Text 23] The Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura
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bhavāmbudhir vatsa-padam param padam padam padam yad vipadām na teṣām
The Lord's lotus feet are an indestructible boat, and if one takes shelter of that boat he can easily cross the ocean of nescience. Consequently there are no dangers for a devotee although he lives within this material world, which is full of dangers at every step. One should seek the shelter of the all-powerful instead of trying to be protected by one's own concocted ideas.
TEXT 23
यस्योरुमृङ्गे जगतीं स्वनावं मनुर्यथाबध्य ततार दुर्गम् । स एव नस्त्वाष्ट्रभयाद् दुरन्तात् त्राताश्रितान् वारिचरोऽपि नूनम् ॥२३॥
yasyoru-śṛṅge jagatīm sva-nāvam manur yathābadhya tatāra durgam sa eva nas tvāṣṭra-bhayād durantāt trātāśritān vāricaro 'pi nūnam
yasya —of whom;  uru —very strong and high;  śṛṅge —on the horn;  jagatīm —in the form of the world;  sva-nāvam —his own boat;  manuḥ —Manu, King Satyavrata;  yathā —just as;  ābadhya —binding;  tatāra —crossed;  durgam —the very difficult to cross (inundation);  saḥ —He (the Supreme Personality of Godhead);  eva —certainly;  naḥ —us;  tvāṣṭra-bhayāt —from fear of the son of Tvaṣṭā;  durantāt —endless;  trātā —deliverer;  āśritān —dependents (like us);  vāri-caraḥ api —although taking the form of a fish;  nūnam —indeed.
TRANSLATION
The Manu named King Satyavrata formerly saved himself by tying the small boat of the entire world to the horn of the Matsya avatāra, the fish incarnation. By the grace of the Matsya avatāra,