चराचरगुरोर्विष्णोरीश्वरस्याखिलात्मन: । धर्मत्राणाय साधूनां जन्म कर्मापनुत्तये ॥ १७ ॥
carācara-guror viṣṇor īśvarasyākhilātmanaḥ dharma-trāṇāya sādhūnāṁ janma karmāpanuttaye
- cara-acara
- of all moving and nonmoving living beings
- guroḥ
- of the spiritual master
- viṣṇoḥ
- the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu
- īśvarasya
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- akhila
- of all
- ātmanaḥ
- of the Supreme Soul
- dharma-trāṇāya
- for the protection of religion
- sādhūnām
- of saintly men
- janma
- the birth
- karma
- of their fruitive activities
- apanuttaye
- for the cessation
Lord Viṣṇu — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all moving and nonmoving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all — takes birth to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly devotees from the reactions of material work.