• vibhuḥ — the almighty Lord
  From vi + √bhū — all-pervading, mighty. The same epithet returns at v.39 for Balarāma. Gauḍīyas hold that vibhutva belongs strictly to Bhagavān; the jīva is aṇu, atomic. Akrūra holds onto this asymmetry as the basis for his refuge.
• hasta — hand
  Combined with paṅkajam — the lotus hand. Kṛṣṇa's hand on a devotee's head is the iconic Gauḍīya image of vara-pradāna, granting refuge. The hand recurs through Bhāgavata as the abhaya-hasta — the fearlessness-giving gesture.
• abhayam — fearlessness
  a- (not) + bhaya (fear). Bhāgavata's signature gift of bhakti — the elimination not of the world's threats but of the fear-response itself. Gauḍīyas read this as a consequence of śaraṇāgati's sixth limb: rakṣiṣyatīti viśvāsaḥ, faith that He will protect.
• kāla — time
  Kāla — time as eater. The same word at v.5 (the river of time), now restaged as a serpent. Gauḍīyas read kāla as Bhagavān's daṇḍa-rūpa — His rod-form for the conditioned soul; only the surrendered are exempt.
• bhuja - aṅga — the serpent
  Compound: bhuja (coil) + aṅga (limb, body) — "coil-bodied," a serpent. The image of time-as-serpent is Bhāgavata-wide; Gauḍīyas read it as the snake that bites the soul incrementally, hour by hour, until the lotus hand stops it.
• śaraṇa — shelter, refuge
  From √śri — to take refuge. The doctrinal heart of Gauḍīya theology: śaraṇāgati. Rūpa Gosvāmī lists six aṅgas of śaraṇa (BRS 1.2.235ff.); this verse condenses the whole posture into a fallen body and an outstretched hand.
• eṣiṇām — those searching for
  Genitive plural of eṣin — seeker, desirer. The participle that distinguishes the qualified candidate for śaraṇa: one must want shelter for the hand to be given. Gauḍīyas regard this desire itself as Bhagavān's first gift.

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  His Holiness Radha Govinda Swami· English

• What fear of time and death do you carry that only Kṛṣṇa's hand can remove?
• Are you positioned at His feet, or still seated trying to figure things out from a distance?

A child fleeing a snake throws himself at his father's knees, and the father's hand on his head is the whole world remade. The serpent of time is real; the hand is also real; the verse is the simplest description of śaraṇāgati Akrūra knows how to give.