श्रीराजोवाच अनाद्यविद्योपहतात्मसंविद- स्तन्मूलसंसारपरिश्रमातुरा: । यदृच्छयोपसृता यमाप्नुयु- र्विमुक्तिदो न: परमो गुरुर्भवान् ॥ ४६ ॥
sri-rajovaca anady-avidyopahatatma-samvidas tan-mula-samsara-parisramaturah yadrcchayopasrta yam apnuyur vimuktido nah paramo gurur bhavan
- sri-raja uvaca
- the King offered prayers as follows
- anadi
- from time immemorial
- avidya
- by ignorance
- upahata
- has been lost
- atma-samvidah
- knowledge about the self
- tat
- that is
- mula
- the root
- samsara
- material bondage
- parisrama
- full of miserable conditions and hard work
- aturah
- suffering
- yadrcchaya
- by the supreme will
- upasrtah
- being favored by the acarya
- yam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- apnuyuh
- can achieve
- vimukti-dah
- the process of liberation
- nah
- our
- paramah
- the supreme
- guruh
- spiritual master
- bhavan
- Your Lordship
The King said: By the grace of the Lord, those who have lost their self-knowledge since time immemorial, and who because of this ignorance are involved in a material, conditional life full of miseries, obtain the chance to meet the Lord’s devotee. I accept that Supreme Personality of Godhead as the supreme spiritual master.