SB 10.1.22 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

पुरैव पुंसावधृतो धराज्वरोभवद्भ‍िरंशैर्यदुषूपजन्यताम् स यावदुर्व्या भरमीश्वरेश्वर:स्वकालशक्त्या क्षपयंश्चरेद् भुवि ॥ २२ ॥

Verse text

puraiva puṁsāvadhṛto dharā-jvaro bhavadbhir aṁśair yaduṣūpajanyatām sa yāvad urvyā bharam īśvareśvaraḥ sva-kāla-śaktyā kṣapayaṁś cared bhuvi

Synonyms

purā — even before this ; eva — indeed ; puṁsā — by the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; avadhṛtaḥ — was certainly known ; dharā — jvaraḥ — the distress on the earth ; bhavadbhiḥ — by your good selves ; aṁśaiḥ — expanding as plenary portions ; yaduṣu — in the family of King Yadu ; upajanyatām — take your birth and appear there ; saḥ — He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead) ; yāvat — as long as ; urvyāḥ — of the earth ; bharam — the burden ; īśvara — īśvaraḥ — the Lord of lords ; sva — kāla — śaktyā — by His own potency the time factor ; kṣapayan — diminishing ; caret — should move ; bhuvi — on the surface of the earth .

Translation

Lord Brahmā informed the demigods: Before we submitted our petition to the Lord, He was already aware of the distress on earth. Consequently, for as long as the Lord moves on earth to diminish its burden by His own potency in the form of time, all of you demigods should appear through plenary portions as sons and grandsons in the family of the Yadus.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Lord Brahmā informed the demigods: Before we submitted our petition to the Lord, He was already aware of the distress on earth. Consequently, for as long as the Lord moves on earth to diminish its burden by His own potency in the form of time, all of you demigods should appear through plenary portions as sons and grandsons in the family of the Yadus. KB 10.1.22 The message was this: The Supreme Personality of Godhead would appear on the earth very soon, along with His supreme powerful potencies, and as long as He remained on the earth planet to execute His mission of annihilating the demons and establishing the devotees, the demigods should also remain there to assist Him. They should all immediately take birth in the family of the Yadu dynasty, wherein the Lord would also appear in due course of time.

Purport

As stated in the Brahma-saṁhitā (5.39) : rāmādi-mūrtiṣu kalā-niyamena tiṣṭhan nānāvatāram akarod bhuvaneṣu kintu kṛṣṇaḥ svayaṁ samabhavat paramaḥ pumān yo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi “I worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Govinda, who is always situated in various incarnations such as Rāma, Nṛsiṁha and many sub-incarnations as well, but who is the original Personality of Godhead, known as Kṛṣṇa, and who incarnates personally also.” In this verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam we find the words puraiva puṁsāvadhṛto dharā-jvaraḥ. The word puṁsā refers to Kṛṣṇa, who was already aware of how the whole world was suffering because of the increase of demons. Without reference to the supreme power of the Personality of Godhead, demons assert themselves to be independent kings and presidents, and thus they create a disturbance by increasing their military power. When such disturbances are very prominent, Kṛṣṇa appears. At present also, various demoniac states all over the world are increasing their military power in many ways, and the whole situation has become distressful. Therefore Kṛṣṇa has appeared by His name, in the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement, which will certainly diminish the burden of the world. Philosophers, religionists, and people in general must take to this movement very seriously, for man-made plans and devices will not help bring peace on earth. The transcendental sound Hare Kṛṣṇa is not different from the person Kṛṣṇa. nāma cintāmaṇiḥ kṛṣṇaś caitanya-rasa-vigrahaḥ pūrṇaḥ śuddho nitya-mukto ’bhinnatvān nāma-nāminoḥ ( Padma Purāṇa ) There is no difference between the sound Hare Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa the person.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Braham repeats the words of Visnu in four verses. Pumsa here means bhagavan Krsna, because Srimad Bhagavatam describes Krsna as the person who would appear to relieve the problems of the earth: krsnah svayam samabhavat paramah puman ya (Krsna himself who is the supreme being (puman) appeared.) The sufferings of the earth have been understtond (avadhrtah) already by Krsna (pumsa). The devas should appear along with to the Lord’s associates such as Uddhava and Satyaki who are expansions of the Lord (amsaih) in the family of Yadu (Kurus, or more specifically the Pandavas). Isvaresvara indicates that Krsna is the Lord of all of lords (isvaras) including Visnu.

