वयं किम्पुरुषास्त्वं तु महापुरुष ईश्वरः ।
अयं कुपुरुषो नष्टो धिक्कृतः साधुभिर्यदा ॥५३॥
Å›rÄ«-kimpuruá¹£Ä Å«cuḥ
vayaá¹ kimpuruá¹£Äs tvaá¹ tu
mahÄ-puruá¹£a Ä«Å›varaḥ
ayaá¹ kupuruá¹£o naá¹£á¹o
dhik-ká¹›taḥ sÄdhubhir yadÄ
1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: NBS(1)
Å›rÄ«-kimpuruá¹£Äḥ Å«cuḥ - the inhabitants of Kimpuruá¹£a-loka said; vayam - we; kimpuruá¹£Äḥ - the inhabitants of Kimpuruá¹£a-loka, or insignificant living entities; tvam - Your Lordship; tu - however; mahÄ-puruá¹£aḥ - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Ä«Å›varaḥ - the supreme controller; ayam - this; ku-puruá¹£aḥ - most sinful person, HiraṇyakaÅ›ipu; naá¹£á¹aḥ - slain; dhik-ká¹›taḥ - being condemned; sÄdhubhiḥ - by the saintly persons; yadÄ - when.
The inhabitants of Kimpuruá¹£a-loka said: We are insignificant living entities, and You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the supreme controller. Therefore how can we offer suitable prayers unto You? When this demon was condemned by devotees because they were disgusted with him, he was then killed by You.
The cause of the Supreme Lord’s appearance upon this earth is stated in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.7-8) by the Lord Himself:
yadÄ yadÄ hi dharmasya
glÄnir bhavati bhÄrata
abhyutthÄnam adharmasya
tadÄtmÄnaá¹ sá¹›jÄmy aham
paritrÄṇÄya sÄdhÅ«nÄá¹
vinÄÅ›Äya ca duá¹£ká¹›tÄm
dharma-saá¹sthÄpanÄrthÄya
sambhavÄmi yuge yuge
“Whenever and wherever there is a decrease in religious principles and a predominant rise in irreligion, at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I Myself appear, millennium after millennium.†The Lord appears in order to execute two kinds of activities — to kill the demons and to protect the devotees. When the devotees are too disturbed by the demons, the Lord certainly appears in different incarnations to give the devotees protection. The devotees following in the footsteps of PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja should not be disturbed by the demoniac activities of the nondevotees. Rather, they should stick to their principles as sincere servants of the Lord and rest assured that the demoniac activities directed against them will not be able to stop their devotional service.
