स तर्कयामास कुतो ममान्वभूत् गृहान्धकूपे पतितस्य सङ्गम: । य: सर्वतीर्थास्पदपादरेणुभि: कृष्णेन चास्यात्मनिकेतभूसुरै: ॥ ४२ ॥
sa tarkayām āsa kuto mamānv abhūt gṛhāndha-kūpe patitasya saṅgamaḥ yaḥ sarva-tīrthāspada-pāda-reṇubhiḥ kṛṣṇena cāsyātma-niketa-bhūsuraiḥ
- saḥ
- he
- tarkayām āsa
- tried to understand
- kutaḥ
- for what reason
- mama
- for me
- anu
- indeed
- abhūt
- has happened
- gṛha
- of home
- andha
- blind
- kūpe
- in the well
- patitasya
- fallen
- saṅgamaḥ
- association
- yaḥ
- which
- sarva
- of all
- tīrtha
- holy places
- āspada
- which is the shelter
- pāda
- of whose feet
- reṇubhiḥ
- the dust
- kṛṣṇena
- with Lord Kṛṣṇa
- ca
- also
- asya
- this
- ātma
- of Himself
- niketa
- who are the place of residence
- bhū-suraiḥ
- with the brāhmaṇas.
He wondered: How is it that I, fallen into the blind well of family life, have been able to meet Lord Kṛṣṇa? And how have I also been allowed to meet these great brāhmaṇas, who always carry the Lord within their hearts? Indeed, the dust of their feet is the shelter of all holy places.