240 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 3
potter himself. Therefore the Lord, who is behind the motion of the cos-
mos, is called avyakta-bandhu. Everything is within the limits of time,
but time moves under the direction of the Lord, who is therefore not
within time’s limit.
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martyo mrtyu-vydla-bhitah palayan
lokan sarvan nirbhayam nddhyagacchat
tvat-pddabjam prapya yadrcchaydadya
susthah Sete mrtyur asmdd apaiti

martyah—the living entities who are sure to die; mrtyu-vydla-
bhitah—afraid of the serpent of death; paléyan—running (as soon as a
serpent is seen, everyone runs away, fearing immediate death); lokan—
to the different planets; sarvan—all; nirbhayam—fearlessness; na
adhyagacchat—do not obtain; tvat-pdda-abjam—of Your lotus feet;
prapya—obtaining the shelter; yadrcchaya—by chance, by the mercy of
Your Lordship and Your representative, the spiritual master (guru-krpd,
krsna-krpa); adya—presently; su-sthah—being undisturbed and men-
tally composed; Sete—are sleeping; mrtyuh—death; asmat—from those
persons; apaiti—flees.

TRANSLATION

No one in this material world has become free from the four
principles birth, death, old age and disease, even by fleeing to
various planets. But now that You have appeared, My Lord, death is
fleeing in fear of You, and the living entities, having obtained
shelter at Your lotus feet by Your mercy, are sleeping in full
mental peace.
