Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 7.10.29

etad vapus te bhagavan

dhyāyatah paramātmanah

sarvato goptri santrāsān

mrityor api jighāmsatah

SYNONYMS

etat — this; vapuh — body; te — Your; bhagavan — O Supreme Personality of Godhead; dhyāyatah — those who meditate upon; parama-ātmanah — of the Supreme Person; sarvatah — from everywhere; goptri — the protector; santrāsāt — from all kinds of fear; mrityoh api — even from fear of death; jighāmsatah — if one is envied by an enemy.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are the Supreme Soul. If one meditates upon Your transcendental body, You naturally protect him from all sources of fear, even the imminent danger of death.

PURPORT

Everyone is sure to die, for no one is excused from the hands of death, which is but a feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (mrityuh sarva-haraś cāham). When one becomes a devotee, however, he is not destined to die according to a limited duration of life. Everyone has a limited duration of life, but a devotee's lifetime can be extended by the mercy of the Supreme Lord, who is able to nullify the results of one's karma. Karmāni nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhājām [Bs. 5.54]. This is the statement of Brahma-samhitā (5.54). A devotee is not under the laws of karma. Therefore even a devotee's scheduled death can be avoided by the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord. God protects the devotee even from the extreme danger of death.

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