nānā-tanor bhuvi calac-caraṇāravindam
jantur uvāca
tasyopasannam avituṁ jagad icchayātta-
nānā-tanor bhuvi calac-caraṇāravindam
so 'haṁ vrajāmi śaraṇaṁ hy akuto-bhayaṁ me
yenedṛśī gatir adarśy asato'nurūpā
The living entity said: I surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord which bestow fearlessness. The Lord will move on the earth, having accepted by his will all avatāras within himself to protect those of this world who approached him. By your mercy, I, being sinful, have attained this condition in the womb.
Śrīdhara Svāmī says the “walking the earth” is in reference to Kṛṣṇa’s appearance on earth. Kṛṣṇa accepts many forms (ātta-nānā-tanoḥ), since all forms are included within him. According to Jīva Gosvāmī, Kapila says this in expectation of Kṛṣna’s appearance in the future. Since I am impure, this condition of living in an ocean of suffering in the womb has been shown (adarśi) to be befitting. Or adarśī can mean “I have not become the object of your glance of mercy.” You do not appear in front of me because I am sinful.
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yas tv atra baddha iva karmabhir āvṛtātmā
bhūtendriyāśayamayīm avalambya māyām
āste viśuddham avikāram akhaṇḍa-bodham
ātapyamāna-hṛdaye 'vasitaṁ namāmi
I offer respects to he who appears to be a soul covered by a material body, bound by karmas, taking support of his material energy consisting of material elements, senses and mind, but who remains pure and unchanging, with indestructible knowledge, and who is perceived by me in my distressed heart.
The living entity remembers with astonishment the merciful, amazing pastimes of his Lord. He exists within every suffering body of us sinful jīvas. Why? We do not know if he does this to protect us, or to perform his own pastimes. I offer respects to him. It is fitting that I am here in the womb, bound by karma, experiencing the results of my sinful acts. But why does he stay as the antaryāmī in this stinking hell? He exists there as if bound by karma, though he is not. Because he wanders around Vṛndāvana with his lotus feet, it appears that he has an ātmā covered by a material body like me. But he is not covered. How does he do this? He utilized his own śakti of māyā composed of material elements, senses and mind. “If that is so, then because of using material energy, he would then be contaminated and be subject to change.” No, he is pure and without change, because he has knowledge which cannot be destroyed by māyā like my knowledge (akhaṇḍa-bodham). “How can this be understood by you?” It is perceived in my completely distressed heart. He is distressed thinking, “How can knowledge give by him, situated in my heart, even to a person like me, be destroyed?”
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