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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.11.7

नमो ब्रह्मण्यदेवाय रामायाकुण्ठमेधसे । उत्तमश्लोकधुर्याय न्यस्तदण्डार्पिताङ्‌घ्रये ॥ ७ ॥
namo brahmaṇya-devāya
[namo brahmanya-devaaya]
rāmāyākuṇṭha-medhase
[raamaayaakuntha-medhase]
uttamaśloka-dhuryāya
[uttamashloka-dhuryaaya]
nyasta-daṇḍārpitāṅghraye
[nyasta-dandaarpitaanghraye]
Word-for-word
namaḥ — we offer our respectful obeisances brahmaṇya-devāya — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who accepts the brāhmaṇas as His worshipable deity rāmāya — unto Lord Rāmacandra akuṇṭha-medhase — whose memory and knowledge are never disturbed by anxiety uttamaśloka-dhuryāya — the best of very famous persons nyasta-daṇḍa-arpita-aṅghraye — whose lotus feet are worshiped by sages beyond the jurisdiction of punishment.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
namo brahmaṇya-devāya
namaḥ
we offer our respectful obeisances
brahmaṇya-devāya
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who accepts the brāhmaṇas as His worshipable deity
rāmāyākuṇṭha-medhase
rāmāya
unto Lord Rāmacandra
akuṇṭha-medhase
whose memory and knowledge are never disturbed by anxiety
uttamaśloka-dhuryāya
uttamaśloka-dhuryāya
the best of very famous persons
nyasta-daṇḍārpitāṅghraye
nyasta-daṇḍa-arpita-aṅghraye
whose lotus feet are worshiped by sages beyond the jurisdiction of punishment.
O Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who have accepted the brāhmaṇas as Your worshipable deity. Your knowledge and memory are never disturbed by anxiety. You are the chief of all famous persons within this world, and Your lotus feet are worshiped by sages who are beyond the jurisdiction of punishment. O Lord Rāmacandra, let us offer our respectful obeisances unto You.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
We offer our respects to you, Rāma, the most famous among the famous, who favor the brāhmaṇas, who possess eternal intelligence, and who offer your lotus feet to the non-violent devotees. Nyasta-daṇḍārpitāṅghraye means “unto the Lord whose feet are offered to the devotees who have given up violence.”
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Personal Guidance
Rāma is honored by brāhmaṇas as one who accepts them as His worshipable deity — even the Lord venerates the spiritually qualified. Mutual reverence between God and His pure devotees is the secret heart of bhakti.
Reflection Questions
  • Am I living in a way that the Lord could plausibly take as worshipable?
  • Whom in my life do I revere as the Lord might revere a brāhmaṇa?
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