Srimad Bhagavatam - 7.9.12-13 - August 20, 1968 - Montreal

A class on Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.12-13 given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on August 20, 1968 in Montreal, Canada.

A transcript of the class can be found here: https://goo.gl/H9zwer.

Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.12

tasmād ahaṁ vigata-viklava īśvarasya  sarvātmanā mahi gṛṇāmi yathā manīṣam nīco ’jayā guṇa-visargam anupraviṣṭaḥ  pūyeta yena hi pumān anuvarṇitena

Therefore, although I was born in a demoniac family, I may without a doubt offer prayers to the Lord with full endeavor, as far as my intelligence allows. Anyone who has been forced by ignorance to enter the material world may be purified of material life if he offers prayers to the Lord and hears the Lord’s glories.

Srimad Bhagavatam 7.9.13

sarve hy amī vidhi-karās tava sattva-dhāmno  brahmādayo vayam iveśa na codvijantaḥ kṣemāya bhūtaya utātma-sukhāya cāsya  vikrīḍitaṁ bhagavato rucirāvatāraiḥ

O my Lord, all the demigods, headed by Lord Brahmā, are sincere servants of Your Lordship, who are situated in a transcendental position. Therefore they are not like us [Prahlāda and his father, the demon Hiraṇyakaśipu]. Your appearance in this fearsome form is Your pastime for Your own pleasure. Such an incarnation is always meant for the protection and improvement of the universe.