nÄnyaá¹ tavÄá¹…ghry-upanayÄd apavarga-mÅ«rteḥ
kṣemaṠjanasya parito-bhiya īśa vidmaḥ
brahmÄ bibhety alam ato dvi-parÄrdha-dhiṣṇyaḥ
kÄlasya te kim uta tat-ká¹›ta-bhautikÄnÄm

 na anyam - no other; tava - Your; aá¹…ghri - of the lotus feet; upanayÄt - than the attainment; apavarga-mÅ«rteḥ - who are liberation personified; ká¹£emam - benefit; janasya - for the person; paritaḥ - on all sides; bhiyaḥ - who is fearful; Ä«Å›a - O Lord; vidmaḥ - do we know; brahmÄ - Lord BrahmÄ; bibheti - is afraid; alam - very much; ataḥ - on account of this; dvi-parÄrdha - the entire duration of the universe; dhiṣṇyaḥ - the period of whose reign; kÄlasya - because of time; te - Your feature; kim uta - then what to speak; tat-ká¹›ta - created by him, BrahmÄ; bhautikÄnÄm - of the mundane creatures.


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My dear Lord, even Lord BrahmÄ, who enjoys his exalted position for the entire duration of the universe, fears the passage of time. Then what to speak of those whom BrahmÄ creates, the conditioned souls. They encounter fearful dangers at every step of their lives. I do not know of any relief from this fear except shelter at Your lotus feet, which are the very form of liberation.

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