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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.8.33
devakyām yācito 'bhyagāt
SYNONYMS
apare — others; vasudevasya — of Vasudeva; devakyām — of Devakī; yācitah — being prayed for; abhyagāt — took birth; ajah — unborn; tvam — You are; asya — of him; kshemāya — for the good; vadhāya — for the purpose of killing; ca — and; sura-dvishām — of those who are envious of the demigods.
TRANSLATION
Others say that since both Vasudeva and Devakī prayed for You, You have taken Your birth as their son. Undoubtedly You are unborn, yet You take Your birth for their welfare and to kill those who are envious of the demigods.
PURPORT
It is also said that Vasudeva and Devakī, in their previous birth as Sutapā and Priśni, underwent a severe type of penance to get the Lord as their son, and as a result of such austerities the Lord appeared as their son. It is already declared in the Bhagavad-gītā that the Lord appears for the welfare of all people of the world and to vanquish the asuras, or the materialistic atheists.
Copyright © r The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness