1420 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 33

sah—that very person; tuam—You; bhrtah—took birth; me jatharena—
by my abdomen; natha—O my Lord; katham—how; nu—then; yasya—of
whom; udare—in the belly; etat—this; astt—did rest; visvam—universe;
yuga-ante— at the end of the millennium; vafa-patre—on the leaf of a banyan
tree; ekah—alone; sete sma— You lay down; maya—possessing inconceivable
powers; sisuh—a baby; arighri—Y our toe; panah—licking.

TRANSLATION

As the Supreme Personality of Godhead, You have taken birth from
my abdomen. O my Lord, how is that possible for the Supreme One, who
has in His belly all the cosmic manifestation? The answer is that it is
possible, for at the end of the millennium You lie down on a leaf of a
banyan tree, and just like a small baby, You lick the toe of Your lotus foot.

PURPORT

At the time of dissolution the Lord sometimes appears as a small baby
lying on a leaf of a banyan tree, floating on the devastating water. There-
fore Devahiti suggests, “Your lying down within the abdomen of a
common woman like me is not so astonishing. You can lie down on the
leaf of a banyan tree and float on the water of devastation as a small baby.
It is not very wonderful, therefore, that You can lie down in the abdomen
of my body. You teach us that those who are very fond of children within
this material world and who therefore enter into marriage to enjoy family
life with children can also have the Supreme Personality of Godhead as
their child, and the most wonderful thing is that the Lord Himself licks
His toe.”

Since all the great sages and devotees apply all energy and all activities
in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, there must be some transcen-
dental pleasure in the toes of His lotus feet. The Lord licks His toe to
taste the nectar for which the devotees always aspire. Sometimes the
Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself wonders how much transcen-
dental pleasure is within Himself, and in order to taste His own potency,
He sometimes takes the position of tasting Himself. Lord Caitanya is
Krsna Himself, but He appears as a devotee to taste the sweetness of the
transcendental mellow in Himself which is tasted by Srimati Radharani,
the greatest of all devotees.

TEXT 5

aq fede: TTT TAT
fazanrant a fart faze |
