Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.89.10-11

punīhi saha-lokaḿ māḿ

loka-pālāḿś ca mad-gatān

pādodakena bhavatas

tīrthānāḿ tīrtha-kāriṇā

adyāhaḿ bhagavan lakṣmyā

āsam ekānta-bhājanam

vatsyaty urasi me bhūtir

bhavat-pāda-hatāḿhasaḥ

SYNONYMS

punīhi — please purify; saha — along with; lokam — My planet; mām — Me; loka — of various planets; pālān — the rulers; ca — and; mat-gatān — who are devoted to Me; pāda — (which has washed) the feet; udakena — by the water; bhavataḥ — of your good self; tīrthānām — of holy places of pilgrimage; tīrtha — their sacredness; kāriṇā — which creates; adya — today; aham — I; bhagavan — O My lord; lakṣmyāḥ — of Lakṣmī; āsam — have become; eka-anta — exclusive; bhājanam — the shelter; vatsyati — will reside; urasi — on the chest; me — My; bhūtiḥ — the goddess of fortune; bhavat — your; pāda — by the foot; hata — eradicated; aḿhasaḥ — whose sinful reactions.

TRANSLATION

"Please purify Me, My realm and the realms of the universal rulers devoted to Me by giving us the water that has washed your feet. This holy water is indeed what makes all places of pilgrimage sacred. Today, my lord, I have become the exclusive shelter of the goddess of fortune, Lakṣmī; she will consent to reside on My chest because your foot has rid it of sins."

PURPORT

Continuing his comments, Śrīla Prabhupāda says, "The so-called brāhmaṇas of the Kali-yuga are sometimes very proud that they can touch the chest of Lord Viṣṇu with their feet. But when Bhṛgu Muni touched the chest of Lord Viṣṇu with his feet, it was different because although it was the greatest offense, Lord Viṣṇu, being greatly magnanimous, did not take it very seriously."

Some editions of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam contain the following verse between Texts 11 and 12, and Śrīla Prabhupāda also includes it in Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, his summary study of the Tenth Canto:

atīva-komalau tāta

caraṇau te mahā-mune

ity uktvā vipra-caraṇau

mardayan svena pāṇinā

"[The Lord said to the brāhmaṇa Bhṛgu:] 'My dear sir, O great sage, your feet are indeed very tender.' Saying this, Lord Viṣṇu began massaging the brāhmaṇa's feet with His own hands."

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