"Today I take shelter (aranam) of you." "You should enjoy these things. Where is the repeated birth from this?" "By so much sense gratification, I think that my body is my self, and that you, the lord, are my son. I am really overcome with repeated birth, the root of ignorance."

Since you bind jīvas with the ropes of affection made of māyā, in order to destroy those bonds today, with an arousal of their intelligence by your mercy, I surrender to you lotus feet. “How can he who gives bondage give liberation?” Those feet dispel fear for those who surrender. “But they have not surrendered. You are just praying for that.” O friend of those suffering! One should not worry about this since you are naturally merciful. You have made them suffer in order that they turn to you, the crest jewel of all goals. Having prayed for those in saṁsāra, in humility while thinking himself a human due to human like pastimes, he prays for himself. Out of greed of the senses, for sense satisfaction, I think, “With the Lord as my son, I have great wealth.” I am not like Nanda, who has only prema for you.

Because you are directly the Lord, or because I am bewildered by your māyā, today, with intelligence aroused by your mercy, I take shelter of your lotus feet. The goal of surrender is indicated. Your feet remove fear of saṁsāra for those who have surrendered. Destroy the miseries to saṁsāra so that I can attain a wealth of bhakti without obstacles. “Since you as our father are a great bhakti, what is the question of fear of saṁsāra?” I do not have qualification to surrender. What to speak of being your father. Since I am most fallen, all I can do is surrender. O friend of the people in pain! I am suffering. I should ignore enjoyment of the senses completely (alam alam). I think of not falling to hell (apatya-buddhiḥ) instead of thinking of the ultimate goal of life. Being dedicated to happiness of the material objects, I identify with the body.

yuvāṁ māṁ putra-bhāvena brahma-bhāvena cāsakṛt cintayantau kṛta-snehau yāsyethe mad-gatiṁ parām Both of you, husband and wife, constantly think of me with eternal prema as your son, and maybe you once thought of me as Brahman. You will achieve my abode which you already possess. SB 10.3.45 Though the Lord has said, this it is simply a statement made out of affection. Or because you have appeared in my house (tat) in this birth (adya) I have attained your lotus feet, which are the sole shelter (araṇam) of all people, which destroy fear of saṁsāra for people who have met disaster (āpanna). Why? O friend of the suffering, affectionate to the fallen! Or I have attained shelter of the lotus of Mathurā (padam). Mathurā is compared to a lotus because it is circular and takes away pain. Destroy all obstacles to bhakti for me, in great pain, having experienced great calamities and increase my affection for you. I do not desire you for liberation. Enough of enthusiasm or thirst for liberation, with an eager mind (indriya-lālasena). That is not my goal at all. I see you, the best son (pare) as the soul of all bodies (martyātma-dṛk) and as the Lord (apati abuddhiḥ).