भगवन् किमिदं जातं कर्म वो ब्रह्मवादिनाम् । विपर्ययमहो कष्टं मैवं स्याद् ब्रह्मविक्रिया ॥ १७ ॥
bhagavan kim idam jatam karma vo brahma-vadinam viparyayam aho kastam maivam syad brahma-vikriya
- bhagavan
- O my lord
- kim idam
- what is this
- jatam
- born
- karma
- fruitive activities
- vah
- of all of you
- brahma-vadinam
- of you, who are expert in chanting the Vedic mantras
- viparyayam
- deviation
- aho
- alas
- kastam
- painful
- ma evam syat
- thus it should not have been
- brahma-vikriya
- this opposite action of the Vedic mantras.
My lord, all of you are expert in chanting the Vedic mantras. How then has the result been opposite to the one desired? This is a matter for lamentation. There should not have been such a reversal of the results of the Vedic mantras.