Srimad Bhagavatam 10.85.45 - Srila Prabhupada Accepting Sannayas (download mp3)
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SB 10.85.45
tan nah prasida nirapeksa-vimrgya-yusmat
padaravinda-dhisananya-grhandha-kupat
niskramya visva-sarananghry-upalabdha-vrttih
santo yathaika uta sarva-sakhais carami
Translation:
Please be merciful to me so I may get out of the blind well of family life — my false home — and find the true shelter of Your lotus feet, which selfless sages always seek. Then, either alone or in the company of great saints, who are the friends of everyone, I may wander freely, finding life’s necessities at the feet of the universally charitable trees.
Purport:
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti states that in response to Bali’s prayers, Sri Krsna invited him to choose some benediction, and in this verse Bali submits his request. Bali begs to be relieved of the entanglement of material life so he will be free to leave home and wander in the wilderness, with only the Lord’s lotus feet as his shelter. For his subsistence, Bali proposes, he will take help from the forest trees, at whose feet are fruits to eat and leaves to sleep on, for all to use as needed. And if the Lord is especially merciful to him, Bali hopes, he will not have to wander alone but will be allowed to travel in the company of Lord Krsna’s devotees.
