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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.49
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 49
- so 'yam adya mahārāja
- bhagavān bhūta-bhāvanaḥ
- kāla-rūpo 'vatīrṇo 'syām
- abhāvāya sura-dviṣām
saḥthat Supreme Lord — that Supreme Lord; ayamthe Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa — the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; adyaat present — at present; mahārājaO King — O King; bhagavānthe Personality of Godhead — the Personality of Godhead; bhūtathe creator or the father of everything created-bhāvanaḥthe creator or the father of everything created — the creator or the father of everything created; kālain the disguise of all-devouring time-rūpaḥin the disguise of all-devouring time — in the disguise of all-devouring time; avatīrṇaḥdescended — descended; asyāmupon the world — upon the world; abhāvāyafor eliminating — for eliminating; surathose who are against the will of the Lord-dviṣāmthose who are against the will of the Lord — those who are against the will of the Lord.
That Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, in the guise of all-devouring time [kāla-rūpa] has now descended on earth to eliminate the envious from the world.
There are two classes of human beings, namely the envious and the obedient. Since the Supreme Lord is one and the father of all living beings, the envious living beings are also His sons, but they are known as the asuras. But the living beings who are obedient to the supreme father are called devatās, or demigods, because they are not contaminated by the material conception of life. Not only are the asuras envious of the Lord in even denying the existence of the Lord, but they are also envious of all other living beings. The predominance of asuras in the world is occasionally rectified by the Lord when He eliminates them from the world and establishes a rule of devatās like the Pāṇḍavas. His designation as kāla in disguise is significant. He is not at all dangerous, but He is the transcendental form of eternity, knowledge and bliss. For the devotees His factual form is disclosed, and for the nondevotees He appears like kāla-rūpa, which is causal form. This causal form of the Lord is not at all pleasing to the asuras, and therefore they think of the Lord as formless in order to feel secure that they will not be vanquished by the Lord.