Devanagari
तं त्वाहं भवभीतानां प्रपन्नानां भयापहम् ।
आपृच्छे शापनिर्मुक्त: पादस्पर्शादमीवहन् ॥ १५ ॥
Verse text
taṁ tvāhaṁ bhava-bhītānāṁ
prapannānāṁ bhayāpaham
āpṛcche śāpa-nirmuktaḥ
pāda-sparśād amīva-han
Synonyms
tam
—
that same person
;
tvā
—
You
;
aham
—
I
;
bhava
—
of material existence
;
bhītānām
—
for those who are afraid
;
prapannānām
—
who are surrendered
;
bhaya
—
of fear
;
apaham
—
the remover
;
āpṛcche
—
I request permission
;
śāpa
—
from the curse
;
nirmuktaḥ
—
freed
;
pāda
—
sparśāt — by the touch of Your foot
;
amīva
—
of all distress
;
han
—
O destroyer .
Translation
My Lord, You destroy all fear for those who, fearing this material world, take shelter of You. By the touch of Your feet I am now freed from the curse of the sages. O destroyer of distress, please let me return to my planet.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
My Lord, You destroy all fear for those who, fearing this material world, take shelter of You. By the touch of Your feet I am now freed from the curse of the sages. O destroyer of distress, please let me return to my planet.
KB 10.34.15
“My dear Lord,” Vidyādhara continued, “now, since I think I have become freed from all kinds of sinful activities, I am asking Your permission to return to my abode, the heavenly planets.” This request indicates that persons who are attached to fruitive activities, desiring promotion to the comforts of higher planetary systems, cannot achieve their ultimate goal of life without the sanction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is also stated in the Bhagavad-gītā that the less intelligent want to achieve material benefits and therefore worship different kinds of demigods, but that they actually get the benedictions from the demigods through the permission of Lord Viṣṇu, or Kṛṣṇa. Demigods have no power to bestow material profit. Even if one is attached to material benedictions, he should worship Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and ask Him. Kṛṣṇa is completely able to give even material benedictions. There is a difference, however, between asking material benedictions from the demigods and asking them from Kṛṣṇa. Dhruva Mahārāja worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead for a material benediction, but when he actually achieved the favor of the Supreme Lord and saw Him, he was so satisfied that he refused to accept any material benediction. The intelligent person does not worship the demigods or ask favors from them; he directly becomes Kṛṣṇa conscious, and if he has any desire for material benefit, he asks Kṛṣṇa, not the demigods.
Vidyādhara, awaiting Kṛṣṇa’s permission to return to the heavenly planets, said, “Now, because I have been touched by Your lotus feet, I am relieved of all kinds of material pangs.
Purport
According to the
ācāryas,
the word
āpṛcche
indicates that Sudarśana humbly requested the Lord for permission to return to his abode, where he might take up his duties again, certainly in a chastened state of mind.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
I am praying for the order to go to my own abode (aprcche yace), o destroyer of suffering (amiva han).
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
“Why do you ask to return to your planet and not ask for liberation?” You destroy the fear of those who, because of fear of material life, surrender to you even in their minds. But by being touched by your foot I have attained the highest bhakti. Liberation is automatically achieved.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
I bid farewell (āpṛcche) to you (tvā), the greatest deliverer (tam). “Why do you ask permission to go to your planet? Why do you not ask for liberation?” You completely destroy the fear of those who are surrendered because they fear material existence. What then is the question of fear of material existence for us devotees who are by nature sāttvika. By serving you with music we attain happiness greater than liberation. I have no suffering or offense at all since I have been touched by your foot. You are the destroyer of all suffering at the root (amīva-han).