Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 29: Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs Meet for the Rāsa Dance

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; haraḥas 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; bandhoO 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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