> > S'rîmad Bhâgavatam - Canto 10
> > Sanskrit, word-for-word and original translation of Swami Prabhupâda his pupils
> > (for the purports one will have to consult the books under the copyright of the BBT)

> > *******

> > Canto 10: 'Summum Bonum'

> > ********

> > Chapter Fourty: The Prayers of Akrûra

> > TEXT 1

> > s'rî-akrûra uvâca

> > nato 'smy aham tvâkhila-hetu-hetum

> > nârâyanam pûrusham âdyam avyayam

> > yan-nâbhi-jâtâd aravinda-koshâd

> > brahmâvirâsîd yata esha lokah

> > s'rî-akrûrah uvâca - S'rî Akrûra said; natah - bowed down; asmi - am; aham - I; tvâ - to You; akhila - of all; hetu - causes; hetum - the cause; nârâyanam - Lord Nârâyana; pûrusham - the Supreme Person; âdyam - original; avyayam - inexhaustible; yat - from whose; nâbhi - navel; jâtât - which was generated; aravinda - of a lotus plant; koshât - from the whorl; brahmâ - Brahmâ; avirâsît - appeared; yatah - from whom; eshah - this; lokah - world.

> > TRANSLATION

> > S'rî Akrûra said: I bow down to You, the cause of all causes, the original and inexhaustible Supreme Person, Nârâyana. From the whorl of the lotus born from Your navel, Brahmâ appeared, and by his agency this universe has come into being.

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> > TEXT 2

> > bhûs toyam agnih pavanam kham âdir

> > mahân ajâdir mana indriyâni

> > sarvendriyârthâ vibudhâs' ca sarve

> > ye hetavas te jagato 'nga-bhûtâh

> > bhûh - earth; toyam - water; agnih - fire; pavanam - air; kham - ether; âdih - and its source, false ego; mahân - the mahat-tattva; ajâ - the total material nature; âdih - her source, the Supreme Lord; manah - the mind; indriyâni - the senses; sarva-indriya - of all the senses; arthâh - the objects; vibudhâh - the demigods; ca - and; sarve - all; ye - which; hetavah - causes; te - Your; jagatah - of the universe; anga - from the body; bhûtâh - generated.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Earth; water; fire; air; ether and its source, false ego; the mahat-tattva, the total material nature and her source, the Supreme Lord's purusha expansion; the mind; the senses; the sense objects; and the senses' presiding deities - all these causes of the cosmic manifestation are born from Your transcendental body.

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> > TEXT 3

> > naite svarûpam vidur âtmanas te

> > hy ajâdayo 'nâtmatayâ grihîtah

> > ajo 'nubaddhah sa gunair ajâyâ

> > gunât param veda na te svarûpam

> > na - do not; ete - these (elements of creation); svarûpam - the true identity; viduh - know; âtmanah - of the Supreme Soul; te - You; hi - indeed; ajâ- âdayah - headed by the total material nature; anâtmatayâ - by the status of being nonliving matter; grihîtâh - seized; ajah - Lord Brahmâ; anubaddhah - bound up; sah - he; gunaih - by the modes; ajâyâh - of material nature; gunât - to these modes; param - transcendental; veda na - he does not know; te - Your; svarûpam - true form.

> > TRANSLATION

> > The total material nature and these other elements of creation certainly cannot know You as You are, for they are manifested in the realm of dull matter. Since You are beyond the modes of nature, even Lord Brahma, who is bound up in these modes, does not know Your true identity.

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> > TEXT 4

> > tvâm yogino yajanty addhâ

> > mahâ-purusham îs'varam

> > sâdhyâtmam sâdhibhûtam ca

> > sâdhidaivam ca sâdhavah

> > tvam - for You; yoginah - yogîs; yajanti - perform sacrifice; addhâ - certainly; mahâ-purusham - for the Supreme Personality; îs'varam - the Godhead; sa- adhyâtmam - (the witness of) the living entities; sa-adhibhutam - of the material elements; ca - and; sa-adhidaivam - of the controlling demigods; ca - and; sâdhavah - purified persons.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Pure yogîs worship You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by conceiving of You in the threefold form comprising the living entities, the material elements that constitute the living entities' bodies, and the controlling deities of those elements.

