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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.7.2
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 2
- jāto rucer ajanayat suyamān suyajña
- ākūti-sūnur amarān atha dakṣiṇāyām
- loka-trayasya mahatīm aharad yad ārtiṁ
- svāyambhuvena manunā harir ity anūktaḥ
jātaḥwas born — was born; ruceḥof the wife of Prajāpati — of the wife of Prajāpati; ajanayatgave birth — gave birth; suyamānheaded by Suyama — headed by Suyama; suyajñaḥSuyajña — Suyajña; ākūtiof the son of Ākūti-sūnuḥof the son of Ākūti — of the son of Ākūti; amarānthe demigods — the demigods; athathus — thus; dakṣiṇāyāmunto the wife of the name Dakṣiṇā — unto the wife of the name Dakṣiṇā; lokathe planetary systems — the planetary systems; trayasyaof the three — of the three; mahatīmvery great — very great; aharatdiminished — diminished; yatall those — all those; ārtimdistresses — distresses; svāyambhuvenaby the Manu named Svāyambhuva — by the Manu named Svāyambhuva; manunāby the father of mankind — by the father of mankind; hariḥHari — Hari; itithus — thus; anūktaḥnamed — named.
The Prajāpati first begot Suyajña, in the womb of his wife Ākūti, and then Suyajña begot demigods, headed by Suyama, in the womb of his wife Dakṣiṇā. Suyajña, as the Indradeva, diminished very great miseries in the three planetary systems [upper, lower and intermediate], and because he so diminished the miseries of the universe, he was later called Hari by the great father of mankind, namely Svāyambhuva Manu.
In order to guard against the invention of unauthorized incarnations of God by the fanciful, less intelligent persons, the name of the father of the bona fide incarnation is also mentioned in the authorized revealed scriptures. No one, therefore, can be accepted as an incarnation of the Lord if his father's name, as well as the name of the village or place in which he appears, is not mentioned by the authorized scriptures. In the Bhāgavata Purāṇa the name of the Kalki incarnation, which is to take place in almost four hundred thousand years, is mentioned along with the name of His father and the name of the village in which He will appear. A sane man, therefore, does not accept any cheap edition of an incarnation without reference to the authorized scriptures.