It is said, O Mandhatri, that the Creator created Power for for protecting Weakness. Weakness is, really, a great being, for every thing depends upon it.
दुर्बलार्थं वलं सृष्टं धात्रा मान्धातरुच्यते। अबलं तु महद्भूतं यस्मिन् सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्॥