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Śrīmad-Bhagavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 31]
PURPORT
The word  calac-caraṇāravindam  means the Supreme Personality of Godhead who actually walks or travels upon the surface of the world. For example, Lord Rāmacandra actually walked on the surface of the world, and Lord Kṛṣṇa also walked just like an ordinary man. The prayer is therefore offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who descends to the surface of this earth, or any part of this universe, for the protection of the pious and the destruction of the impious. It is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  that when there is an increase of irreligion and discrepancies arise in the real religious activities, the Supreme Lord comes to protect the pious and kill the impious. This verse indicates Lord Kṛṣṇa.
Another significant point in this verse is that the Lord comes,  icchayā , by His own will. As Kṛṣṇa confirms in  Bhagavad-gītā ,  sambhavāmyātma-māyayā : “I appear at My will, by My internal potential power.” He is not forced to come by the laws of material nature. It is stated here,  icchayā : He does not  assume  any form, as the impersonalists think, because He comes at His own will, and the form in which He descends is His eternal form. As the Supreme Lord puts the living entity into the condition of horrible existence, so He can also deliver him, and therefore one should seek shelter at the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa demands, “Give up everything and surrender unto Me.” And it is also said in  Bhagavad-gītā  that anyone who approaches Him does not come back again to accept form in material existence, but goes back to Godhead, back home, never to return.
TEXT 13
यस्त्रत्र बद्ध इव कर्मभिरावृतात्मा 
भूतेन्द्रियाशयमयीमवलम्ब्य मायाम्। 
आस्ते विशुद्धमविकारमत्वण्डबोध- 
मातप्यमानहृदयेऽवसितं नमामि ॥१३॥
yas tv atra baddha iva karmabhir āvṛtātmā 
bhūtendriyāśayamayīm avalambya māyām 
āste viśuddham avikāram akhaṇḍa-bodham 
ātapyamāna-hṛdaye 'vasitam namāmi
yaḥ—who; tu—also; atra—here; baddhaḥ—bound; iva—as if; karmabhiḥ—by activities; āvṛta—covered; ātmā—the pure soul; bhūta—the gross elements; indriya—the senses; āśaya—the mind; mayīm—consisting of; avalambya—