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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 7 ]
or Viṣṇu. Those who have transcended the qualitative Vedic attractions, however, can understand Kṛṣṇa, who is never contaminated by the material qualities. Therefore Lord Viṣṇu is addressed here as  anañjana  (free from material contamination). In  Bhagavad-gītā  the crude Vedic scholars have been deprecated by Kṛṣṇa as follows:
yām imām puṣpitām vācam pravadanty avipaścitaḥ veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ
“Men of small knowledge are very much attached to the flowery words of the  Vedas , and they say that there is nothing more than this.” (Bg. 2.42)
TEXT 28
सदस्या ऊचः
उत्पन्न्यञ्चन्यशरण उरुङ्गेशदुर्गेऽन्तकोग्र-
व्यालान्विष्टे विषयमृगतृष्यात्मगेहोरुभारः ।
इन्द्रश्वभ्रे खलमृगमये शोकदावेऽज्ञसार्थः
पादौकस्ते शरणद कदा याति कामोपमृष्टः ॥२८॥
sadasyā ūcuḥ
utpatty-adhvany aśaraṇa uru-kleśa-durge 'ntakogra-
vyālānviṣṭe viṣaya-mṛga-tṛṣy ātma-gehoru-bhāraḥ
dvandva-śvabhre khala-mṛga-bhaye śoka-dāve 'jña-sārthaḥ
pādaukas te śaraṇada kadā yāti kāmopasṛṣṭaḥ
sadasyāḥ —the members of the assembly;  ūcuḥ —said;  utpatti —repeated birth and death;  adhvani —on the path of;  aśaraṇe —not having a place to take shelter;  uru —great;  kleśa —troublesome;  durge —in the formidable fort;  antaka —termination;  ugra —ferocious;  vyāla —snakes;  anviṣṭe —being infested with;  viṣaya —material happiness;  mṛga-tṛṣi —mirage;  ātma —body;  geha —home;  uru —heavy;  bhāraḥ —burden;  dvandva —dual;  śvabhre —holes, ditches of so-called happiness and distress;  khala —ferocious;  mṛga —animals;  bhaye —being afraid of;  śoka-dāve —the forest fire of lamentation;  ajña-sārthaḥ —for the interest of the rascals;  pādaukaḥ —shelter of Your lotus feet;  te —unto You;  śaraṇa-da —giving shelter;  kadā —when;  yāti —went;  kāma-upasṛṣṭaḥ —being afflicted by all sorts of desires.
TRANSLATION
The members of the assembly addressed the Lord: O exclusive shelter for all who are situated in troubled life, in this formidable fort of condi-