> > ******

> > TEXT 5

> > trayyâ ca vidyayâ kecit

> > tvâm vai vaitânikâ dvijâh

> > yajante vitatair yajn'air

> > nânâ-rûpâmarâkhyayâ

> > trayyâ - of the three Vedas; ca - and; vidyayâ - by the mantras; kecit - some; tvâm - You; vai - indeed; vaitânikâh - who respect the regulations of the three sacred fires; dvijâh - brâhmanas; yajante - worship; vitataih - elaborate; yajn'aih - with ritual sacrifices; nânâ - various; rûpa - having forms; amara - of demigods; âkhyayâ - by the designations.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Brâhmanas who follow the regulations concerning the three sacred fires worship You by chanting mantras from the three Vedas and performing elaborate fire sacrifices for the various demigods, who have many forms and names.

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> > TEXT 6

> > eke tvâkhila-karmâni

> > sannyasyopas'amam gatâh

> > jn'ânino jn'âna-yajn'ena

> > yajanti jn'âna-vigraham

> > eke - some; tvâ - to You; akhila - all; karmâni - activities; sannyasya - resigning; upas'amam - peace; gatâh - attaining; jn'âninah - pursuers of knowledge; jn'âna- yajn'ena - by the sacrifice of cultivating knowledge; yajanti - they worship; jn'âna-vigraham - the embodiment of knowledge.

> > TRANSLATION

> > In pursuit of spiritual knowledge, some persons renounce all material activities and, having thus become peaceful, perform the sacrifice of philosophic investigation to worship You, the original form of all knowledge.

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> > TEXT 7

> > anye ca samskritâtmâno

> > vidhinâbhihitena te

> > yajanti tvan-mayâs tvâm vai

> > bahu-mûrty-eka-mûrtikam

> > anye - others; ca - and; samskrita - purified; âtmânah - whose intelligence; vidhinâ - by the injunctions (of such scriptures as the Pan'carâtra); abhihitena - presented; te - by You; yajanti - worship; tvat-mayâh - filled with thought of You; tvâm - You; vai - indeed; bahu-mûrti - having many forms; eka- mûrtikam - having one form.

> > TRANSLATION

> > And yet others - those whose intelligence is pure - follow the injunctions of Vaishnava scriptures promulgated by You. Absorbing their minds in thought of You, they worship You as the one Supreme Lord manifesting in multiple forms.

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> > TEXT 8

> > tvâm evânye s'ivoktena

> > mârgena s'iva-rûpinam

> > bahv-âcârya-vibhedena

> > bhagavantarn upâsate

> > tvâm - You; eva - also; anye - others; s'iva - by Lord S'iva; uktena - spoken; mârgena - by the path; s'iva-rûpinam - in the form of Lord S'iva; bahu-âcârya - of many teachers; vibhedena - following the different presentations; bhagavantam - the Supreme Lord; upâsate - they worship.

> > TRANSLATION

> > There are still others, who worship You, the Supreme Lord, in the form of Lord S'iva. They follow the path described by him and interpreted in various ways by many teachers.

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> > TEXT 9

> > sarva eva yajanti tvâm

> > sarva-deva-mayes'varam

> > ye 'py anya-devatâ-bhaktâ

> > yady apy anya-dhiyah prabho

> > sarve - all; eva - indeed; yajanti - worship; tvam - You; sarva-deva - all the demigods; maya - O You who comprise; îs'varam - the Supreme Lord; ye - they; api - even; anya - of other; devatâ - deities; bhaktâh - devotees; yadi api - although; anya - turned elsewhere; dhiyah - their attention; prabho - 0 master.

> > TRANSLATION

> > But all these people, my Lord, even those who have turned their attention away from You and are worshiping other deities, are actually worshiping You alone, O embodiment of all the demigods.

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> > TEXT 10

> > yathâdri-prabhavâ nadyah

> > parjanyâpûritâh prabho

> > vis'anti sarvatah sindhum

> > tadvat tvâm gatayo 'ntatah

> > yathâ - as; adri - from the mountains; prabhavâh - born; nadyah - rivers; parjanya - by the rain; âpûritâh - filled; prabho - O master; vis'anti - enter; sarvatah - from all sides; sindhum - the ocean; tadvat - similarly; tvâm - You; gatayah - these paths; antatah - finally.

