Text 23] The Appearance of the Demon Vrtrasura 115

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

The Lord’s lotus feet are an indestructible boat, and if one takes shelter
of that boat he can easily cross the ocean of nescience. Consequently
there are no dangers for a devotee although he lives within this material
world, which is full of dangers at every step. One should seek the shelter
of the all-powerful instead of trying to be protected by one’s own
concocted ideas.

TEXT 23

THER Wet aa
ASAUET TAN BC
FET ARTA Fra
TAT TTATTIS TAT WRAL

yasyoru-srige jagatim sva-ndvam
manur yathdbadhya tatara durgam

sa eva nas tvastra-bhayad durantat
tratasritan varicaro ‘pi niinam

yasya—of whom; uru—very strong and high; srnge—on the horn:
Jagatim—in the form of the world; sva-naévam—his own boat; manuh—
Manu, King Satyavrata; yatha—just as; a@badhya—binding; tatara—
crossed; durgam—the very difficult to cross (inundation); sah—He (the
Supreme Personality of Godhead); eva—certainly; nah—us; tvdstra-
bhayat—from fear of the son of Tvasta; durantat—endless; trata—
deliverer; dsritan—dependents (like us); vari-carah api—although tak-
ing the form of a fish; niinam—indeed.

TRANSLATION

The Manu named King Satyavrata formerly saved himself by
tying the small boat of the entire world to the horn of the Matsya
avatara, the fish incarnation. By the grace of the Matsya avatara,
