namo namas tubhyam asahya-vega-
Å›akti-trayÄyÄkhila-dhÄ«-guṇÄya
prapanna-pÄlÄya duranta-Å›aktaye
kad-indriyÄṇÄm anavÄpya-vartmane
namaḥ - I offer my respectful obeisances; namaḥ - again I offer my respectful obeisances; tubhyam - unto You; asahya - formidable; vega - forces; Å›akti-trayÄya - unto the Supreme Person, who has threefold potencies; akhila - of the universe; dhÄ« - for the intelligence; guṇÄya - who appears as the sense objects; prapanna-pÄlÄya - unto the Supreme, who gives shelter to the surrendered; duranta-Å›aktaye - who possesses energies very difficult to overcome; kat-indriyÄṇÄm - by persons unable to control their senses; anavÄpya - who is unattainable; vartmane - on the path.
Attachment, greed and lust are three formidable forces that prevent one from concentrating upon the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. These forces act because the Supreme Lord does not like to be realized by nondevotees and atheists. However, when one surrenders unto the lotus feet of the Lord, these impediments are withdrawn, and one can realize the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore the Lord is the protector of the surrendered soul. One cannot become a devotee until one surrenders unto the Lord’s lotus feet. Then the Lord gives one the intelligence from within by which one can return home, back to Godhead.