अथापि यत्पादनखावसृष्टं जगद्विरिञ्चोपहृतार्हणाम्भ: । सेशं पुनात्यन्यतमो मुकुन्दात् को नाम लोके भगवत्पदार्थ: ॥ २१ ॥
athapi yat-pada-nakhavasrstam jagad virincopahrtarhanambhah sesam punaty anyatamo mukundat ko nama loke bhagavat-padarthah
- atha
- therefore
- api
- certainly
- yat
- whose
- pada-nakha
- nails of the feet
- avasrstam
- emanating
- jagat
- the whole universe
- virinca
- Brahmaji
- upahrta
- collected
- arhana
- worship
- ambhah
- water
- sa
- along with
- isam
- Lord Siva
- punati
- purifies
- anyatamah
- who else
- mukundat
- besides the Personality of Godhead, Sri Krsna
- kah
- who
- nama
- name
- loke
- within the world
- bhagavat
- Supreme Lord
- pada
- position
- arthah
- worth
Who can be worthy of the name of the Supreme Lord but the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna? Brahmaji collected the water emanating from the nails of His feet in order to award it to Lord Siva as a worshipful welcome. This very water (the Ganges) is purifying the whole universe, including Lord Siva.