SB 10.2.38

TEXT 38

TEXT

id"í"YaA h"re"'syaA Bavata: pad"Ae BauvaAe
BaAr"Ae'panaItastava janmanaeizAtau:
id"í"YaAiÆltaAM tvatpad"kE(: s$auzAAeBanaEr,"
‰"ºyaAma gAAM âAM ca tavaAnauk(impataAma,

distya hare 'sya bhavatah pado bhuvo

bharo 'panitas tava janmanesituh

distyaṅkitam tvat-padakaih susobhanair

draksyama gam dyam ca tavanukampitam

distya-by fortune; hare-O Lord; asyah-of this (world); bhavatah-of Your Lordship; padah-of the place; bhuvah-on this earth; bharah-the burden created by the demons; apanitah-now removed; tava-of Your Lordship; janmana-by appearance as an incarnation; isituh-You, the controller of everything; distya-and by fortune; aṅkitam-marked; tvat-padakaih-by Your lotus feet; su-sobhanaih-which are transcendentally decorated with the marks of conchshell, disc, lotus and club; draksyama-we shall surely observe; gam-upon this earth; dyam ca-in heaven also; tava anukampitam-due to Your causeless mercy upon us.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, we are fortunate because the heavy burden of the demons upon this earth is immediately removed by Your appearance. Indeed, we are certainly fortunate, for we shall be able to see upon this earth and in the heavenly planets the marks of lotus, conchshell, club and disc that adorn Your lotus feet.

PURPORT

The soles of the Lord's lotus feet are marked with saṅkha-cakra-gada-padma-conchshell, disc, club and lotus-and also by a flag and a thunderbolt. When Krsna walks on this earth or in the heavenly planets, these marks are visible wherever He goes. Vrndavana-dhama is a transcendental place because of Krsna's walking on this land frequently. The inhabitants of Vrndavana were fortunate to see these marks here and there. When Akrura went to Vrndavana to take Krsna and Balarama away to the festival arranged by Kamsa, upon seeing the marks of the Lord's lotus feet on the ground of Vrndavana, he fell down and began to groan. These marks are visible to devotees who receive the causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (tavanukampitam). The demigods were jubilant not only because the appearance of the Supreme Lord would do away with the burdensome demons, but also because they would be able to see upon the ground the transcendental marks from the soles of the Lord's lotus feet. The gopis always thought of the Lord's lotus feet when He was walking in the pasturing grounds, and, as described in the previous verse, simply by thinking of the Lord's lotus feet, the gopis were fully absorbed in transcendence (avista-ceta na bhavaya kalpate). Like the gopis, one who is always absorbed in thought of the Lord is beyond the material platform and will not remain in this material world. It is our duty, therefore, always to hear, chant and think about the Lord's lotus feet, as actually done by Vaisnavas who have decided to live in Vrndavana always and think of the Lord's lotus feet twenty-four hours a day.