कस्त्वत्पदाब्जं विजहाति पण्डितो यस्तेऽवमानव्ययमानकेतन: । विशङ्कयास्मद्गुरुरर्चति स्म यद् विनोपपत्तिं मनवश्चतुर्दश ॥ ६७ ॥
kas tvat-padabjam vijahati pandito yas te ’vamana-vyayamana-ketanah visankayasmad-gurur arcati sma yad vinopapattim manavas caturdasa
- kah
- who
- tvat
- Your
- pada-abjam
- lotus feet
- vijahati
- avoids
- panditah
- learned
- yah
- who
- te
- unto You
- avamana
- deriding
- vyayamana
- decreasing
- ketanah
- this body
- visankaya
- without any doubt
- asmat
- our
- guruh
- spiritual master, father
- arcati
- worships
- sma
- in the past
- yat
- that
- vina
- without
- upapattim
- agitation
- manavah
- the Manus
- catuh-dasa
- fourteen.
My dear Lord, any learned person knows that unless he worships You, his entire life is spoiled. Knowing this, how could he give up worshiping Your lotus feet? Even our father and spiritual master, Lord Brahma, unhesitatingly worshiped You, and the fourteen Manus followed in his footsteps.