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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 2]
process shown by great devotees is not only for them but also for others. If things are made easy, this affords facility for the person who has made them easy and also for others who follow the same principles. The process recommended in this verse for crossing the ocean of nescience is easy not only for the devotee but also for common persons who follow the devotee ( mahājano yena gataḥ sa panthāḥ ).
TEXT 31
स्वयं समुत्तीर्य सुदुस्तरं द्युमन् 
  भवार्णवं भीममदभ्रसौहृदाः । 
  भवत्पदाम्भोरुहनावमत्र ते 
  निधाय याताः सदनुग्रहो भवान् ॥३१॥
svayam samuttīrya sudustaram dyuman 
  bhavārṇavam bhīmam adabhra-sauhṛdāḥ 
  bhavat-padāmbhoruha-nāvam atra te 
  nidhāya yātāḥ sad-anugraho bhavān
svayam —personally;  samuttīrya —perfectly crossing;  su-dustaram —which is very difficult to cross;  dyuman —O Lord, who appear exactly like the sun, illuminating the darkness of this world of ignorance;  bhava-arṇavam —the ocean of nescience;  bhīmam —which is extremely fierce;  adabhra-sauhṛdāḥ —devotees who are incessantly friendly to the fallen souls;  bhavat-pada-ambhoruha —Your lotus feet;  nāvam —the boat for crossing;  atra —in this world;  te —they (the Vaiṣṇavas);  nidhāya —leaving behind;  yātāḥ —on to the ultimate destination, Vaikuṇṭha;  sat-anugrahaḥ —who are always kind and merciful to the devotees;  bhavān —You.
TRANSLATION
O Lord, who resemble the shining sun, You are always ready to fulfill the desire of Your devotee, and therefore You are known as a desire tree [vāñchā-kalpataru]. When ācāryas completely take shelter under Your lotus feet in order to cross the fierce ocean of nescience, they leave behind on earth the method by which they