Text 30] Prayers by the Demigods 169

svayambhir ndradah sambhuh
kumarah kapilo manuh
prahlado janako bhismo
balir vaiydsakir vayam

(Bhag. 6.3.20)

We have to follow in the footsteps of such devotees, for by this one easy
process one can cross the great ocean of nescience just as one might cross
a small hole created by the hoof of a calf.

Here the Lord is described as ambujaksa, or lotus-eyed. By seeing the
eyes of the Lord, which are compared to lotus flowers, one becomes so
satisfied that one does not want to turn his eyes to anything else. Simply
by seeing the transcendental form of the Lord, a devotee is at once
fully absorbed in the Lord in his heart. This absorption is called
samadhi. Dhydndvasthita-tad-gatena manasd pasyanti yarn yoginah
(Bhag. 12.13.1). A yogi is fully absorbed in thoughts of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, for he has no other business than to think of the
Lord always within the heart. It is also said:

samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavarh
mahat-padam punya-yaso murareh

bhavambudhir vatsa-padam param padam
padam padam yad vipadam na tesim

“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, the
enemy of the demon Mura, the ocean of the material world is like the
water contained in a calf’s hoofprint. His goal is pararm padam, or
Vaikuntha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place
where there is danger at every step.” (Bhag. 10.14.58) This process is
recommended here by authorities like Lord Brahma and Lord Siva
(svayambhar naéradah sSambhuh), and therefore we must take to this
process in order to transcend nescience. This is very easy, but we must
follow in the footsteps of great personalities, and then success will be
possible.

In regard to the word mahat-krtena, it is also significant that the
