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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.8.39
yathedānīm gadādhara
SYNONYMS
na — not; iyam — this land of our kingdom; śobhishyate — will appear beautiful; tatra — then; yathā — as it is now; idānīm — how; gadādhara — O Krishna; tvat — Your; padaih — by the feet; ańkitā — marked; bhāti — is dazzling; sva-lakshana — Your own marks; vilakshitaih — by the impressions.
TRANSLATION
O Gadādhara [Krishna], our kingdom is now being marked by the impressions of Your feet, and therefore it appears beautiful. But when You leave, it will no longer be so.
PURPORT
There are certain particular marks on the feet of the Lord which distinguish the Lord from others. The marks of a flag, thunderbolt, and instrument to drive an elephant, umbrella, lotus, disc, etc., are on the bottom of the Lord's feet. These marks are impressed upon the soft dust of the land where the Lord traverses. The land of Hastināpura was thus marked while Lord Śrī Krishna was there with the Pāndavas, and the kingdom of the Pāndavas thus flourished by such auspicious signs. Kuntīdevī pointed out these distinguished features and was afraid of ill luck in the absence of the Lord.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness