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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.22.10

इत्थं स निश्चित्य पितामहो महा- नगाधबोधो भवत: पादपद्मम् । ध्रुवं प्रपेदे ह्यकुतोभयं जनाद् भीत: स्वपक्षक्षपणस्य सत्तम ॥ १० ॥
itthaṁ sa niścitya pitāmaho mahān
[ittham sa nishchitya pitaamaho mahaan]
agādha-bodho bhavataḥ pāda-padmam
[agaadha-bodho bhavatah paada-padmam]
dhruvaṁ prapede hy akutobhayaṁ janād
[dhruvam prapede hy akutobhayam janaad]
bhītaḥ svapakṣa-kṣapaṇasya sattama
[bheetah svapaksha-kshapanasya sattama]
Word-for-word
ittham — because of this (as stated above) saḥ — he, Prahlāda Mahārāja niścitya — definitely deciding on this point pitāmahaḥ — my grandfather mahān — the great devotee agādha-bodhaḥ — my grandfather, who received unlimited knowledge because of his devotional service bhavataḥ — of Your Lordship pāda-padmam — the lotus feet dhruvam — the infallible, eternal shelter prapede — surrendered hi — indeed akutaḥ-bhayam — completely free of fear janāt — from ordinary common people bhītaḥ — being afraid svapakṣa-kṣapaṇasya — of Your Lordship, who kill the demons on our own side sat-tama — O best of the best.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
itthaṁ sa niścitya pitāmaho mahān
ittham
because of this (as stated above)
saḥ
he, Prahlāda Mahārāja
niścitya
definitely deciding on this point
pitāmahaḥ
my grandfather
mahān
the great devotee
agādha-bodho bhavataḥ pāda-padmam
agādha-bodhaḥ
my grandfather, who received unlimited knowledge because of his devotional service
bhavataḥ
of Your Lordship
pāda-padmam
the lotus feet
dhruvaṁ prapede hy akutobhayaṁ janād
dhruvam
the infallible, eternal shelter
prapede
surrendered
bhītaḥ svapakṣa-kṣapaṇasya sattama
hi
indeed
akutaḥ-bhayam
completely free of fear
janāt
from ordinary common people
bhītaḥ
being afraid
svapakṣa-kṣapaṇasya
of Your Lordship, who kill the demons on our own side
sat-tama
O best of the best.
My grandfather, the best of all men, who achieved unlimited knowledge and was worshipable for everyone, was afraid of the common men in this world. Being fully convinced of the substantiality afforded by shelter at Your lotus feet, He took shelter of Your lotus feet, against the will of his father and demoniac friends, who were killed by Your own self.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O best of the saintly! Discerning this, my grandfather, a great devotee, deeply knowledgeable and afraid of worldly association, surrendered to your lotus feet which dispel all fear, though you were the destroyer of his own family. The Lord was the destroyer of the demon family (sva-pakṣa-kṣapanasya).
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Personal Guidance
My grandfather, the best of men, took shelter at Your feet against his father's will and his demoniac friends' — whom You killed. Sometimes shelter at the Lord's feet requires defying the entire ambient social order.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose disapproval am I avoiding that, if accepted, would deepen my shelter at His feet?
  • Where does my deference to the social order keep me from Prahlāda's level of refuge?
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