Krishna descends to rescue the world from demonic disturbance, protecting all sincere devotees through divine forms.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.3.7 — September 14, 1972, Los Angeles 720914SB-LOS ANGELES [36:00 Minutes] SB-01.03.07_720914SB-LOS ANGELES Prabhupāda: [Govindam prayers] Hare Kṛṣṇa.
Prabhupāda: Hums. Who will play khol? [leads singing of Jaya Rādhā-Mādhava] [prema-dhvani] Thank you very much.
Devotees: All glories to Śrī Guru and Gauranga. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. [devotees offer obeisances] [break]
Prabhupāda: Hmm. Pradyumna: [aside:] Number 7. Śrīla Prabhupāda, Third chapter, verse number 7.
Prabhupāda: That's all right. Third chapter? Pradyumna: Third chapter. Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat] dvitīyaṁ tu bhavāyāsya rasātala-gatāṁ mahīm uddhariṣyann upādatta yajñeśaḥ saukaraṁ vapuḥ [SB 1.3.7] Prabhupāda: [corrects pronunciation] Not sukaraṁ—saukaraṁ. [more devotees chant] Next.
Ladies, ladies. [ladies chant] That's all. Now word meaning. Pradyumna: [leads chanting of synonyms] dvitīyam—the second; tu—but; bhavāya—for welfare; asya—of this earth; rasātala—the lowest; gatām—having gone; mahīm—the earth; uddhariṣyan—lifting up; upādatta—established; yajñeśaḥ—the proprietor or the supreme enjoyer; saukaram—hoggish; vapuḥ—incarnation. [12:55] Translation: "The supreme enjoyer of all sacrifices accepted the incarnation of a boar, the second incarnation, and for the welfare of the earth He lifted the earth up from the nether regions of the universe." Prabhupāda: So, this universe, this universe is filled up with water, half. Whatever we are seeing, this is only half, like this.