ब्रह्मदण्डाद्विमुक्तोऽहं सद्यस्तेऽच्युत दर्शनात् । यन्नाम गृह्णन्नखिलान् श्रोतृनात्मानमेव च । सद्य: पुनाति किं भूयस्तस्य स्पृष्ट: पदा हि ते ॥ १७ ॥
brahma-daṇḍād vimukto ’haṁ sadyas te ’cyuta darśanāt yan-nāma gṛhṇann akhilān śrotṝn ātmānam eva ca sadyaḥ punāti kiṁ bhūyas tasya spṛṣṭaḥ padā hi te
- brahma
- of the brāhmaṇas
- daṇḍāt
- from the punishment
- vimuktaḥ
- freed
- aham
- I am
- sadyaḥ
- immediately
- te
- You
- acyuta
- O infallible Lord
- darśanāt
- by seeing
- yat
- whose
- nāma
- name
- gṛhṇan
- chanting
- akhilān
- all
- śrotṝn
- hearers
- ātmānam
- oneself
- eva
- indeed
- ca
- also
- sadyaḥ
- immediately
- punāti
- purifies
- kim bhūyaḥ
- what more, then
- tasya
- His
- spṛṣṭaḥ
- touched
- padā
- by the foot
- hi
- indeed
- te
- Your
O infallible one, I was immediately freed from the brāhmaṇas’ punishment simply by seeing You. Anyone who chants Your name purifies all who hear his chanting, as well as himself. How much more beneficial, then, is the touch of Your lotus feet?