236 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 7
or Visnu. Those who have transcended the qualitative Vedic attractions,
however, can understand Krsna, who is never contaminated by the material
qualities. Therefore Lord Visnu is addressed here as anafijana (free from
material contamination). In Bhagavad-gita the crude Vedic scholars have
been deprecated by Krsna as follows:

yam imam puspitam vacam pravadanty avipascitah

veda-vada-ratah partha nanyad astiti vadinah
“Men of small knowledge are very much attached to the flowery words of
the Vedas, and they say that there is nothing more than this.” (Bg. 2.42)

TEXT 28
ATM FS
TITATIN TSPAGUSATHT-
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TOR BOTY Wealasyary:
TRUS TUT BHAT TA HVAT! IRI
sadasya iicuh
ulpatty-adhvany asarana uru-klesa-durge ‘ntakogra-
vydlanviste visaya-mrga-trsy atma-gehoru-bharah
dvandva-svabhre khala-mrga-bhaye §oka-dave ‘jiia-sarthah
padaukas te saranada kada yati kamopasrstah
sadasyah—the members of the assembly; icuh—said; utpatti—repeated
birth and death; adhvani—on the path of; asarane—not having a place to
take shelter; uru—great; klesa—troublesome; durge—in the formidable fort;
antaka— termination; ugra—ferocious; vydla—snakes; anviste—being infested
with; visaya—material happiness; mrga-trsi— mirage; atma—body; geha—
home; uru—heavy; bharah—burden; dvandva—dual; svabhre—holes, ditches
of so-called happiness and distress; khala— ferocious; mrga—animals; bhaye—
being afraid of; Soka-dave—the forest fire of lamentation; ajfia-sarthah—for
the interest of the rascals; padaukah—shelter of Your lotus feet; te—unto
You; sarana-da—giving shelter; kadé—when; yati— went; kdma-upasrstah—
being afflicted by all sorts of desires.
TRANSLATION
The members of the assembly addressed the Lord: O exclusive shelter

for all who are situated in troubled life, in this formidable fort of condi-
