204 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 9
animals, but its cubs are not at all afraid of the lion. The water of the sea
is certainly dreadful for all living entities on the land, but within the sea
even the small fish is unafraid. Why? Because the small fish has taken
shelter of the big ocean. It is said that although great elephants are taken
away by the flooding waters of the river, the small fish swim opposite the
current. Therefore although the Lord sometimes assumes a fierce ap-
pearance to kill the duskrtis, the devotees worship Him. Kesava dhrta-
nara-hari-riipa jaya jagadisa hare. The devotee always takes pleasure in
worshiping the Lord and glorifying the Lord in any form, either pleasing
or fierce.
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SRSTTA TTT ETI FATT UE
trasto ’smy aham krpana-vatsala duhsahogra-
samsdra-cakra-kadandd grasatam pranitah
baddhah sva-karmabhir uSattama te “nghri-milam
prito *pavarga-saranam hvayase kadé nu
trastah—frightened; asmi—am; aham—I; krpana-vatsala—O my
Lord, who are so kind to the fallen souls (who have no spiritual knowl-
edge); duhsaha—intolerable; ugra—ferocious; sarisdra-cakra—of the
cycle of birth and death; kadandt—from such a miserable condition;
grasatam—among other conditioned souls, who devour one another;
pranitah—being thrown; baddhah—bound;  sva-karmabhih—the
course by the reactions of my own activities; usattama—O great insur-
mountable; te—Your; arghri-miilam—to the soles of the lotus feet;
pritah—being pleased (with me); apavarga-saranam—which are the
shelter meant for liberation from this horrible condition of material exis-
tence; hvayase—You will call (me); kadd—when; nu—indeed.
TRANSLATION
O most powerful, insurmountable Lord, who are kind to the
fallen souls, I have been put into the association of demons as a
