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तेषामहं समुद्धर्ता मृत्युसंसारसागरात्। भवामि नचिरात्पार्थ मय्यावेशितचेतसाम्।।

teṣām ahaṁ samuddhartā mṛtyu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt bhavāmi na cirāt pārtha mayy āveśita-cetasām

teṣām (for them) aham (I) samuddhartā (the deliverer) mṛtyu (death) saṁsāra (material existence) sāgarāt (from the ocean) bhavāmi (I become) na cirāt (without delay) pārtha (O son of Pṛthā) mayi (unto Me) āveśita (fixed) cetasām (of those whose minds).

...having fixed their minds upon Me, O son of Pritha—for them I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and death.

Kṛṣṇa gives a direct promise of salvation to His devotees. He calls the material world a ‘mṛtyu-saṁsāra-sāgara’—a terrifying ocean of birth and death. He promises that for those whose minds are fixed on Him, He personally becomes the ‘samuddhartā’ or the deliverer. He lifts them out of the water. While other yogīs try to swim across the ocean by their own strength, the devotee calls out to the Captain. Kṛṣṇa brings the boat of His grace and carries them across ‘na cirāt’—without delay. This shows that liberation is not just a result of our effort, but a response to our surrender. The devotee is safe under the Lord’s personal protection. This verse provides immense psychological security. We don’t have to be perfect or all-powerful to be saved. We just have to be sincere and focused on the Divine. Kṛṣṇa takes the responsibility for our ultimate welfare, ensuring that we are not lost in the waves of material existence.