Devanagari
चराचरगुरोर्विष्णोरीश्वरस्याखिलात्मन: ।
धर्मत्राणाय साधूनां जन्म कर्मापनुत्तये ॥ १७ ॥
Verse text
carācara-guror viṣṇor
īśvarasyākhilātmanaḥ
dharma-trāṇāya sādhūnāṁ
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.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Viṣṇu, the guru of all moving and nonmoving living beings and the Supreme Soul of all, takes birth to protect the principles of religion and to liberate his devotees.
The birth will take place for liberating the devotees (karmāpanuttaye).