यैरिदं तपसा सृष्टं मुखं पुंस: परस्य ये । धार्यते यैरिह ज्योति: शिव: पन्था: प्रदर्शित: ॥ १२ ॥ यान् वन्दन्त्युपतिष्ठन्ते लोकनाथा: सुरेश्वरा: । भगवानपि विश्वात्मा पावन: श्रीनिकेतन: ॥ १३ ॥ वयं तत्रापि भृगव: शिष्योऽस्या न: पितासुर: । अस्मद्धार्यं धृतवती शूद्रो वेदमिवासती ॥ १४ ॥
yair idam tapasa srstam mukham pumsah parasya ye dharyate yair iha jyotih sivah panthah pradarsitah yan vandanty upatisthante loka-nathah suresvarah bhagavan api visvatma pavanah sri-niketanah vayam tatrapi bhrgavah sisyo ’sya nah pitasurah asmad-dharyam dhrtavati sudro vedam ivasati
- yaih
- by which persons
- idam
- this entire universe
- tapasa
- by austerity
- srstam
- was created
- mukham
- the face
- pumsah
- of the Supreme Person
- parasya
- transcendental
- ye
- those who (are)
- dharyate
- is always born
- yaih
- by which persons
- iha
- here
- jyotih
- the brahmajyoti, the effulgence of the Supreme Lord
- sivah
- auspicious
- panthah
- way
- pradarsitah
- is directed
- yan
- to whom
- vandanti
- offer prayers
- upatisthante
- honor and follow
- loka-nathah
- the directors of the various planets
- sura-isvarah
- the demigods
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- api
- even
- visva-atma
- the Supersoul
- pavanah
- the purifier
- sri-niketanah
- the husband of the goddess of fortune
- vayam
- we (are)
- tatra api
- even greater than other brahmanas
- bhrgavah
- descendants of Bhrgu
- sisyah
- disciple
- asyah
- of her
- nah
- our
- pita
- father
- asurah
- belong to the demoniac group
- asmat-dharyam
- meant to be worn by us
- dhrtavati
- she has put on
- sudrah
- a non-brahmana worker
- vedam
- the Vedas
- iva
- like
- asati
- unchaste
We are among the qualified brahmanas, who are accepted as the face of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The brahmanas have created the entire universe by their austerity, and they always keep the Absolute Truth within the core of their hearts. They have directed the path of good fortune, the path of Vedic civilization, and because they are the only worshipable objects within this world, they are offered prayers and worshiped even by the great demigods, the directors of the various planets, and even by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Supersoul, the supreme purifier, the husband of the goddess of fortune. And we are even more respectable because we are in the dynasty of Bhrgu. Yet although this woman’s father, being among the demons, is our disciple, she has put on my dress, exactly like a sudra taking charge of Vedic knowledge.