SB 1.8.9

Synonyms

uttarā — Uttarā; uvāca — entreated [prārthayate²³]; [Śrī Kṛṣṇa]; mahā-yogin — O Supreme Yogī [You, who are supremely competent to protect me in every possible way (mama rakṣāyāṁ sarvathā tvaṁ samārtho’sīti sūcayantī sambodhayati)²⁴]; deva-deva — O God of gods [devānām api deva²⁵]; jagat-pate — O Master of the Cosmos [Guardian of the entire cosmos (nikhila-jagat-trātaḥ);²⁶ who thus assure the protection of Your devotees (sva-bhakta-rakṣā’vaśyakīti sūcayantī sambodhayati)²⁷]; pāhi pāhi — please protect me, protect me [rakṣa rakṣa²⁸]; yatra — [in this world (loke)] where; mṛtyuḥ — death; parasparam — is mutually related [(anyonyaṁ mṛtyur bhavati); where one death is followed by another, which is again followed by another, and so on (ekasya mṛtyur anyas tasya mṛtyur aparas tasyāpy anya ity evam);²⁹ where everyone other than You is under the grip of death (tvad-vyatirikteṣu mṛtyu-grastāḥ)³⁰]; na paśye — I cannot identify; abhayam — any source of fearlessness [(bhaya-rahitam); anyone by whose influence fear is rendered nonexistent (na vidyate bhayaṁ yasmāt), meaning one able to dispel fear completely (taṁ bhaya-nivartakam)³¹]; tvat-anyam — other than You.

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