The eternal soul transmigrates through countless bodies according to consciousness, as God appears to establish dharma and annihilate evil.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Janmāṣṭamī Kṛṣṇa Book Reading — September 1, 1972, New Vrindavan 720901RE-NEW VRINDAVAN [119:51 Minutes] Janmastami_720901RE-NEW VRINDAVAN Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Jaya.
Devotee: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda! [devotees chanting in the background]
Kīrtanānanda: There are getting it, Prabhupāda. It is coming. [devotees chanting in the background] [curtains open]
Prabhupāda: It is nicely done. Hmm, very intricate. [kīrtana]
Prabhupāda: So read "The Advent of Kṛṣṇa." Kīrtanānanda: "Once the world was overburdened by the unnecessary defense forces of different kings, who were actually demons, but were posing themselves as the royal order. [kīrtana in background] At that time, the whole world became perturbed, and the predominating deity of this earth, known as Bhūmi, went to see Lord Brahmā to tell of her calamities due to the demoniac kings. "Bhūmi assumed the shape of a cow and presented herself before Lord Brahmā with tears in her eyes. She was bereaved and was weeping just to invoke the Lord's compassion.
She related the calamitous position of the earth, and after hearing this, Lord Brahmā became much aggrieved, and he at once started for the ocean of milk, where Lord Viṣṇu resides. Lord Brahmā was accompanied by all the demigods headed by Lord Śiva, and Bhūmi also followed. Arriving on the shore of the milk ocean, Lord Brahmā began to pacify the Lord Viṣṇu, who formerly saved the earthly planet by assuming the transcendental form of a boar. "In the Vedic mantras, there is a particular type of prayer called a Puruṣa-sūkta. Generally, the demigods offer their obeisances unto Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by chanting the Puruṣa-sūkta.
It is understood herein that the predominating deity of every planet can see the supreme lord of this universe, Brahmā, whenever there is some disturbance in his planet. And Brahmā can approach the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, not by seeing Him directly, but by standing on the shore of the ocean of milk. "There is a planet within this universe called Śvetadvīpa, and on that planet there is an ocean of milk. It is understood from various Vedic literatures that just as there is an ocean of salt water within this planet, there are various kinds of oceans in other planets. Somewhere there is an ocean of milk, somewhere there is an ocean of oil, and somewhere there is an ocean of liquor and many other types of oceans.