> > TRANSLATION

> > As rivers born from the mountains and filled by the rain flow from all sides into the sea, so do all these paths in the end reach You, O master.

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> > TEXT 11

> > sattvam rajas tama iti

> > bhavatah prakriter gunâh

> > teshu hi prâkritâh protâ

> > â-brahma-sthâvarâdayah

> > sattvam - goodness; rajah - passion; tamah - ignorance; iti - thus known; bhavatah - Your; prakriteh - of the material nature; gunâh - the qualities; teshu - to them; hi - certainly; prâkritâh - the conditioned living entities; protâh - woven; â-brahma - up to Lord Brahmâ; sthâvara-âdayah - starting with the nonmoving creatures.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Goodness, passion and ignorance, the qualities of Your material nature, entangle all conditioned living beings, from Brahmâ down to the nonmoving creatures.

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> > TEXT 12

> > tubhyam namas te tv avishakta-drishthaye

> > sarvâtmane sarva-dhiyâm ca sâkshine

> > guna-pravâho 'yam avidyayâ kritah

> > pravartate deva-nri-tiryag-âtmasu

> > tubhyam - to You; namah - obeisances; te - Your; tu - and; avishakta - aloof; drishthaye - whose vision; sarva-âtmane - to the Soul of all; sarva - of everyone; dhiyâm - of the consciousness; ca - and; sâkshine - to the witness; guna - of the material modes; pravâhah - the flow; ayam - this; avidyayâ - by the force of ignorance; kritah - created; pravartate - goes on; deva - as demigods; nri - humans; tiryak - and animals; âtmasu - among those who assume the identities.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I offer My obeisances to You, who as the Supreme Soul of all beings witness everyone's consciousness with unbiased vision. The current of Your material modes, produced by the force of ignorance, flows strongly among the living beings who assume identities as demigods, humans and animals.

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> > TEXTS 13 - 14

> > agnir mukham te 'vanir anghrir îkshanam

> > sûryo nabho nâbhir atho dis'ah s'rutih

> > dyauh kam surendrâs tava bâhavo 'rnavâh

> > kukshir marut prâna-balam prakalpitam

> > români vrikshaushadhayah s'iroruhâ

> > meghâh parasyâsthi-nakhâni te 'drayah

> > nimeshanam râtry-ahanî prajâpatir

> > medhras tu vrishthis tava vîryam ishyate

> > agnih - fire; mukham - face; te - Your; avanih - the earth; anghrih - feet; ikshanam - eye; sûryah - the sun; nabhah - the sky; nâbhih - navel; atha u - and also; dis'ah - the directions; s'rutih - sense of hearing; dyauh - heaven; kam - head; sura- indrâh - the chief demigods; tava - Your; bâhavah - arms; arnavâh - the oceans; kukshih - abdomen; marut - the wind; prâna - vital air; balam - and physical strength; prakalpitam - conceived;

> > români - bodily hairs; vriksha - the trees; oshadhayah - the plants; s'irah-ruhâh - the hair on Your head; meghâh - the clouds; parasya - of the Supreme; asthi - bones; nakhâni - and nails; te - of You; adrayah - the mountains; nimeshanam - the blinking of Your eyes; râtri-ahanî - day and night; prajâpatih - the progenitor of mankind; medhrah - genitals; tu - and; vrishthih - the rain; tava - Your; vîryam - semen; ishyate - is considered.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Fire is said to be Your face, the earth Your feet, the sun Your eye, and the sky Your navel. The directions are Your sense of hearing, the chief demigods Your arms, and the oceans Your abdomen. Heaven is thought to be Your head, and the wind Your vital air and physical strength. The trees and plants are the hairs on Your body, the clouds the hair on Your head, and the mountains the bones and nails of You, the Supreme. The passage of day and night is the blinking of Your eyes, the progenitor of mankind Your genitals, and the rain Your semen.

