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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.9.19
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 19
- tiryaṅ-manuṣya-vibudhādiṣu jīva-yoniṣv
- ātmecchayātma-kṛta-setu-parīpsayā yaḥ
- reme nirasta-viṣayo 'py avaruddha-dehas
- tasmai namo bhagavate puruṣottamāya
tiryakanimals lower than human beings — animals lower than human beings; manuṣyahuman beings, etc — human beings, etc.; vibudhaamongst the demigods-ādiṣuamongst the demigods — amongst the demigods; jīvain different species of life-yoniṣuin different species of life — in different species of life; ātmaself — self; icchayāby the will — by the will; ātmaself-created-kṛtaself-created — self-created; setuobligations — obligations; parīpsayādesiring to preserve — desiring to preserve; yaḥwho — who; remeperforming transcendental pastimes — performing transcendental pastimes; nirastanot being affected — not being affected; viṣayaḥmaterial contamination — material contamination; apicertainly — certainly; avaruddhamanifested — manifested; dehaḥtranscendental body — transcendental body; tasmaiunto Him — unto Him; namaḥmy obeisances — my obeisances; bhagavateunto the Personality of Godhead — unto the Personality of Godhead; puruṣottamāyathe primeval Lord — the primeval Lord.
O my Lord, by Your own will You appear in the various species of living entities, among animals lower than human beings as well as among the demigods, to perform Your transcendental pastimes. You are not affected by material contamination. You come just to fulfill the obligations of Your own principles of religion, and therefore, O Supreme Personality, I offer my obeisances unto You for manifesting such different forms.
The Lord's incarnations in different species of life are all transcendental. He appears as a human being in His incarnations of Kṛṣṇa, Rāma, etc., but He is not a human being. Anyone who mistakes Him for an ordinary human being is certainly not very intelligent, as confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā (BG 9.11, Not yet available in the library. Try the live source.): avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam. The same principle is applicable when He appears as the hog or fish incarnations. They are transcendental forms of the Lord and are manifested under certain necessities of His own pleasure and pastimes. Such manifestations of the transcendental forms of the Lord are accepted by Him mostly to enliven His devotees. All His incarnations are manifested whenever there is a need to deliver His devotees and maintain His own principles.