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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 6.9.26-27

यो न: सपत्नैर्भृशमर्द्यमानान्

देवर्षितिर्यङ्‌नृषु नित्य एव ।

कृतावतारस्तनुभि: स्वमायया

कृत्वात्मसात् पाति युगे युगे च ॥ २६ ॥

तमेव देवं वयमात्मदैवतं

परं प्रधानं पुरुषं विश्वमन्यम् ।

व्रजाम सर्वे शरणं शरण्यं

स्वानां स नो धास्यति शं महात्मा ॥ २७ ॥

yo naḥ sapatnair bhṛśam ardyamānān

devarṣi-tiryaṅ-nṛṣu nitya eva

kṛtāvatāras tanubhiḥ sva-māyayā

kṛtvātmasāt pāti yuge yuge ca

tam eva devaṁ vayam ātma-daivataṁ

paraṁ pradhānaṁ puruṣaṁ viśvam anyam

vrajāma sarve śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ

svānāṁ sa no dhāsyati śaṁ mahātmā

Translation

By His inconceivable internal potency, the Supreme Personality of Godhead expands into various transcendental bodies as Vāmanadeva, the incarnation of strength among the demigods; Paraśurāma, the incarnation among saints; Nṛsiṁhadeva and Varāha, incarnations among animals; and Matsya and Kūrma, incarnations among aquatics. He accepts various transcendental bodies among all types of living entities, and among human beings He especially appears as Lord Kṛṣṇa and Lord Rāma. By His causeless mercy, He protects the demigods, who are always harassed by the demons. He is the supreme worshipable Deity of all living entities. He is the supreme cause, represented as the male and female creative energies. Although different from this universe, He exists in His universal form [virāṭ-rūpa]. In our fearful condition, let us take shelter of Him, for we are sure that the Supreme Lord, the Supreme Soul, will give us His protection.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is the Cause of Everything

  1. 1

    The Supreme Lord appears in various transcendental forms through His internal potency. By His causeless mercy, He protects the demigods, who take shelter of Him in fear.

  2. 2

    Material nature and the living entities are energies of the Supreme Lord, not independent causes of creation. Vāsudeva, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, is the original cause of everything.

  3. 3

    Those who understand that everything emanates from Kṛṣṇa engage in His devotional service. They worship Him with all their hearts.

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