Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.14.40

śrī-krishna vrishni-kula-pushkara-josha-dāyin

kshmā-nirjara-dvija-paśūdadhi-vriddhi-kārin

uddharma-śārvara-hara kshiti-rākshasa-dhrug

ā-kalpam ārkam arhan bhagavan namas te

SYNONYMS

śrī-krishna — O Lord Krishna; vrishni-kula — of the Yadu dynasty; pushkara — to the lotus; josha — pleasure; dāyin — O You who bestow; kshmā — of the earth; nirjara — the demigods; dvija — the brāhmanas; paśu — and of the animals; udadhi — of the great oceans; vriddhi — the increase; kārin — O You who cause; uddharma — of atheistic principles; śārvara — of the darkness; hara — O dispeller; kshiti — upon the earth; rākshasa — of the demons; dhruk — the opponent; ā-kalpam — until the end of the universe; ā-arkam — as long as the sun shines; arhan — O supremely worshipable Deity; bhagavan — O Supreme Personality of Godhead; namah — I offer my respectful obeisances; te — unto You.

TRANSLATION

My dear Śrī Krishna, You bestow happiness upon the lotuslike Vrishni dynasty and expand the great oceans consisting of the earth, the demigods, the brāhmanas and the cows. You dispel the dense darkness of irreligion and oppose the demons who have appeared on this earth. O Supreme Personality of Godhead, as long as this universe exists and as long as the sun shines, I will offer my obeisances unto You.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, Lord Brahmā is here engaged in the ecstasy of nāma-sańkīrtana, glorifying various holy names of Lord Krishna that indicate His variegated pastimes. Lord Krishna expertly suppressed the demoniac population of the earth, which became unbearable with the advent of demoniac politicians like Kamsa, Jarāsandha and Śiśupāla. Similarly, in modern society there are many so-called God-fearing people who are actually attracted to demoniac existence. Such persons become enlivened with the setting of the sun and go out in the darkness to enjoy life in restaurants, nightclubs, discotheques, hotels and so on, which are all simply meant for illicit sex, intoxication, gambling and meat-eating. Then there are those who openly defy God and His laws, declaring themselves atheists and demons. Both the covert and the overt enemies of the Lord constitute an unholy burden for the earth, and Lord Krishna descends to expertly remove this burden.

Here Lord Brahmā indirectly states that Lord Krishna should remove Brahmā's own subtle atheism, which had led him to try to exert illusory power over Lord Krishna. According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura, Lord Brahmā, in his shame, felt himself to be like a brahma-rākshasa from Satyaloka who had come to the earth to disturb Lord Krishna and His intimate friends and calves. Brahmā is lamenting that although Lord Krishna is most exalted, the Lord of all lords, because He had appeared before Brahmā in such a simple and innocent feature — decorated with a stick, a conchshell, ornaments, red clay, a peacock feather and so on, and sporting with His cowherd boyfriends — Brahmā dared to challenge Him. Concerning Brahmā's prayers, of which this verse is the conclusion, Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura states, "May these prayers of Brahmā, which take away all doubts and broadcast all the definitive conclusions of devotional service, become the expert craftsmanship of the foundation of my consciousness."

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