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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.3.17

శ్రీభగవానువాచ అహో బతాహమృషయో భవద్భ‍ిరవితథగీర్భిర్వరమసులభమభియాచితో యదముష్యాత్మజో మయా సద‍ృశో భూయాదితి మమాహమేవాభిరూప: కైవల్యాదథాపి బ్రహ్మవాదో న మృషా భవితుమర్హతి మమైవ హి ముఖం యద్ ద్విజదేవకులమ్ ॥ ౧౭ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
[shree-bhagavaan uvaacha]
aho batāham ṛṣayo bhavadbhir avitatha-gīrbhir varam asulabham abhiyācito yad amuṣyātmajo mayā sadṛśo bhūyād iti mamāham evābhirūpaḥ kaivalyād athāpi brahma-vādo na mṛṣā bhavitum arhati mamaiva hi mukhaṁ yad dvija-deva-kulam.
[aho bataaham rishayo bhavadbhir avitatha-geerbhir varam asulabham abhiyaachito yad amushyaatmajo mayaa sadrisho bhooyaad iti mamaaham evaabhiroopah kaivalyaad athaapi brahma-vaado na mrishaa bhavitum arhati mamaiva hi mukham yad dvija-deva-kulam.]
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said aho — alas bata — certainly I am pleased aham — I ