तव परि ये चरन्त्यखिलसत्त्वनिकेततया त उत पदाक्रमन्त्यविगणय्य शिरो निर्ऋतेः । परिवयसे पशूनिव गिरा विबुधानपि तां- स्त्वयि कृतसौहृदा: खलु पुनन्ति न ये विमुखा: ॥ २७ ॥
tava pari ye caranty akhila-sattva-niketatayā ta uta padākramanty avigaṇayya śiro nirṛteḥ parivayase paśūn iva girā vibudhān api tāṁs tvayi kṛta-sauhṛdāḥ khalu punanti na ye vimukhāḥ
- tava
- You
- pari ye caranti
- who worship
- akhila
- of all
- sattva
- created entities
- niketatayā
- as the shelter
- te
- they
- uta
- simply
- padā
- with their feet
- ākramanti
- step upon
- avigaṇayya
- disregarding
- śiraḥ
- the head
- nirṛteḥ
- of Death
- parivayase
- You tie up
- paśūn iva
- like animals
- girā
- with Your words (of the Vedas)
- vibudhān
- wise
- api
- even
- tān
- them
- tvayi
- to whom
- kṛta
- those who have made
- sauhṛdāḥ
- friendship
- khalu
- indeed
- punanti
- purify
- na
- not
- ye
- who
- vimukhāḥ
- inimical
The devotees who worship You as the shelter of all beings disregard Death and place their feet on his head. But with the words of the Vedas You bind the nondevotees like animals, though they be vastly learned scholars. It is Your affectionate devotees who can purify themselves and others, not those who are inimical to You.