← Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1962)

Chapter 16: How Parikshit Received The Age of Kali

Verse 34 of 26
SB 1.16.34

yo vai mamātibharam āsura-vaṁśa-rājñām akṣauhiṇī-śatam apānudad ātmatantraḥ tvāṁ duḥstham ūnapadam ātmani pauruṣeṇa sampādayan yaduṣu ramyam abibhrad aṅgam

Synonyms

yaḥHe who; vaicertainly; mamamine; atibharamtoo much burdensome; āsura-vaṁśabelonging to the unbeliever class; rājñāmof the kings; akṣauhiṇīOne division of military phalanx consisting of*; śatamsuch hundreds of divisions; apānudatextirpated Atamatantrah—self sufficient; ātma-tantraḥunto you; tvāmput into difficulty; duḥsthamdevoid of standing stength; ūnapadaminternal; ātmaniby dint of energy; pauruṣeṇafor executing; sampādayanin the Yadu dynasty; yaduṣutranscendentally beautiful; ramyamaccepted Angam—body.

Translation

Oh the personality of religiousity, I was too much overburdened by the undue military phalanx of Akshouhini divisions by the kings of unbeliever class and I was relieved by the Grace of the Personality of Godhead. Similarly you were in distressed condition lessened by your standing strength and as such he also incarnated to get you relieved from such condition by His internal energy appearing in the family of the Yadus.

Purport

The Asuraclass of men on the surface of the world want to enjoy life of sense gratifcation even at the cost of other's happiness. Inorder to fulfil this ambition of life the Asuras, specially the kings or the state executive heads, belonging to the unbeliever class of men, try to equip themselves with all kinds of deadly weapons preparing to bring about a war in the peaceful society. They have no other ambition than personal aggrandisemnt and as such the mother earth feels overburdened by such undue increase of military strength. By increase of such Asurik population the principles of religiosity becomes hamperred and the total result is that all the people of the world become unhappy, specially the devotee or Deva class of men feel too much for this anomalies of the Asurik civilization of self aggrandisement.

In such situation only the Personality of Godhead incarnates just to vanquish the unwanted Asuras and to re-establish the ture principles of religiosities. The misssion of the Lord Sri Krishna was this and He fulfilled it.

Verse 34 of 26
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