Shloka 27
The Pracetās Meet Lord Viṣṇu—Benedictions, Pure Prayer, and the Birth of Dakṣa
रूपं भगवता त्वेतदशेषक्लेशसङ्क्षयम् । आविष्कृतं न: क्लिष्टानां किमन्यदनुकम्पितम् ॥ २७ ॥
rūpaṁ bhagavatā tv etad aśeṣa-kleśa-saṅkṣayam āviṣkṛtaṁ naḥ kliṣṭānāṁ kim anyad anukampitam
O Bhagavān, this form of Yours brings the complete destruction of all affliction. For us suffering, conditioned souls You have revealed Yourself thus—clear proof of Your limitless, causeless mercy; what then to speak of Your ever-favorable grace toward Your devotees?
When the Lord appears in His original form, He acts to deliver the pious and annihilate the miscreants ( Bg. 4.8 ). Although He annihilates the demons, He nonetheless benefits them. It is said that all the living entities who died on the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra attained their original constitutional position ( svarūpa ) because they had the chance to see Kṛṣṇa face to face riding in the chariot of Arjuna. On the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra, superficially two things were going on: the demons were being killed, and the devotee, Arjuna, was being protected. However, the results were the same for everyone. Thus it is said that the appearance of the Lord diminishes all kinds of miserable conditions caused by material existence.
FAQs
This verse says the Lord’s revealed form is itself the destroyer of all distress, and its manifestation to suffering souls is the highest compassion.
Because they were afflicted by material struggle, and the Lord personally revealed His form to them—an act that cuts the root of suffering and awakens devotion.
Turn your attention toward the Lord’s form through sincere prayer, mantra-japa, and hearing Bhagavatam; the verse teaches that remembrance and darshan-oriented devotion reduces distress at its root.