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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.29.41
vyaktaḿ bhavān vraja-bhayārti-haro 'bhijāto
devo yathādi-puruṣaḥ sura-loka-goptā
tan no nidhehi kara-pańkajam ārta-bandho
tapta-staneṣu ca śiraḥsu ca kińkarīṇām
SYNONYMS
vyaktam — obviously; bhavān — You; vraja — of the people of Vraja; bhaya — of the fear; ārti — and distress; haraḥ — as the remover; abhijātaḥ — have taken birth; devaḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yathā — just as; ādi-puruṣaḥ — the primeval Lord; sura-loka — of the planets of the demigods; goptā — the protector; tat — therefore; naḥ — of us; nidhehi — kindly place; kara — Your hand; pańkajam — lotuslike; ārta — of the distressed; bandho — O friend; tapta — burning; staneṣu — on the breasts; ca — and; śiraḥsu — on the heads; ca — also; kińkarīṇām — of Your maidservants.
TRANSLATION
Clearly You have taken birth in this world to relieve the fear and distress of the people of Vraja, just as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the primeval Lord, protects the domain of the demigods. Therefore, O friend of the distressed, kindly place Your lotus hand on Your maidservants' heads and burning breasts.
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