deva-deva jagan-nātha

govinda puruṣottama

nārāyaṇa hṛṣīkeśa

puṇya-ślokācyutāvyaya

anujānīhi māḿ kṛṣṇa

yāntaḿ deva-gatiḿ prabho

yatra kvāpi sataś ceto

bhūyān me tvat-padāspadam

deva-deva -- O Lord of lords; jagat -- of the universe; natha -- O master; go-vinda -- O Lord of the cows; purusha-uttama -- O Supreme Personality; narayana -- O foundation of all living beings; hrishikesa -- O master of the senses; punya-sloka -- O You who are glorified in transcendental poetry; acyuta -- O infallible one; avyaya -- O undiminishing one; anujanihi -- please give leave; mam -- to me; krishna -- O Krishna; yantam -- who am going; deva-gatim -- to the world of the demigods; prabho -- O master; yatra kva api -- wherever; satah -- residing; cetah -- the mind; bhuyat -- may it be; me -- my; tvat -- Your; pada -- of the feet; aspadam -- whose shelter.


Texto

O Devadeva, Jagannatha, Govinda, Purushottama, Narayana, Hrishikesa, Punyasloka, Acyuta, Avyaya! O Krishna, please permit me to depart for the world of the demigods. Wherever I live, O master, may my mind always take shelter of Your feet.

Significado

Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti comments as follows on this verse: His faith emboldened upon receiving the Lord's mercy and thus attaining the status of servitude, King Nriga properly glorifies the Lord by chanting His names and then asks the Lord's permission to take his leave. The spirit of his prayer is as follows: "You are Devadeva, God even of the gods, and Jagannatha, the master of the universe, so please be my master. O Govinda, please make me Your property with the same merciful glance You use to enchant the cows. You can do this because You are Purushottama, the supreme form of Godhead. O Narayana, since You are the foundation of the living entities, please be my support, even though I am a bad living entity. O Hrishikesa, please make my senses Your own. O Punyasloka, now You have become famous as the deliverer of Nriga. O Acyuta, please never be lost to my mind. O Avyaya, You will never diminish in my mind." Thus the great Bhagavatam commentator Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti explains the purport of these verses.