Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.18.12-14

yair idam tapasa srishtam

mukham pumsah parasya ye

dharyate yair iha jyotih

sivah panthah pradarsitah

yan vandanty upatishthante

loka-nathah suresvarah

bhagavan api visvatma

pavanah sri-niketanah

vayam tatrapi bhrigavah

sishyo 'sya nah pitasurah

asmad-dharyam dhritavati

sudro vedam ivasati

SYNONYMS

yaih -- by which persons; idam -- this entire universe; tapasa -- by austerity; srishtam -- 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; upatishthante -- 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; bhrigavah -- descendants of Bhrigu; sishyah -- disciple; asyah -- of her; nah -- our; pita -- father; asurah -- belong to the demoniac group; asmat-dharyam -- meant to be worn by us; dhritavati -- she has put on; sudrah -- a non-brahmana worker; vedam -- the Vedas; iva -- like; asati -- unchaste.

TRANSLATION

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 Bhrigu. 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.

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