Devanagari
लोकानां लोकपालानां मद्भयं कल्पजीविनाम् ।
ब्रह्मणोऽपि भयं मत्तो द्विपरार्धपरायुष: ॥ ३० ॥
Verse text
lokānāṁ loka-pālānāṁ
mad bhayaṁ kalpa-jīvinām
brahmaṇo ’pi bhayaṁ matto
dvi-parārdha-parāyuṣaḥ
Synonyms
lokānām
—
in all the planetary systems
;
loka
—
pālānām — and for all the planetary leaders, such as the demigods
;
mat
—
of Me
;
bhayam
—
there is fear
;
kalpa
—
jīvinām — for those who live for a kalpa, or a day of Brahmā
;
brahmaṇaḥ
—
of Lord Brahmā
;
api
—
even
;
bhayam
—
there is fear
;
mattaḥ
—
from Me
;
dvi
—
parārdha — two parārdhas, totalling 311,040,000,000,000 years
;
para
—
supreme
;
āyuṣaḥ
—
whose duration of life .
Translation
In all the planetary systems, from the heavenly to the hellish, and for all of the great demigods who live for one thousand yuga cycles, there is fear of Me in My form of time. Even Brahmā, who possesses the supreme life span of 311,040,000,000,000 years, is also afraid of Me.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
All the planetary systems and all of the great devatās who live for one thousand yuga cycles fear me. Even Brahmā, who possesses the supreme life span of 311,040,000,000,000 years, is afraid of me.
Eternal existence of Svarga and other places, and of the protectors of those places, is rejected, even though they are said to be eternal in some scriptures just to satisfy materialistic persons according to the principle of tuṣyatu durjanaḥ: let the opponent be satisfied. Mad-bhayam means “they fear me.” Śruti says:
bhīṣā’smād vātaḥ pavate, bhīṣodeti sūryaḥ |
bhīṣā’smād agniś cendraś ca, mṛtyur dhāvati paṣcamaḥ ||
In fear of the Lord the wind blows, and the sun rises. Out of fear of the Lord, Agni, Indra and death flee. Taittīrya Upanisad 2.8.1
By nature’s evidence of the Lord’s existence, atheism is rejected.
Purport
There are many statements throughout Vedic literature proving that even the great demigods fear the time potency of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Even in the heavenly planets there is no relief from the miseries of material life. No conditioned soul can live eternally, as clearly demonstrated by the deaths of Hiraṇyakaśipu and other demons. Since even the demigods fear the time potency of the Personality of Godhead, one may easily conclude that Kṛṣṇa is the Absolute Truth and that He is eternally the supreme controller of everything and everyone. Lord Kṛṣṇa is the only real shelter.