आचार्यं मां विजानीयान्नावमन्येत कर्हिचित् । न मर्त्यबुद्ध्यासूयेत सर्वदेवमयो गुरु: ॥ २७ ॥
ācāryaṁ māṁ vijānīyān navamanyeta karhicit na martya-buddhyāsūyeta sarva-deva-mayo guruḥ
- ācāryam
- the spiritual master
- mām
- Myself
- vijānīyāt
- one should know
- na avamanyeta
- one should never disrespect
- karhicit
- at any time
- na
- never
- martya-buddhyā
- with the idea of his being an ordinary man
- asūyeta
- one should be envious
- sarva-deva
- of all demigods
- mayaḥ
- representative
- guruḥ
- the spiritual master
One should know the ācārya as Myself and never disrespect him in any way. One should not envy him, thinking him an ordinary man, for he is the representative of all the demigods.