Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 85: Lord Kṛṣṇa Instructs Vasudeva and Retrieves Devakī's Sons

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.85.45

tan naḥ prasīda nirapekṣa-vimṛgya-yuṣmat

pādāravinda-dhiṣaṇānya-gṛhāndha-kūpāt

niṣkramya viśva-śaraṇāńghry-upalabdha-vṛttiḥ

śānto yathaika uta sarva-sakhaiś carāmi

SYNONYMS

tatin such a way; naḥto us; prasīda — please be merciful; nirapekṣa — by those who have no material motives; vimṛgya — searched for; yuṣmat — Your; pāda — than the feet; aravinda — lotus; dhiṣaṇa — shelter; anya — other; gṛha — from the home; andha — blind; kūpāt — which is a well; niṣkramya — going out; viśvato the whole world; śaraṇa — of those who are helpful (the trees); ańghri — at the feet; upalabdha — obtained; vṛttiḥ — whose livelihood; śāntaḥ — peaceful; yathāas; ekaḥ — alone; uta — or else; sarva — of everyone; sakhaiḥ — with the friends; carāmiI may wander.

TRANSLATION

Please be merciful to me so I may get out of the blind well of family life — my false home — and find the true shelter of Your lotus feet, which selfless sages always seek. Then, either alone or in the company of great saints, who are the friends of everyone, I may wander freely, finding life's necessities at the feet of the universally charitable trees.

PURPORT

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī states that in response to Bali's prayers, Śrī Kṛṣṇa invited him to choose some benediction, and in this verse Bali submits his request. Bali begs to be relieved of the entanglement of material life so he will be free to leave home and wander in the wilderness, with only the Lord's lotus feet as his shelter. For his subsistence, Bali proposes, he will take help from the forest trees, at whose feet are fruits to eat and leaves to sleep on, for all to use as needed. And if the Lord is especially merciful to him, Bali hopes, he will not have to wander alone but will be allowed to travel in the company of Lord Kṛṣṇa's devotees.

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