Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 7


Sanskrit:

यत्पादपद्ममकरन्दनिषेवणेनब्रह्मादय: शरणदाश्नुवते विभूती: ।कस्माद् वयं कुसृतय: खलयोनयस्तेदाक्षिण्यद‍ृष्टिपदवीं भवत: प्रणीता: ॥ ७ ॥

ITRANS:

yat-pāda-padma-makaranda-niṣevaṇenabrahmādayaḥ śaraṇadāśnuvate vibhūtīḥkasmād vayaṁ kusṛtayaḥ khala-yonayas tedākṣiṇya-dṛṣṭi-padavīṁ bhavataḥ praṇītāḥ

Translation:

O supreme shelter of everyone, great personalities like Brahmā enjoy their perfection simply by tasting the honey of rendering service at Your lotus feet. But as for us, who are all rogues and debauchees born of an envious family of demons, how have we received Your mercy? It has been possible only because Your mercy is causeless.

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