भवभयमपहन्तुं ज्ञानविज्ञानसारं निगमकृदुपजह्रे भृङ्गवद् वेदसारम् । अमृतमुदधितश्चापाययद् भृत्यवर्गान् पुरुषमृषभमाद्यं कृष्णसंज्ञं नतोऽस्मि ॥ ४९ ॥
bhava-bhayam apahantuṁ jñāna-vijñāna-sāraṁ nigama-kṛd upajahre bhṛṅga-vad veda-sāram amṛtam udadhitaś cāpāyayad bhṛtya-vargān puruṣam ṛṣabham ādyaṁ kṛṣṇa-saṁjñaṁ nato ’smi
- bhava
- of material life
- bhayam
- the fear
- apahantum
- in order to take away
- jñāna-vijñāna
- of knowledge and self-realization
- sāram
- the essence
- nigama
- of the Vedas
- kṛt
- the author
- upajahre
- delivered
- bhṛṅga-vat
- like a bee
- veda-sāram
- the essential meaning of the Vedas
- amṛtam
- the nectar
- udadhitaḥ
- from the ocean
- ca
- and
- apāyayat
- made to drink
- bhṛtya-vargān
- His many devotees
- puruṣam
- to the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- ṛṣabham
- the greatest
- ādyam
- the first of all beings
- kṛṣṇa-saṁjñam
- named Lord Kṛṣṇa
- nataḥ
- bowed down
- asmi
- I am
I offer my obeisances to that Supreme Personality of Godhead, the original and greatest of all beings, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He is the author of the Vedas, and just to destroy His devotees’ fear of material existence, like a bee He has collected this nectarean essence of all knowledge and self-realization. Thus He has awarded to His many devotees this nectar from the ocean of bliss, and by His mercy they have drunk it.