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> > TEXT 15

> > tvayy avyayâtman purushe prakalpitâ

> > lokâh sa-pâlâ bahu-jîva-sankulâh

> > yathâ jale san'jihate jalaukaso

> > 'py udumbare vâ mas'akâ mano-maye

> > tvayi - within You; avyaya-âtman - their inexhaustible one; purushe - the Supreme Personality of Godhead; prakalpitâh - created; lokâh - the worlds; sa- pâlâh - together with their protecting demigods; bahu - with many; jîva - living beings; sankulâh - crowded; yathâ - just as; jale - in water; san'jihate - move about; jala-okasah - aquatic animals; api - indeed; udumbare - in an udumbara fruit (a kind of fig); vâ - or; mas'akâh - small biting insects; manah - the mind (and other senses); maye - (in You) who comprise.

> > TRANSLATION

> > All the worlds, with their presiding demigods and teeming populations, originate in You, the inexhaustible Supreme Personality of Godhead. These worlds travel within You, the basis of the mind and senses, just as aquatics swim in the sea or tiny insects burrow within an udumbara fruit.

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> > TEXT 16

> > yâni yânîha rûpâni

> > krîdanârtham bibharshi hi

> > tair âmrishtha-s'uco lokâ

> > mudâ gâyanti te yas'ah

> > yâni yâni - which various; iha - in this material world; rûpâni - forms; krîdana - of play; artham - for the sake; bibharshi - You manifest; hi - indeed; taih - by them; âmrishtha - cleansed; s'ucah - of their unhappiness; lokâh - people; mudâ - joyfully; gâyanti - sing; te - Your; yas'ah - glories.

> > TRANSLATION

> > To enjoy Your pastimes You manifest Yourself in various forms in this material world, and these incarnations cleanse away all the unhappiness of those who joyfully chant Your glories.

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> > TEXTS 17 - 18

> > namah kârana-matsyâya

> > pralayâbdhi-carâya ca

> > hayas'îrshne namas tubhyam

> > madhu-kaithabha-mrityave

> > akûpârâya brihate

> > namo mandara-dhârine

> > kshity-uddhâra-vihârâya

> > namah s'ûkara-mûrtaye

> > namah - obeisances; kârana - who is the original cause of creation; matsyâya - to the Supreme Lord's appearance as a fish; pralaya - of annihilation; abdhi - in the ocean; carâya - who moved about; ca - and; haya-s'îrshne - to the incarnation who appeared with the head of a horse; namah - obeisances; tubhyam - to You; madhu-kaithabha - of the demons Madhu and Kaithabha; mrityave - to the killer;

> > akûpârâya - to the tortoise; brihate - huge; namah - obeisances; mandara - of Mandara Mountain; dhârine - to the holder; kshiti - of the earth; uddhâra - the lifting up; vihârâya - whose pleasure; namah - obeisances; s'ûkara - of a boar; mûrtaye - to the form.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I offer my obeisances to You, the cause of the creation, Lord Matsya, who swam about in the ocean of dissolution, to Lord Hayagrîva, the killer of Madhu and Kaithabha, to the immense tortoise [Lord Kûrma], who supported Mandara Mountain, and to the boar incarnation [Lord Varâha], who enjoyed lifting the earth.

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> > TEXT 19

> > namas te 'dbhuta-simhâya

> > sâdhu-loka-bhayâpaha

> > vâmanâya namas tubhyam

> > krânta-tribhuvanâya ca

> > namah - obeisances; te - to You; adbhuta - amazing; simhâya - to the lion; sadhu- loka - of all saintly devotees; bhaya - of the fear; apaha - O remover; vâmanâya - to the dwarf; namah - obeisances; tubhyam - to You; krânta - who stepped over; tri-bhuvanâya - the three planetary systems of the universe; ca - and.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Obeisances to You, the amazing lion [Lord Nrisimha], who remove Your saintly devotees' fear, and to the dwarf Vâmana, who stepped over the three worlds.

