त्वं हि ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठ: संस्कारान्कर्तुमर्हसि । बालयोरनयोर्नृणां जन्मना ब्राह्मणो गुरु: ॥ ६ ॥
tvaṁ hi brahma-vidāṁ śreṣṭhaḥ saṁskārān kartum arhasi bālayor anayor nṝṇāṁ janmanā brāhmaṇo guruḥ
- tvam
- Your Holiness
- hi
- indeed
- brahma-vidām
- of all brāhmaṇas, or persons who understand what is Brahman (brahma jānātīti brāhmaṇaḥ)
- śreṣṭhaḥ
- you are the best
- saṁskārān
- ceremonies performed for reformation (because by these reformatory activities one takes one’s second birth: saṁskārād bhaved dvijaḥ)
- kartum arhasi
- because you have kindly come here, kindly execute
- bālayoḥ
- of these two sons (Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma)
- anayoḥ
- of both of Them
- nṝṇām
- not only of Them, but of all human society
- janmanā
- as soon as he takes birth
- brāhmaṇaḥ
- immediately the brāhmaṇa becomes
- guruḥ
- the guide.*
My lord, you are the best of the brāhmaṇas, especially because you are fully aware of the jyotiḥ-śāstra, the astrological science. Therefore you are naturally the spiritual master of every human being. This being so, since you have kindly come to my house, kindly execute the reformatory activities for my two sons.