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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.22

अर्जुन उवाच कृष्ण कृष्ण महाबाहो भक्तानामभयङ्कर । त्वमेको दह्यमानानामपवर्गोऽसि संसृते: ॥ २२ ॥
arjuna uvāca
[arjuna uvaacha]
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bāho
[krishna krishna mahaa-baaho]
bhaktānām abhayaṅkara
[bhaktaanaam abhayankara]
tvam eko dahyamānānām
[tvam eko dahyamaanaanaam]
apavargo ’si saṁsṛteḥ
[apavargo ’si samsriteh]
Word-for-word
arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said kṛṣṇa — O Lord Kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa — O Lord Kṛṣṇa mahā-bāho — He who is the Almighty bhaktānām — of the devotees abhayaṅkara — eradicating the fears of tvam — You ekaḥ — alone dahyamānānām — those who are suffering from apavargaḥ — the path of liberation asi — are saṁsṛteḥ — in the midst of material miseries.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
arjuna uvāca
arjunaḥ uvāca
Arjuna said
kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa mahā-bāho
kṛṣṇa
O Lord Kṛṣṇa
kṛṣṇa
O Lord Kṛṣṇa
mahā-bāho
He who is the Almighty
bhaktānām abhayaṅkara
bhaktānām
of the devotees
abhayaṅkara
eradicating the fears of
tvam eko dahyamānānām
tvam
You
ekaḥ
alone
dahyamānānām
those who are suffering from
apavargo ’si saṁsṛteḥ
apavargaḥ
the path of liberation
asi
are
saṁsṛteḥ
in the midst of material miseries.
Arjuna said: O my Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, You are the almighty Personality of Godhead. There is no limit to Your different energies. Therefore only You are competent to instill fearlessness in the hearts of Your devotees. Everyone in the flames of material miseries can find the path of liberation in You only.
Purport

Arjuna was aware of the transcendental qualities of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, as he had already experienced them during the Kurukṣetra War, in which both of them were present. Therefore, Arjuna’s version of Lord Kṛṣṇa is authoritative. Kṛṣṇa is almighty and is especially the cause of fearlessness for the devotees. A devotee of the Lord is always fearless because of the protection given by the Lord. Material existence is something like a blazing fire in the forest, which can be extinguished by the mercy of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The spiritual master is the mercy representative of the Lord. Therefore, a person burning in the flames of material existence may receive the rains of mercy of the Lord through the transparent medium of the self-realized spiritual master. The spiritual master, by his words, can penetrate into the heart of the suffering person and inject knowledge transcendental, which alone can extinguish the fire of material existence.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Arjuna said: O Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa! Mighty-armed Lord! Bestower of fearlessness in your devotees! You alone are the deliverer of all those who are burning in the fire of material existence.
Commentary

You are the form of liberation (apavargaḥ). You deliver us from material existence. Therefore why not deliver me from this fire?

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Personal Guidance
Arjuna addresses Kṛṣṇa as the almighty whose energies are limitless and who alone can instill fearlessness in devotees. Fearlessness is not a feeling we manufacture; it is a gift bestowed by the Source.
Reflection Questions
  • Where am I trying to manufacture fearlessness instead of receiving it?
  • What fear today would lift if I addressed the Lord by name?
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