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> > TEXT 20

> > namo bhrigunâm pataye

> > dripta-kshatra-vana-cchide

> > namas te raghu-varyâya

> > râvanânta-karâya ca

> > namah - obeisances; bhrigûnâm - of the descendants of Bhrigu; pataye - to the chief (Lord Paras'urâma); dripta - conceited; kshatra - of the members of the royal order; vana - the forest; chide - who cut down; namah - obeisances; te - to You; raghu-varyâya - the best of the descendants of Raghu; râvana - of Râvana; anta- karâya - who put an end; ca - and.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Obeisances to You, Lord of the Bhrigus, who cut down the forest of the conceited royal order, and to Lord Râma, the best of the Raghu dynasty, who put an end to the demon Râvana.

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> > TEXT 21

> > namas te vâsudevâya

> > namah sankarshanâya ca

> > pradyumnâyaniruddhâya

> > sâtvatâm pataye namah

> > namah - obeisances; te - unto You; vâsudevâya - Lord S'rî Vasudeva; namah - obeisances; sankarshanâya - to Lord Sankarshana; ca - and; pradyumnâya - to Lord Pradyumna; aniruddhâya - and to Lord Aniruddha; sâtvatâm - of the Yâdavas; pataye - to the chief; namah - obeisances.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Obeisances to You, Lord of the Sâtvatas, and to Your forms of Vâsudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha.

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> > TEXT 22

> > namo buddhâya s'uddhâya

> > daitya-dânava-mohine

> > mleccha-prâya-kshatra-hantre

> > namas te kalki-rûpine

> > namah - obeisances; buddhâya - to Lord Buddha; s'uddhâya - the pure; daitya- dânava - of the demoniac descendants of Diti and Dânu; mohine - to the bewilderer; mleccha - of the outcaste meat-eaters; prâya - resembling; kshatra - kings; hantre - to the killer; namah - obeisances; te - to You; kalki- rûpine - in the form of Kalki.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Obeisances to Your form as the faultless Lord Buddha, who will bewilder the Daityas and Dânavas, and to Lord Kalki, the annihilator of the meat-eaters posing as kings.

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> > TEXT 23

> > bhagavan jîva-loko 'yam

> > mohitas tava mâyayâ

> > aham mamety asad-grâho

> > bhrâmyate karma-vartmasu

> > bhagavan - 0 Supreme Lord; jîva - of living entities; lokah - the world; ayam - this; mohitah - bewildered; tava - Your; mâyayâ - by the illusory energy; aham mama iti - based on the conceptions of "I" and "my"; asat - false; grâhah - whose conception; bhrâmyate - is made to wander; karma - of fruitive work; vartmasu - along the paths.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O Supreme Lord, the living entities in this world are bewildered by Your illusory energy. Becoming involved in the false concepts of "I" and "my," they are forced to wander along the paths of fruitive work.

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> > TEXT 24

> > aham câtmâtmajâgâra-

> > dârârtha-svajanâdishu

> > bhramâmi svapna-kalpeshu

> > mûdhah satya-dhiyâ vibho

> > aham - I; ca - also; âtma - concerning my body; âtma-ja - children; agâra - home; dâra - wife; artha - wealth; sva-jana - followers; âdishu - and so on; bhramâmi - am deluded; svapna - a dream; kalpeshu - who are just like; mûdhah - foolish; satya - that they are real; dhiyâ - with the idea; vibho - O almighty Lord.

> > TRANSLATION

> > I too am deluded in this way, O almighty Lord, foolishly thinking my body, children, home, wife, money and followers to be real, though they are actually as unreal as a dream.

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> > TEXT 25

> > anityânâtma-duhkheshu

> > viparyaya-matir hy aham

> > dvandvârâmas tamo-vishtho

> > na jâne tvâtmanah priyam

> > anitya - not eternal; anâtma - not the real self; duhkheshu - in the sources of misery; viparyaya - backwards; matih - whose mentality; hi - indeed; aham - I; dvandva - in duality; ârâmah - taking pleasure; tamah - in ignorance; vishthah - absorbed; na jâne - I fail to recognize; tvâ - You; âtmanah - of myself; priyam - the dearmost.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Thus mistaking the temporary for the eternal, my body for my self, and sources of misery for sources of happiness, I have tried to take pleasure in material dualities. Covered in this way by ignorance, I could not recognize You as the real object of my love.

