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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.33
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 33
- apare vasudevasya
- devakyāṁ yācito 'bhyagāt
- ajas tvam asya kṣemāya
- vadhāya ca sura-dviṣām
apareothers — others; vasudevasyaof Vasudeva — of Vasudeva; devakyāmof Devakī — of Devakī; yācitaḥbeing prayed for — being prayed for; abhyagāttook birth — took birth; ajaḥunborn — unborn; tvamYou are — You are; asyaof him — of him; kṣemāyafor the good — for the good; vadhāyafor the purpose of killing — for the purpose of killing; caand — and; suraof those who are envious of the demigods-dviṣāmof those who are envious of the demigods — of those who are envious of the demigods.
Others say that since both Vasudeva and Devakī prayed for You, You have taken Your birth as their son. Undoubtedly You are unborn, yet You take Your birth for their welfare and to kill those who are envious of the demigods.
Teachings of Queen Kuntī, 16 Returning to Our Natural Consciousness
It is also said that Vasudeva and Devakī, in their previous birth as Sutapā and Pṛśni, underwent a severe type of penance to get the Lord as their son, and as a result of such austerities the Lord appeared as their son. It is already declared in the Bhagavad-gītā that the Lord appears for the welfare of all people of the world and to vanquish the asuras, or the materialistic atheists.