तपस्विनो दानपरा यशस्विनो मनस्विनो मन्त्रविद: सुमङ्गला: । क्षेमं न विन्दन्ति विना यदर्पणं तस्मै सुभद्रश्रवसे नमो नम: ॥ १७ ॥
tapasvino dana-para yasasvino manasvino mantra-vidah sumangalah ksemam na vindanti vina yad-arpanam tasmai subhadra-sravase namo namah
- tapasvinah
- the great learned sages
- dana-parah
- the great performer of charity
- yasasvinah
- the great worker of distinction
- manasvinah
- the great philosophers or mystics
- mantra-vidah
- the great chanter of the Vedic hymns
- su-mangalah
- strict followers of Vedic principles
- ksemam
- fruitful result
- na
- never
- vindanti
- attain
- vina
- without
- yat-arpanam
- dedication
- tasmai
- unto Him
- subhadra
- auspicious
- sravase
- hearing about Him
- namah
- my obeisances
- namah
- again and again
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto the all-auspicious Lord Sri Krsna again and again because the great learned sages, the great performers of charity, the great workers of distinction, the great philosophers and mystics, the great chanters of the Vedic hymns and the great followers of Vedic principles cannot achieve any fruitful result without dedication of such great qualities to the service of the Lord.