Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 28: Krsna Rescues Nanda Maharaja from the Abode of Varuna

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.28.5

sri-varuna uvaca

adya me nibhrto deho

'dyaivartho 'dhigatah prabho

tvat-pada-bhajo bhagavann

avapuh param adhvanah

SYNONYMS

sri-varunah uvaca -- Sri Varuna said; adya -- today; me -- by me; nibhrtah -- is carried successfully; dehah -- my material body; adya -- today; eva -- indeed; arthah -- the goal of life; adhigatah -- is experienced; prabho -- O Lord; tvat -- Your; pada -- the lotus feet; bhajah -- those who serve; bhagavan -- O Supreme Personality; avapuh -- have achieved; param -- the state of transcendence; adhvanah -- of the path (of material existence) .

TRANSLATION

Sri Varuna said: Now my body has fulfilled its function. Indeed, now the goal of my life is achieved, O Lord. Those who accept Your lotus feet, O Personality of Godhead, can transcend the path of material existence.

PURPORT

Varuna ecstatically exclaims here that since he has now seen the infinitely gorgeous body of Lord Krsna, the trouble of assuming a material body has now been supremely justified. Indeed, the artha, the goal or real value of Varuna's life, has now been achieved. Because Lord Krsna's form is transcendental, those who accept His lotus feet go beyond the boundary of material existence, and thus only the spiritually unaware would presume that the Lord's lotus feet are material.

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