देवेऽवर्षत्यसौ देवो नरदेववपुर्हरि: । कृच्छ्रप्राणा: प्रजा ह्येष रक्षिष्यत्यञ्जसेन्द्रवत् ॥ ८ ॥
deve ’varsaty asau devo naradeva-vapur harih krcchra-pranah praja hy esa raksisyaty anjasendravat
- deve
- when the demigod (Indra)
- avarsati
- does not supply rains
- asau
- that
- devah
- Maharaja Prthu
- nara-deva
- of the king
- vapuh
- having the body
- harih
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- krcchra-pranah
- suffering living entities
- prajah
- the citizens
- hi
- certainly
- esah
- this
- raksisyati
- will protect
- anjasa
- very easily
- indra-vat
- like King Indra.
When there is no rainfall and the citizens are in great danger due to the scarcity of water, this royal Personality of Godhead will be able to supply rains exactly like the heavenly King Indra. Thus he will very easily be able to protect the citizens from drought.