SB 1.2.33 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 33
Bhavayati esa sattwena lokan bai lokabhavanah Leela avatar anurata deva tiryyng naradisu.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Bhavayati—maintains, Esa—all these, Sattwena—in the mode of goodness, Lokan-all over the universe, Bai—generally, Lokabhavanah—the master of all the universes, Leela—pastimes, Avatara—incarnation, Anurato—assuming the role, Deva—the demigods, Tiryyang—lower animals, Naradisu—in the midst of human beings.
TRANSLATION
Thus the Lord of the universes maintains all the universal planets domiciled by the demigods, human beings or other than the human beings,—by His pastimes and incarnations just to reclaim the living beings there in the mode of pure goodness.
PURPORT
There are innumerable material universes and in each and every universe there are innumerable planets inhabited by different grades of living entities in different modes of nature. The Lord (Vishnu) incarnates Himself in each and every one of them and in each and every type of living societies. He manifests His transcendental pastimes amongst them just to create the mentality of going back to Godhead. The Lord does not change His original transcendental position but He appears to be differently manifested according to the particular time circumstances and society.
Sometimes He incarnates Himself or empowers a suitable living being to act for Him but all the same the purpose is the same that the Lord wants the suffering living being to go back to home go back to Godhead. The happiness which the living beings are hankering after is not to be found within any corner of the innumerable universes and material planets. The eternal happiness which the living being wants is obtainable in the kingdom of God and the forgetful living beings under the influence of material modes have no information of the Kingdom of God. He therefore comes to propagate the message of the Kingdom of God either personally as an incarnation or through His bonafide representatives as the good son of God. Such incarnations or the sons of God are not only making propaganda of going Back to Godhead within human society but also the propaganda work in going on in all types of societies including demigods or those who are other than the human beings.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports of the First Canto-Second Chapter of Srimad Bhagwatam in the matter of Divinity and Devotional Service.