SB 7.9.13 – The Lord appears for our protection and his pleasure

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Thank you. So, Prahlad Maharaj is praying over here Those who carry out the vithi, the order all these, the demigods they are situated in the mode of goodness Brahma Dayo Vayam Ivesh Nacho Udvijan Taha So, Brahma Dayo, like Brahmaji Vayam Ivesh Nacho Udvijan Taha So, actually he is saying Nacho Udvijan Taha They are your sincere servants whereas like me, Prahlad, he is out of his humility placing himself not in the category of the devtas but he is placing himself in the category of the demons he is saying that actually you appear to protect all these devtas who are situated in goodness Shemaye Bhutaye Utatmi Sukhaye Chasya for their protection Shemaye Bhutaye, protection and expansion Utatmi Sukhaye, it is said that for your own pleasure and Vikriditam Bhagvato Ruchirahavataray for performing your own pastimes for your pleasure you have appeared in this pleasing incarnation Ruchiravataray So, here we see the extraordinary humility of Prahlad Maharaj that although he has proven himself by his capacity to address and pacify the Lord he is higher even than the demigods because the demigods prayers could not satisfy Lord Narasimhadev but Prahlad’s very presence made the fierce lion-like Narasimhadev gentle and loving like a cat fondling its tender kitten so he has already pacified the Lord and in that sense he has shown by his actions that he is a greater devotee than even the demigods like Brahma but he is so humble that he doesn’t place himself even in the category of the demigods what to speak of higher than the demigods he places himself in the category of the demons and he says, my dear Lord, you have appeared he doesn’t claim that you have appeared to protect me but you have appeared to protect all these demigods and in this way so for the protection and the expansion of the universe you have appeared and along with that whatever you do, you do it in such a relishable way that you yourself also gain great happiness by doing this and in this way the pleasing incarnation performs fast times so Lord Narasimhadev was roaring ferociously with his tongue slashing around like a dueler’s sword but Prahlad Maharaj, because he is a devotee and he is beholding the Lord with devotion sees actually the pleasing form of the Lord performing relishable fast times so when we are chanting the holy names Krishna appears and he appears to elevate us, to purify us so he appears for protecting and elevating us and we don’t count ourselves as devotees but we are connected with devotees our spiritual master, the senior devotees by their mercy and grace Krishna appears and when he appears it is his own pastime that he is performing on our tongue dancing on our tongue and by his pleasing pastimes we also become purified to the extent we remember that it is Krishna who is appearing and Krishna is performing pleasing pastimes whenever he appears, to that extent we will understand what an extraordinary event chanting of the holy names is and how we can relish it and cherish it and thereby benefit ourselves spiritually from it thank you