Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.70.25

rājāna ūcuḥ

kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇāprameyātman

prapanna-bhaya-bhañjana

vayaḿ tvāḿ śaraṇaḿ yāmo

bhava-bhītāḥ pṛthag-dhiyaḥ

SYNONYMS

rājānaḥ — the kings; ūcuḥ — said; kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa — O Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa; aprameya-ātman — O immeasurable Soul; prapanna — of those who are surrendered; bhaya — the fear; bhañjana — O You who destroy; vayam — we; tvām — to You; śaraṇam — for shelter; yāmaḥ — have come; bhava — of material existence; bhītāḥ — afraid; pṛthak — separate; dhiyaḥ — whose mentality.

TRANSLATION

The kings said [as related through their messenger]: O Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa, O immeasurable Soul, destroyer of fear for those surrendered to You ! Despite our separatist attitude, we have come to You for shelter out of fear of material existence.

PURPORT

Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that the kings present their entreaty in this and the following five verses. In this verse they take shelter of the Lord, in the next three verses they describe their fear, and in the last two verses they make their prayerful request.

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