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

Brahmā repeated Viṣṇu’s words in four verses. Kṛṣṇa (puṁsā), of whom I (Viṣṇu) am a portion of a portion, has already understood the distressful condition of the earth. You do not have to inform him. I (Viṣṇu) also know. Therefore I did not become visible personally to hear about it at this time. You should be born along with the unlimited portions of Kṛṣṇa. The portions are the Yādavas: ete hi yādavāḥ sarve mad gaṇā eva bhāmini sarvadā mat priyā devi mat tūlya-guṇa-śālinaḥ O goddess! All the Yādavas are my people, most dear to me and equal to me in qualities. Padma Purāṇa, Kartika-māhātmya You should be born as sons and grandsons of the Yādavas, who are eternal associates of the Lord and remain near them. Yadāvas also includes their relatives the Pāṇḍavas. It should be understood that the Pāṇḍavas attained Svarga (in Mahābhārata), but being qualified as eternal associates, actually went to the Lord. Kṛṣṇa is the lord of all of us, the lord of the universal form and antaryāmī. īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ anādir ādir govindaḥ sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam || Kṛṣṇa is the supreme controller. He is the enjoyer of innumerable consorts, and the possessor of an eternal form of knowledge and bliss. Though, he is without origin, he is the source of all other forms of God, and is the cause of all causes. He is Govinda, the boy who cares for the cows. Brahma-saṁhitā 1 yasyaika-niśvasita-kālam athāvalambya jīvanti loma-vilajā jagad-aṇḍa-nāthāḥ | viṣṇur mahān sa iha yasya kalā-viśeṣo govindam ādi-puruṣaṁ tam ahaṁ bhajāmi || I worship the Supreme Lord Govinda whose first expansion is Mahā-viṣṇu, who determines the appearance and disappearance of the rulers within the universe (even Kṣirodakaśāyī-viṣṇu) by his exhalation and inhalation of breath. Brahma-saṁhitā 48 athāham aṁśa-bhāgena devakyāḥ putratāṁ śubhe prāpsyāmi tvaṁ yaśodāyāṁ nanda-patnyāṁ bhaviṣyasi O all-auspicious Yogamāyā, I shall then appear with my Viṣṇu expansions as the son of Devakī, and you will appear as the daughter of mother Yaśodā, the queen of Mahārāja Nanda. SB 10.2.9 nārāyaṇas tvaṁ na hi sarva-dehinām ātmāsy adhīśākhila-loka-sākṣī nārāyaṇo ’ṅgaṁ nara-bhū-jalāyanāt tac cāpi satyaṁ na tavaiva māyā Are you not the original Nārāyaṇa, O supreme controller, since you are the soul of every embodied being and the eternal witness of all created realms? Indeed, Lord Nārāyaṇa is your expansion, and he is called Nārāyaṇa because he is the generating source of the primeval water of the universe. He is real, not a product of your illusory Māyā. SB 10.14.14 yasyāṁśāṁśāṁśa-bhāgena viśvotpatti-layodayāḥ bhavanti kila viśvātmaṁs taṁ tvādyāhaṁ gatiṁ gatā O Soul of all that be, the creation, maintenance and destruction of the universe are all carried out by a fraction of an expansion of an expansion of your expansion. Today I have come to take shelter of you, the Supreme Lord. SB 10.85.31 Though I can to this immediately, when my time energy is engaged to do it, it will take place. It will happen in due time. The word sva (my own) in the phrase sva-kāla-śaktyā is used to indicate that time is also subservient to Kṛṣṇa. You should remain on earth as long as Kṛṣṇa remains visible (as long as he moves on earth). Other than this, he is also eternally performing pastimes in his unmanifest form in Vṛndāvana along with his eternal associates, but he is invisible to others. vatsair vatsatarībhiś ca sākaṁ krīḍati mādhavaḥ | vṛndāvanāntaragataḥ sarāmo bālakair vṛtaḥ || Kṛṣṇa plays with the calves and older calves within Vṛndāvana, surrounded by Balarāma and other boys. Skanda Purāṇa rājadhānī tataḥ sābhūt sarva-yādava-bhūbhujām mathurā bhagavān yatra nityaṁ sannihito hariḥ Since that time, the city of Mathurā had been the capital of all the kings of the Yadu dynasty. The city and district of Mathurā are very intimately connected with Kṛṣṇa, for Kṛṣṇa lives there eternally.