वासुदेवे भगवति तद्भक्तेषु च साधुषु । प्राप्तो भावं परं विश्वं येनेदं लोष्ट्रवत् स्मृतम् ॥ १७ ॥
vasudeve bhagavati tad-bhaktesu ca sadhusu prapto bhavam param visvam yenedam lostravat smrtam
- vasudeve
- unto the all-pervading Supreme Personality
- bhagavati
- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- tat-bhaktesu
- unto His devotees
- ca
- also
- sadhusu
- unto the saintly persons
- praptah
- one who has achieved
- bhavam
- reverence and devotion
- param
- transcendental
- visvam
- the whole material universe
- yena
- by which (spiritual consciousness)
- idam
- this
- lostra-vat
- as insignificant as a piece of stone
- smrtam
- is accepted (by such devotees)
Maharaja Ambarisa was a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vasudeva, and of the saintly persons who are the Lord’s devotees. Because of this devotion, he thought of the entire universe as being as insignificant as a piece of stone.