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> > TEXT 26

> > yathâbudho jalam hitvâ

> > praticchannam tad-udbhavaih

> > abhyeti mriga-trishnâm vai

> > tadvat tvâham parân-mukhah

> > yathâ - as; abudhah - someone who is unintelligent; jalam - water; hitvâ - overlooking; praticchannam - covered; tat-udbhavaih - by the plants growing in it; abhyeti - approaches; mriga-trishnâm - a mirage; vai - indeed; tadvat - in that same way; tvâ - You; aham - I; parâk-mukhah - turned away.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Just as a fool overlooks a body of water covered by the vegetation growing in it and chases a mirage, so I have turned away from You.

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> > TEXT 27

> > notsahe 'ham kripana-dhîh

> > kâma-karma-hatam manah

> > roddhum pramâthibhis' câkshair

> > hriyamânam itas tatah

> > na utsahe - am not able to find the strength; aham - I; kripana - crippled; dhîh - whose intelligence; kâma - by material desires; karma - and material activities; hatam - disturbed; manah - my mind; roddhum - to keep in check; pramâthibhih - which are very powerful and willful; ca - and; akshaih - by the senses; hriyamânam - being dragged; itah tatah - here and there.

> > TRANSLATION

> > My intelligence is so crippled that I cannot find the strength to curb my mind, which is disturbed by material desires and activities and constantly dragged here and there by my obstinate senses.

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> > TEXT 28

> > so 'ham tavânghry-upagato 'smy asatâm durâpam

> > tac câpy aham bhavad-anugraha îs'a manye

> > pumso bhaved yarhi samsaranâpavargas

> > tvayy abja-nâbha sad-upâsanayâ matih syât

> > sah - being such; aham - I; tava - Your; anghri - feet; upagatah asmi - am approaching; asatâm - for those who are impure; durâpam - impossible to attain; tat - that; ca - and; api - also; aham - I; bhavat - Your; anugrahah - mercy; îs'a - 0 Lord; manye - think; pumsah - of a person; bhavet - occurs; yarhi - when; samsarana - of his rotation in the cycle of material existence; apavargah - the cessation; tvayi - of You; abja - like a lotus; nâbha - O You whose navel; sat - of pure devotees; uâsanayâ - by worship; matih - consciousness; syât - develops.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Being thus fallen, I am approaching Your feet for shelter, O Lord, because although the impure can never attain Your feet, I think it is nevertheless possible by Your mercy. Only when one's material life has ceased, O lotus- naveled Lord, can one develop consciousness of You by serving Your pure devotees.

> > ******

> > TEXT 29

> > namo vijn'âna-mâtrâya

> > sarva-pratyaya-hetave

> > purushes'a-pradhânâya

> > brahmane 'nanta-s'aktaye

> > namah - obeisances; vijn'âna - of pure knowledge; mâtrâya - to the embodiment; sarva - of all; pratyaya - forms of knowledge; hetave - to the source; purusha - of a person; îs'a - the controlling forces; pradhânâya - to Him who predominates; brahmane - to the Supreme Absolute Truth; ananta - unlimited; s'aktaye - whose potencies.

> > TRANSLATION

> > Obeisances to the Supreme Absolute Truth, the possessor of unlimited energies. He is the embodiment of pure, transcendental knowledge, the source of all kinds of awareness, and the predominator of the forces of nature that rule over the living being.

> > ******

> > TEXT 30

> > namas te vâsudevâya

> > sarva-bhûta-kshayâya ca

> > hrishîkes'a namas tubhyam

> > prapannam pâhi mâm prabho

> > namah - obeisances; te - to You; vâsudevâya - the son of Vasudeva; sarva - of all; bhûta - living beings; kshayâya - the residence; ca - and; hrishîka-îs'a - O Lord of the mind and senses; namah - obeisances; tubhyam - to You; prapannam - who am surrendered; pâhi - please protect; mâm - me; prabho - O master.

> > TRANSLATION

> > O son of Vasudeva, obeisances to You, within whom all living beings reside. O Lord of the mind and senses, again I offer You my obeisances. O master, please protect me, who am surrendered unto You.

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