samÄÅ›ritÄ ye pada-pallava-plavaá¹
mahat-padaá¹ puṇya-yaÅ›o murÄreḥ
bhavÄmbudhir vatsa-padaá¹ paraá¹ padaá¹
padaá¹ padaá¹ yad vipadÄá¹ na teá¹£Äm

75 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: BG(1) , BG72(1) , CC(2) , LBG(12) , LCC(3) , LSB(29) , SB(8) , TLKS(17) , TQK(2)

 samÄÅ›ritÄḥ - having taken shelter; ye - those who; pada - of the feet; pallava - like flower buds; plavam - which are a boat; mahat - of the total material creation, or of the great souls; padam - the shelter; puṇya - supremely pious; yaÅ›aḥ - whose fame; mura-areḥ - of the enemy of the demon Mura; bhava - of the material existence; ambudhiḥ - the ocean; vatsa-padam - the hoof-print of a calf; param padam - the supreme abode, Vaikuṇṭha; padam padam - at every step; yat - where; vipadÄm - of material miseries; na - none; teá¹£Äm - for them.


Text

For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as MurÄri, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world is like the water contained in a calf’s hoof-print. Their goal is paraá¹ padam, Vaikuṇṭha, the place where there are no material miseries, not the place where there is danger at every step.

Purport

This translation is taken from ÅšrÄ«la PrabhupÄda’s commentary on the Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ As It Is, Chapter Two, text 51.

According to ÅšrÄ«la ÅšrÄ«dhara SvÄmÄ«, this verse summarizes the knowledge presented in this section of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet are described as pallava, flower buds, because they are most tender and of a pinkish hue. According to ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ«, the word pallava also indicates that Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet are just like desire trees, which can fulfill all the desires of the Lord’s pure devotees. Even exalted devotees like ÅšrÄ« NÄrada, who are themselves the great shelter for the conditioned souls in this universe, personally take shelter of the lotus feet of Lord ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa. Thus it is natural that when Lord Kṛṣṇa manifested Himself as all the young boys and calves of Vá¹›ndÄvana, their parents were more attracted to them than previously. Lord Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all pleasure and, being all-attractive, the ultimate object of everyone’s love.