Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.33
అపరే వసుదేవస్య దేవక్యాం యాచితోఽభ్యగాత్ ।
అజస్త్వమస్య క్షేమాయ వధాయ చ సురద్విషామ్ ॥ ౩౩ ॥
apare vasudevasya
[apare vasudevasya]
devakyāṁ yācito ’bhyagāt
[devakyaam yaachito ’bhyagaat]
ajas tvam asya kṣemāya
[ajas tvam asya kshemaaya]
vadhāya ca sura-dviṣām
[vadhaaya cha sura-dvishaam]
Word-for-word
apare
—
others
vasudevasya
—
of Vasudeva
devakyām
—
of Devakī
yācitaḥ
—
being prayed for
abhyagāt
—
took birth
ajaḥ
—
unborn
tvam
—
You are
asya
—
of him
kṣemāya
—
for the good
vadhāya
—
for the purpose of killing
ca
—
and
sura-dviṣām
—
of those who are envious of the demigods.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
apare vasudevasya
apare
others
vasudevasya
of Vasudeva
devakyāṁ yācito ’bhyagāt
devakyām
of Devakī
yācitaḥ
being prayed for
abhyagāt
took birth
ajas tvam asya kṣemāya
ajaḥ
unborn
tvam
You are
asya
of him
kṣemāya
for the good
vadhāya ca sura-dviṣām
vadhāya
for the purpose of killing
ca
and
sura-dviṣām
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.
Purport
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.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Some say that you, though unborn, appeared as the son of Vasudeva in Devakī upon their request, in order to protect the world and kill the demons.
Commentary
You are unborn yet you came as the son of Vasudeva. Using third person (abhyagāt) instead of second person verb ending with tvam is poetic license. Previously in the form of Sutapa and Pṛśni they asked the Lord to be their son. You appeared for protecting the world (asya) and killing the demons.
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