Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.33.36

anugrahāya bhaktānām

mānusham deham āsthitah

bhajate tādriśīh krīda

yāh śrutvā tat-paro bhavet

SYNONYMS

anugrahāya — to show mercy; bhaktānām — to His devotees; mānusham — humanlike; deham — a body; āsthitah — assuming; bhajate — He accepts; tādriśīh — such; kridāh — pastimes; yāh — about which; śrutvā — hearing; tat-parah — dedicated to Him; bhavet — one becomes.

TRANSLATION

When the Lord assumes a humanlike body to show mercy to His devotees, He engages in such pastimes as will attract those who hear about them to become dedicated to Him.

PURPORT

Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī explains in this connection that when Lord Krishna descends to this world in His original two-handed form, out of kindness He manifests that form in a way His devotees conditioned in human society can perceive and understand. Thus here it is stated, mānusham deham āsthitah: "He assumes a humanlike body." Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura glorifies the Lord's conjugal pastimes, stating that these romantic affairs have an inconceivable spiritual potency to attract the polluted heart of conditioned souls. It is an undeniable fact that any pure-or simple-hearted person who hears narrations of the loving affairs of Krishna will be attracted to the lotus feet of the Lord and gradually become His devotee .

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