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Chapter 10: Prahlāda, the Best Among Exalted Devotees

Verse 29 of 65
SB 7.10.29

एतद्वपुस्ते भगवन्ध्यायतः परमात्मनः सर्वतो गोप्तृ सन्त्रासान्मृत्योरपि जिघांसतः

etad vapus te bhagavan dhyāyataḥ paramātmanaḥ sarvato goptṛ santrāsān mṛtyor api jighāṁsataḥ

Synonyms

etatthis; vapuḥbody; teYour; bhagavanO Supreme Personality of Godhead; dhyāyataḥthose who meditate upon; parama-ātmanaḥof the Supreme Person; sarvataḥfrom everywhere; goptṛthe protector; santrāsātfrom all kinds of fear; mṛtyoḥ apieven from fear of death; jighāṁsataḥif one is envied by an enemy..

Translation

My dear Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are the Supreme Soul. If one meditates upon Your transcendental body, You naturally protect him from all sources of fear, even the imminent danger of death.

Purport

Everyone is sure to die, for no one is excused from the hands of death, which is but a feature of the Supreme Personality of Godhead (mṛtyuḥ sarva-haraś cāham). When one becomes a devotee, however, he is not destined to die according to a limited duration of life. Everyone has a limited duration of life, but a devotee's lifetime can be extended by the mercy of the Supreme Lord, who is able to nullify the results of one's karma. Karmāṇi nirdahati kintu ca bhakti-bhājāṁ. This is the statement of Brahma-saṁhitā (5.54). A devotee is not under the laws of karma. Therefore even a devotee's scheduled death can be avoided by the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord. God protects the devotee even from the extreme danger of death.

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