🪷 ŚB 4.21.38

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Sanskrit

ब्रह्मण्यदेव: पुरुष: पुरातनो नित्यं हरिर्यच्चरणाभिवन्दनात् । अवाप लक्ष्मीमनपायिनीं यशो जगत्पवित्रं च महत्तमाग्रणी: ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

brahmaṇya-devaḥ puruṣaḥ purātano nityaṁ harir yac-caraṇābhivandanāt avāpa lakṣmīm anapāyinīṁ yaśo jagat-pavitraṁ ca mahattamāgraṇīḥ
Synonyms
brahmaṇya-devaḥ — the Lord of the brahminical culture; puruṣaḥ — the Supreme Personality; purātanaḥ — the oldest; nityam — eternal; hariḥ — the Personality of Godhead; yat — whose; caraṇa — lotus feet; abhivandanāt — by means of worshiping; avāpa — obtained; lakṣmīm — opulences; anapāyinīm — perpetually; yaśaḥ — reputation; jagat — universal; pavitram — purified; ca — also; mahat — great; tama — supreme; agraṇīḥ — foremost.

Translation

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the ancient, eternal Godhead, who is foremost amongst all great personalities, obtained the opulence of His staunch reputation, which purifies the entire universe, by worshiping the lotus feet of those brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas.

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