Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 11.29.6

naivopayanty apacitim kavayas taveśa

brahmāyushāpi kritam riddha-mudah smarantah

yo 'ntar bahis tanu-bhritām aśubham vidhunvann

ācārya-caittya-vapushā sva-gatim vyanakti

SYNONYMS

na eva — not at all; upayanti — are able to express; apacitim — their gratitude; kavayah — learned devotees; tava — Your; īśa — O Lord; brahma-āyushā — with a lifetime equal to Lord Brahmā's; api — in spite of; kritam — magnanimous work; riddha — increased; mudah — joy; smarantah — remembering; yah — who; antah — within; bahih — outside; tanu-bhritām — of those who are embodied; aśubham — misfortune; vidhunvan — dissipating; ācārya — of the spiritual master; caittya — of the Supersoul; vapushā — by the forms; sva — own; gatim — path; vyanakti — shows.

TRANSLATION

O my Lord! Transcendental poets and experts in spiritual science could not fully express their indebtedness to You, even if they were endowed with the prolonged lifetime of Brahmā, for You appear in two features — externally as the ācārya and internally as the Supersoul — to deliver the embodied living being by directing him how to come to You.

PURPORT

According to Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī, Lord Krishna is ten million times more dear to a devotee than life itself. And according to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura, even by rendering devotional service for the total duration of one thousand universal creations, a devotee cannot repay the debt he feels to the Lord for having awarded him loving service to the Lord's lotus feet. The Lord appears within the heart as the Supersoul and externally both as the spiritual master and as His literary incarnation — the supreme Vedic knowledge of Bhagavad-gītā and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

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