devarṣi-tiryaṅ-nṛṣu nitya eva
devarṣi-tiryaṅ-nṛṣu nitya eva
kṛtāvatāras tanubhiḥ sva-māyayā
kṛtvātmasāt pāti yuge yuge ca
tam eva devaṁ vayam ātma-daivataṁ
paraṁ pradhānaṁ puruṣaṁ viśvam anyam
vrajāma sarve śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ
svānāṁ sa no dhāsyati śaṁ mahātmā
Considering us his own self, he protects us when we are greatly suffering from the demons, by becoming avatāras in various forms among men, animals, sages and devatās by his mercy in every yuga. We approach the Lord, worthy of worship by all beings, who is the supreme cause, prakṛti, the universal form, the spiritual world, the shelter of his devotees, and the most worthy shelter. He will give good fortune to us.
Becoming avatāras with forms (tanubhiḥ) like Upendra and Paraśurāma, by his mercy or his cit-śakti (māyayā), taking us as his own self, he protects us. Thus we are not hesitant to request him to protect us now. The Lord is the universal form through his māyā-śakti. By his svarūpa-śakti, he is different (anyam) from the universe.
|| 6.9.28 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
iti teṣāṁ mahārāja
surāṇām upatiṣṭhatām
pratīcyāṁ diśy abhūd āviḥ
śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dharaḥ
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King! When all the devatās offered him their prayers, Lord, carrying his weapons, the conch, disc and club, appeared before them on the bank of the western ocean.
The devatās, attacked by the demons, could not remain in a good place. Thus, they sat and offered prayers an isolated place, on the bank of the western ocean (pratīcyām diśi).
|| 6.9.29-30 ||
ātma-tulyaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhir
vinā śrīvatsa-kaustubhau
paryupāsitam unnidra-
śarad-amburuhekṣaṇam
dṛṣṭvā tam avanau sarva
īkṣaṇāhlāda-viklavāḥ
daṇḍavat patitā rājañ
chanair utthāya tuṣṭuvuḥ
Seeing the Lord with lotus eyes like lotuses blooming in the autumn, who was served by attendants equal to himself but without the mark of Śrīvatsa and the Kaustubha jewel, all the devatās, overwhelmed with happiness on seeing him, immediately fell down like rods, and then slowly rose and offered prayers.
The Lord was worshipped all around by associates like Sunanda who were like the Lord with various markings such as four arms, but without the Śrivatsa and Kaustubha.
|| 6.9.31 ||
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