Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.14.58

samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavam

mahat-padam punya-yaśo murāreh

bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padam param padam

padam padam yad vipadām na teshām

SYNONYMS

samāśritāh — having taken shelter; ye — those who; pada — of the feet; pallava — like flower buds; plavam — which are a boat; mahat — of the total material creation, or of the great souls; padam — the shelter; punya — supremely pious; yaśah — whose fame; mura-areh — of the enemy of the demon Mura; bhava — of the material existence; ambudhih — the ocean; vatsa-padam — the hoof-print of a calf; param padam — the supreme abode, Vaikuntha; padam padam — at every step; yat — where; vipadām — of material miseries; na — none; teshām — for them.

TRANSLATION

For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murāri, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf's hoof-print. Their goal is param padam, Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step.

PURPORT

This translation is taken from Śrīla Prabhupāda's commentary on the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, Chapter Two, Text 51.

According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, this verse summarizes the knowledge presented in this section of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. Lord Krishna's lotus feet are described as pallava, flower buds, because they are most tender and of a pinkish hue. According to Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī, the word pallava also indicates that Lord Krishna's lotus feet are just like desire trees, which can fulfill all the desires of the Lord's pure devotees. Even exalted devotees like Śrī Nārada, who are themselves the great shelter for the conditioned souls in this universe, personally take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Krishna. Thus it is natural that when Lord Krishna manifested Himself as all the young boys and calves of Vrindāvana, their parents were more attracted to them than previously. Lord Krishna is the reservoir of all pleasure and, being all-attractive, the ultimate object of everyone's love.

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