SB 4.1.57 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

सोऽयं स्थितिव्यतिकरोपशमाय सृष्टान् सत्त्वेन न: सुरगणाननुमेयतत्त्व: । द‍ृश्याददभ्रकरुणेन विलोकनेन यच्छ्रीनिकेतममलं क्षिपतारविन्दम् ॥ ५७ ॥

Verse text

so ’yaṁ sthiti-vyatikaropaśamāya sṛṣṭān sattvena naḥ sura-gaṇān anumeya-tattvaḥ dṛśyād adabhra-karuṇena vilokanena yac chrī-niketam amalaṁ kṣipatāravindam

Synonyms

saḥ — that ; ayam — He ; sthiti — of the created world ; vyatikara — calamities ; upaśamāya — for destroying ; sṛṣṭān — created ; sattvena — by the mode of goodness ; naḥ — us ; sura — gaṇān — the demigods ; anumeya — tattvaḥ — understood by the Vedas ; dṛśyāt — glance over ; adabhra — karuṇena — merciful ; vilokanena — glance ; yat — which ; śrī — niketam — the home of the goddess of fortune ; amalam — spotless ; kṣipata — supersedes ; aravindam — lotus .

Translation

Let that Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is understood by truly authorized Vedic literature and who has created peace and prosperity to destroy all calamities of the created world, be kind enough to bestow His glance upon the demigods. His merciful glance can supersede the beauty of the spotless lotus flower which is the home of the goddess of fortune.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

May that Lord, known through the Vedas, glance up us devatās who have been created with sattva-guṇa, in order that he destroy disturbances in the order of the universe with his merciful eye which derides the spotless lotus, the abode of Lakṣmī. May he glance on us with a merciful eye (vilokanena), which deride (kṣipatā) the spotless lotus, the abode of Lakṣmī, in order to destroy the disturbance to the order of the universe (sthiti-vyatikara)

Purport

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the origin of the cosmic manifestation, is covered by the wonderful activities of material nature, just as outer space or the illumination of the sun and moon is sometimes covered by clouds or dust. It is very difficult to find the origin of the cosmic manifestation; therefore material scientists conclude that nature is the ultimate cause of all manifestations. But from śāstra, or authentic literature like Bhagavad-gītā and other Vedic scriptures, we understand that behind this wonderful cosmic manifestation is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and in order to maintain the regular procedures of the cosmic manifestation and to be visible to the eyes of persons who are in the mode of goodness, the Lord appears. He is the cause of the creation and dissolution of the cosmic manifestation. The demigods therefore prayed for His merciful glance upon them in order to be blessed.