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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.23.42

కిం దురాపాదనం తేషాం పుంసాముద్దామచేతసామ్ । యైరాశ్రితస్తీర్థపదశ్చరణో వ్యసనాత్యయ: ॥ ౪౨ ॥
kiṁ durāpādanaṁ teṣāṁ
[kim duraapaadanam teshaam]
puṁsām uddāma-cetasām
[pumsaam uddaama-chetasaam]
yair āśritas tīrtha-padaś
[yair aashritas teertha-padash]
caraṇo vyasanātyayaḥ
[charano vyasanaatyayah]
kim — what durāpādanam — difficult to achieve teṣām — for those puṁsām — men uddāma-cetasām — who are determined yaiḥ — by whom āśritaḥ — taken refuge tīrtha-padaḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead caraṇaḥ — feet vyasana-atyayaḥ — which vanquish dangers.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kiṁ durāpādanaṁ teṣāṁ
kim
what
durāpādanam
difficult to achieve
teṣām
for those
puṁsām uddāma-cetasām
puṁsām
men
uddāma-cetasām
who are determined
yair āśritas tīrtha-padaś
yaiḥ
by whom
āśritaḥ
taken refuge
tīrtha-padaḥ
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
caraṇo vyasanātyayaḥ
caraṇaḥ
feet
vyasana-atyayaḥ
which vanquish dangers.
What is difficult to achieve for determined men who have taken refuge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead’s lotus feet? His feet are the source of sacred rivers like the Ganges, which put an end to the dangers of mundane life.

The words yair āśritas tīrtha-padaś caraṇaḥ are significant here. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as tīrtha-pāda. The Ganges is called a sacred river because it emanates from the toe of Viṣṇu. The Ganges is meant to eradicate all the material distresses of the conditioned souls. Therefore nothing is impossible for any living entity who has taken shelter of the holy lotus feet of the Lord. Kardama Muni is special not because he was a great mystic, but because he was a great devotee. Therefore it is said here that for a great devotee like Kardama Muni, nothing is impossible. Although yogīs can perform wonderful feats, as Kardama has already displayed, Kardama was more than a yogī because he was a great devotee of the Lord; therefore he was more glorious than an ordinary yogī. As it is confirmed in Bhagavad-gītā, “Out of the many yogīs, he who is a devotee of the Lord is first class.” For a person like Kardama Muni there is no question of being conditioned; he was already a liberated soul and better than the demigods, who are also conditioned. Although he was enjoying with his wife and many other women, he was above material, conditional life. Therefore the word vyasanātyayaḥ is used to indicate that he was beyond the position of a conditioned soul. He was transcendental to all material limitations.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
What is difficult to achieve for those with full absorbed minds, who take shelter of the feet of the Supreme Lord, which destroy all misfortune? Their minds are not attached to anything except the Lord’s lotus feet (uddama-cetasam).
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