Text 38] Prayers by the Demigods 193

removed; tava—of Your Lordship; janmana—by appearance as an in-
carnation; isituh—You, the controller of everything; distya—and by
fortune; arikitam—marked; tvat-padakaih—by Your lotus feet;
su-sobhanaih—which are transcendentally decorated with the marks of
conchshell, disc, lotus and club; draksyéma—we shall surely observe;
gam—upon this earth; dyaém ca—in heaven also; tava anukampitam—
due to Your causeless mercy upon us.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, we are fortunate because the heavy burden of the
demons upon this earth is immediately removed by Your ap-
pearance. Indeed, we are certainly fortunate, for we shall be able
to see upon this earth and in the heavenly planets the marks of
lotus, conchshell, club and disc that adorn Your lotus feet.

PURPORT

The soles of the Lord’s lotus feet are marked with sarikha-cakra-
gadé-padma—conchshell, disc, club and lotus—and also by a flag and a
thunderbolt. When Krsna walks on this earth or in the heavenly planets,
these marks are visible wherever He goes. Vrndavana-dhama is a tran-
scendental place because of Krsna’s walking on this land frequently. The
inhabitants of Vrndavana were fortunate to see these marks here and
there. When Akrira went to Vrndavana to take Krsna and Balarama
away to the festival arranged by Karnsa, upon seeing the marks of the
Lord’s lotus feet on the ground of Vrndavana, he fell down and began to
groan. These marks are visible to devotees who receive the causeless
mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (tavénukampitam). The
demigods were jubilant not only because the appearance of the Supreme
Lord would do away with the burdensome demons, but also because they
would be able to see upon the ground the transcendental marks from the
soles of the Lord’s lotus feet. The gopis always thought of the Lord’s lotus
feet when He was walking in the pasturing grounds, and, as described in
the previous verse, simply by thinking of the Lord’s lotus feet, the gopis
were fully absorbed in transcendence (Gvista-ceté na bhavaya kalpate).
Like the gopis, one who is always absorbed in thought of the Lord is
