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Kṛṣṇa Is the Ultimate Resort of All

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   This prayer from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam calls Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa jana-nivāsa, the ultimate resort of all living entities. He is also Devakī-nandana or Yaśodā-nandana, the son of Devakī and Yaśodā.

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   He guides the Yadu dynasty and with His mighty arms kills everything inauspicious and every impious man. His presence destroys inauspiciousness for all living entities, moving and inert.

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   His blissful smiling face always increases the lusty desires of the gopīs of Vṛndāvana. The prayer wishes Him all glory and happiness.

1. jayatieternally lives gloriously
2. jana-nivāsaḥHe who lives among human beings like the members of the Yadu dynasty and is the ultimate resort of all living entities
3. devakī-janma-vādaḥknown as the son of Devakī (No one can actually become the father or mother of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore devakī-janma-vāda means that He is known as the son of Devakī. Similarly, He is also known as the son of mother Yaśodā, Vasudeva or Nanda Mahārāja.)
4. yadu-vara-pariṣatserved by the members of the Yadu dynasty or the cowherd men of Vṛndāvana (all of whom are constant associates of the Supreme Lord and are the Lord’s eternal servants)
5. svaiḥ dorbhiḥby His own arms, or by His devotees like Arjuna, who are just like His own arms
6. asyankilling
7. adharmamdemons or the impious
8. sthira-cara-vṛjina-ghnaḥthe destroyer of all the ill fortune of all living entities, moving and not moving