Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.2.17

carācara-guror viṣṇor

īśvarasyākhilātmanaḥ

dharma-trāṇāya sādhūnāḿ

janma karmāpanuttaye

SYNONYMS

cara-acara — of all moving and nonmoving living beings; guroḥ — of the spiritual master; viṣṇoḥ — the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu; īśvarasya — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; akhila — of all; ātmanaḥ — of the Supreme Soul; dharma-trāṇāya — for the protection of religion; sādhūnām — of saintly men; janma — the birth; karma — of their fruitive activities; apanuttaye — for the cessation.

TRANSLATION

Lord Viṣṇu — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all moving and nonmoving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all — takes birth to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly devotees from the reactions of material work.

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