Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.17.5-6

vaktā kartāvitā nānyo

dharmasyācyuta te bhuvi

sabhāyām api vairiñcyām

yatra mūrti-dharāh kalāh

kartrāvitrā pravaktrā ca

bhavatā madhusūdana

tyakte mahī-tale deva

vinashtam kah pravakshyati

SYNONYMS

vaktā — speaker; kartā — creator; avitā — protector; na — not; anyah — any other; dharmasya — of supreme religious principles; acyuta — my dear Acyuta; te — than You; bhuvi — on the earth; sabhāyām — in the assembly; api — even; vairiñcyām — of Lord Brahmā; yatra — wherein; mūrti-dharāh — in the personified form; kalāh — the Vedas; kartrā — by the creator; avitrā — by the protector; pravaktrā — by the speaker; ca — also; bhavatā — by Your Lordship; madhusūdana — my dear Madhusūdana; tyakte — when it is abandoned; mahī-tale — the earth; deva — my dear Lord; vinashtam — those lost principles of religion; kah — who; pravakshyati — will speak.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord Acyuta, there is no speaker, creator and protector of supreme religious principles other than Your Lordship, either on the earth or even in the assembly of Lord Brahmā, where the personified Vedas reside. Thus, my dear Lord Madhusūdana, when You, who are the very creator, protector and speaker of spiritual knowledge, abandon the earth, who will again speak this lost knowledge?

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