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dasame dasamam laksyam
asritasraya-vigraham
sri-krsnakhyam param dhama
jagad-dhama namami tat
SYNONYMS
dasame—in the Tenth Canto; dasamam—the tenth subject matter; laksyam—to be seen; asrita—of the sheltered; asraya—of the shelter; vigraham—who is the form; sri-krsna-akhyam—known as Lord Sri Krsna; param—supreme; dhama—abode; jagat-dhama—the abode of the universes; namami—I offer my obeisances; tat—to Him " ’The Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam reveals the tenth object, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the shelter of all surrendered souls.
He is known as Sri Krsna, and He is the ultimate source of all the universes.
Let me offer my obeisances unto Him.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Bhavartha-dipika, Sridhara Svami’s commentary on Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.1.1).
In the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam there is a description of the asraya-tattva, Sri Krsna.
There are two tattvas-asraya-tattva and asrita-tattva.
Asraya-tattva is the objective, and asrita-tattva is the subjective.
Since the lotus feet of Lord Sri Krsna are the shelter of all devotees, Sri Krsna is called param dhama.
In Bhagavad-gita it is stated:
param brahma param dhama pavitram paramam bhavan.
Everything is resting under the lotus feet of Krsna.
In Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.14.58) it is stated:
samasrita ye pada-pallava-plavam
mahat-padam punya-yaso-murareh Under the lotus feet of Sri Krsna, the entire mahat-tattva is existing.
Since everything is under Sri Krsna’s protection, Sri Krsna is called asraya-tattva.
Everything else is called asrita-tattva.
The material creation is also called asrita-tattva.
Liberation from material bondage and the attainment of the spiritual platform are also asrita-tattva.
Krsna is the only asraya-tattva.
In the beginning of the creation there are Maha-Visnu, Garbhodakasayi Visnu and Ksirodakasayi Visnu.
They are also asraya-tattva.
Krsna is the cause of all causes (sarva-karana-karanam).
To understand Krsna perfectly, one has to make an analytical study of asraya-tattva and asrita-tattva.