Verse Text
bhaktiḥ, yathā –
śaṁsan dhurjaṭi-nirjayādi-virudaṁ bāṣpāvaruddhākṣaraṁ
śaṅkā-paṣka-lavaṁ madād agaṇayan kālāgni-rudrād api |
tvayy evārpita-buddhir uddhava-mukhas tvat-pārṣadānāṁ gaṇo
dvāri dvāravatī-purasya purataḥ sevotsukas tiṣṭhati ||34||
Translation
Their bhakti: Your pāriṣadas headed by Uddhava, with their intelligence offered to You, constantly uttering glorification of Your victory over Śiva, with words choked up by tears, and with great confidence showing not even a spot of fear from Rudra with his fire of devastation, are standing at the gate of Dvārakā, eager to do service.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
This is the statement of some devotee speaking to Kṛṣṇa when He had gone to Indraprastha. Śaṁsan means “praising.” The pāriṣadas in Dvārakā do not have even slightest contamination of fear caused by the disturbance of the fire of final destruction. Or, they not consider the slight fear they have from Rudra’s fire of destruction. There can be a connection between the compound śaṅkā-paṣka-lavam (a speck of fear) with kālāgni-rudrād (from Rudra’s fire of destruction), according to the rule samastasyāsamastena nityāpekṣeṇa saṅgati: a word inside a compound can be considered connected with a word outside the compound if their meanings are unavoidably connected by a semantic expectation. (Harināmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa 6.104)
Thus, these devotees of the Lord do not have even a speck of fear from Rudra with his fire of destruction, because of confidence in the greatness of the Lord’s protection (madāt). Having taken shelter of the Lord, they should not have even a shadow of fear. The meaning is that they do not give much regard for Rudra and the fire of destruction. The superiority of the pāriṣadas over the adhikṛtas such as Śiva is here shown. Out of great longing, they stand at the outermost door of Dvārakā, waiting for their Lord.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
When Kṛṣṇa was in the capital Indraprastha, someone addressed Him thus: “My dear Lord, Your personal associates, headed by Uddhava, are always awaiting Your order by standing at the entrance gate of Dvārakā. They are mostly looking on with tears in their eyes, and in the enthusiasm of their service they are not afraid even of the devastating fire generated by Lord Śiva. They are souls simply surrendered unto Your lotus feet.”