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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.4.6

అద్రాక్షమేకమాసీనం విచిన్వన్ దయితం పతిమ్ । శ్రీనికేతం సరస్వత్యాం కృతకేతమకేతనమ్ ॥ ౬ ॥
adrākṣam ekam āsīnaṁ
[adraaksham ekam aaseenam]
vicinvan dayitaṁ patim
[vichinvan dayitam patim]
śrī-niketaṁ sarasvatyāṁ
[shree-niketam sarasvatyaam]
kṛta-ketam aketanam
[krita-ketam aketanam]
adrākṣam — I saw ekam — alone āsīnam — sitting vicinvan — deeply thinking dayitam — patron patim — master śrī-niketam — the shelter of the goddess of fortune sarasvatyām — on the bank of the Sarasvatī kṛta-ketam — taking shelter aketanam — being situated without a shelter.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
adrākṣam ekam āsīnaṁ
adrākṣam
I saw
ekam
alone
āsīnam
sitting
vicinvan dayitaṁ patim
vicinvan
deeply thinking
dayitam
patron
patim
master
śrī-niketaṁ sarasvatyāṁ
śrī-niketam
the shelter of the goddess of fortune
sarasvatyām
on the bank of the Sarasvatī
kṛta-ketam aketanam
kṛta-ketam
taking shelter
aketanam
being situated without a shelter.
Thus following, I saw my patron and master [Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa] sitting alone and deeply thinking, taking shelter on the bank of the river Sarasvatī although He is the shelter of the goddess of fortune.

Those who are in the renounced order of life often take shelter underneath a tree. The Lord was found by Uddhava in that condition of taking shelter as do persons who have no shelter. Because He is the proprietor of everything, everywhere is His shelter, and everywhere is under His shelter. The entire material and spiritual cosmic manifestation is sustained by Him, and therefore He is the shelter of everything. So there was nothing astonishing in His taking shelter in the way of the unsheltered who are in the renounced order of life.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Searching for my dear Lord, who has no abode, and who is the abode of Lakṣmī, I saw him alone, taking shelter of the bank of the Sarasvatī River. Kṛṣṇa is addressed as having no shelter because he is the shelter of all material and spiritual entities. Everything takes shelter of him.
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