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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.34
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 34
- yo vai mamātibharam āsura-vaṁśa-rājñām
- akṣauhiṇī-śatam apānudad ātma-tantraḥ
- tvāṁ duḥstham ūna-padam ātmani pauruṣeṇa
- sampādayan yaduṣu ramyam abibhrad aṅgam
yaḥHe who — He who; vaicertainly — certainly; mamamine — mine; atitoo burdensome-bharamtoo burdensome — too burdensome; āsuraunbelievers-vaṁśaunbelievers — unbelievers; rājñāmof the kings — of the kings; akṣauhiṇīone military division — one military division; śatamhundreds of such divisions — hundreds of such divisions; apānudatextirpated — extirpated; ātmaself-sufficient-tantraḥself-sufficient — self-sufficient; tvāmunto you — unto you; duḥsthamput into difficulty — put into difficulty; ūnadevoid of strength to stand-padamdevoid of strength to stand — devoid of strength to stand; ātmaniinternal — internal; pauruṣeṇaby dint of energy — by dint of energy; sampādayanfor executing — for executing; yaduṣuin the Yadu dynasty — in the Yadu dynasty; ramyamtranscendentally beautiful — transcendentally beautiful; abibhrataccepted — accepted; aṅgambody — body.
O personality of religion, I was greatly overburdened by the undue military phalanxes arranged by atheistic kings, and I was relieved by the grace of the Personality of Godhead. Similarly you were also in a distressed condition, weakened in your standing strength, and thus He also incarnated by His internal energy in the family of the Yadus to relieve you.
The asuras want to enjoy a life of sense gratification, even at the cost of others' happiness. In order to fulfill this ambition, the asuras, especially atheistic kings or state executive heads, try to equip themselves with all kinds of deadly weapons to bring about a war in a peaceful society. They have no ambition other than personal aggrandizement, and thus mother earth feels overburdened by such undue increases of military strength. By increase of the asuric population, those who follow the principles of religion become unhappy, especially the devotees, or devas.
In such a situation, the Personality of Godhead incarnates to vanquish the unwanted asuras and to reestablish the true principles of religion. This was the mission of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, and He fulfilled it.