Srimad Bhagavatam — Ekadasha Skandha, Shloka 9
Nara-Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi and the Lord’s Unlimited Incarnations
इत्थं ब्रुवत्यभयदे नरदेव देवा: सव्रीडनम्रशिरस: सघृणं तमूचु: । नैतद् विभो त्वयि परेऽविकृते विचित्रं स्वारामधीरनिकरानतपादपद्मे ॥ ९ ॥
itthaṁ bruvaty abhaya-de nara-deva devāḥ sa-vrīḍa-namra-śirasaḥ sa-ghṛṇaṁ tam ūcuḥ naitad vibho tvayi pare ’vikṛte vicitraṁ svārāma-dhīra-nikarānata-pāda-padme
اے راجا نِمی، جب نر-نارائن رشی نے یوں کہہ کر دیوتاؤں کا خوف دور کیا تو وہ شرمندگی سے سر جھکا کر رحم کی التجا کرتے ہوئے بولے— “اے وِبھو، آپ برتر اور بےتغیر ہیں؛ ہمارے بڑے جرم کے باوجود آپ کی بےسبب رحمت کوئی تعجب نہیں، کیونکہ بےشمار خودبسندہ اور دھیر مُنی بھی آپ کے کمل جیسے قدموں پر جھکتے ہیں۔”
The demigods said, “Our dear Lord, although ordinary living entities such as the demigods and ordinary men are always disturbed by material pride and anger, You are always transcendental. Therefore it is not surprising that we fallible demigods could not appreciate Your glories.”
FAQs
It states that nothing is astonishing in the Supreme Lord because He is the transcendental, unchanging Reality, beyond material transformation.
They respond with humility and compassion, acknowledging the greatness of the Supreme Lord and gently instructing the king that the Lord’s supremacy is natural and unsurprising.
Practice humility and steadiness through daily remembrance—chanting, prayer, and offering your actions to God—seeing devotion as the grounding center of life rather than ego-driven achievement.