मार्गन्ति यत्ते मुखपद्मनीडै- श्छन्द:सुपर्णैऋर्षयो विविक्ते । यस्याघमर्षोदसरिद्वराया: पदं पदं तीर्थपद: प्रपन्ना: ॥ ४१ ॥
marganti yat te mukha-padma-nidais chandah-suparnair rsayo vivikte yasyagha-marsoda-sarid-varayah padam padam tirtha-padah prapannah
- marganti
- searching after
- yat
- as
- te
- Your
- mukha-padma
- lotuslike face
- nidaih
- by those who have taken shelter of such a lotus flower
- chandah
- Vedic hymns
- suparnaih
- by the wings
- rsayah
- the sages
- vivikte
- in clear mind
- yasya
- whose
- agha-marsa-uda
- that which offers freedom from all reactions to sin
- sarit
- rivers
- varayah
- in the best
- padam padam
- in every step
- tirtha-padah
- one whose lotus feet are as good as a place of pilgrimage
- prapannah
- taking shelter
The lotus feet of the Lord are by themselves the shelter of all places of pilgrimage. The great clear-minded sages, carried by the wings of the Vedas, always search after the nest of Your lotuslike face. Some of them surrender to Your lotus feet at every step by taking shelter of the best of rivers (the Ganges), which can deliver one from all sinful reactions.