Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 12.2.17

caracara-guror vishnor

isvarasyakhilatmanah

dharma-tranaya sadhunam

janma karmapanuttaye

SYNONYMS

cara-acara -- of all moving and nonmoving living beings; guroh -- of the spiritual master; vishnoh -- the Supreme Lord, Vishnu; isvarasya -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; akhila -- of all; atmanah -- of the Supreme Soul; dharma-tranaya -- for the protection of religion; sadhunam -- of saintly men; janma -- the birth; karma -- of their fruitive activities; apanuttaye -- for the cessation.

TRANSLATION

Lord Vishnu -- 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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