28 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 1
could very easily have swallowed them. By the mercy of Lord
Krsna, my grandfathers crossed this ocean, which was very dif-
ficult to cross, as easily as one steps over the hoofprint of a calf.
Because my mother surrendered unto Lord Krsna’s lotus feet, the
Lord, Sudarsana-cakra in hand, entered her womb and saved my
body, the body of the last remaining descendant of the Kurus and
the Pandavas, which was almost destroyed by the fiery weapon of
Aésvatthama. Lord Sri Krsna, appearing within and outside of all
materially embodied living beings by His own potency in the
forms of eternal time—that is, as Paramatma and as virat-ripa—
gave liberation to everyone, either as cruel death or as life. Kindly
enlighten me by describing His transcendental characteristics.
PURPORT
As stated in Srimad-Bhégavatam (10.14.58):
samdsrité ye pada-pallava-plavam
mahat-padam punya-yaso murdreh
bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesém

“For one who has accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is
the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Murari, or the
enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the
water contained in a calf’s hoofprint. His goal is param padam, or
Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place
where there is danger at every step.”

One who seeks shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Krsna is immediately
protected by the Lord. As the Lord promises in Bhagavad-gita (18.66),
aham tvam sarva-papebhyo moksayisyami ma sucah: “I shall deliver
you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.’’ By taking shelter of Lord
Krsna, one comes under the safest protection. Thus when the Pandavas
took shelter at the lotus feet of Krsna, all of them were on the safe side of
the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. Pariksit Maharaja, therefore, felt obliged
to think of Krsna in the last days of his life. This is the ideal result of
Krsna consciousness: ante ndrdyana-smrtih. If at the time of death one
