श्रीभगवानुवाच अहो बताहमृषयो भवद्भिरवितथगीर्भिर्वरमसुलभमभियाचितो यदमुष्यात्मजो मया सदृशो भूयादिति ममाहमेवाभिरूप: कैवल्यादथापि ब्रह्मवादो न मृषा भवितुमर्हति ममैव हि मुखं यद् द्विजदेवकुलम् ॥ १७ ॥
sri-bhagavan uvaca aho bataham rsayo bhavadbhir avitatha-girbhir varam asulabham abhiyacito yad amusyatmajo maya sadrso bhuyad iti mamaham evabhirupah kaivalyad athapi brahma-vado na mrsa bhavitum arhati mamaiva hi mukham yad dvija-deva-kulam.
- sri-bhagavan uvaca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- aho
- alas
- bata
- certainly I am pleased
- aham
- I
- rsayah
- O great sages
- bhavadbhih
- by you
- avitatha-girbhih
- whose words are all true
- varam
- for a benediction
- asulabham
- very difficult to achieve
- abhiyacitah
- have been requested
- yat
- that
- amusya
- of King Nabhi
- atma-jah
- a son
- maya sadrsah
- like Me
- bhuyat
- there may be
- iti
- thus
- mama
- My
- aham
- I
- eva
- only
- abhirupah
- equal
- kaivalyat
- because of being without a second
- athapi
- nevertheless
- brahma-vadah
- the words spoken by exalted brahmanas
- na
- not
- mrsa
- false
- bhavitum
- to become
- arhati
- ought
- mama
- My
- eva
- certainly
- hi
- because
- mukham
- mouth
- yat
- that
- dvija-deva-kulam
- the class of pure brahmanas.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead replied: O great sages, I am certainly very pleased with your prayers. You are all truthful. You have prayed for the benediction of a son like Me for King Nabhi, but this is very difficult to obtain. Since I am the Supreme Person without a second and since no one is equal to Me, another personality like Me is not possible to find. In any case, because you are all qualified brahmanas, your vibrations should not prove untrue. I consider the brahmanas who are well qualified with brahminical qualities to be as good as My own mouth.