नारायणपरा विप्रा धर्मं गुह्यं परं विदु: । करुणा: साधव: शान्तास्त्वद्विधा न तथापरे ॥ ४ ॥
narayana-para vipra dharmam guhyam param viduh karunah sadhavah santas tvad-vidha na tathapare
- narayana-parah
- those who are always devoted to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana
- viprah
- the best of the brahmanas
- dharmam
- religious principle
- guhyam
- the most confidential
- param
- supreme
- viduh
- know
- karunah
- such persons are very merciful (being devotees)
- sadhavah
- whose behavior is very exalted
- santah
- peaceful
- tvat-vidhah
- like Your Honor
- na
- not
- tatha
- so
- apare
- others (followers of methods other than devotional service)
No one is superior to you in peaceful life and mercy, and no one knows better than you how to execute devotional service or how to become the best of the brahmanas. Therefore, you know all the principles of confidential religious life, and no one knows them better than you.