194 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 2

beyond the material platform and will not remain in this material world.
It is our duty, therefore, always to hear, chant and think about the Lord’s
lotus feet, as actually done by Vaisnavas who have decided to live in
Vrndavana always and think of the Lord’s lotus feet twenty-four hours a
day.

TEXT 39

aq asaae WAST BIT

fr Ratt aa aeame |
vat fava: fafircaften
ME COTPP RUT BIER

na te ’bhavasyesa bhavasya kéranam
vind vinodam bata tarkaydmahe °

bhavo nirodhah sthitir apy avidyaya
krtaé yatas tvayy abhaydsrayétmani

na—not; te—of Your Lordship; abhavasya—of whom there is no
birth, death or maintenance as for an ordinary being; isa—O Supreme
Lord; bhavasya—of Your appearance, Your birth; kéranam—the cause;
vind—without; vinodam—the pastimes (despite what is said, You are
not forced to come to this world by any cause); bata—however;
tarkayémahe—we cannot argue (but must simply understand that these
are Your pastimes); bhavah—birth; nirodhah—death; sthitih—mainte-
nance; api—also; avidyayé—by the external, illusory energy; krtah—
done; yatah—because; tvayi—unto You; abhaya-dsraya—O fearless
shelter of all; atmani—of the ordinary living entity.

TRANSLATION

O Supreme Lord, You are not an ordinary living entity appear-
ing in this material world as a result of fruitive activities.
Therefore Your appearance or birth in this world has no other
cause than Your pleasure potency. Similarly, the living entities,
who are part of You, have no cause for miseries like birth, death
