the original Personality of Godhead (kṛṣṇas tu bhagavÄn svayam). All the other incarnations proceed from Lord Viṣṇu.
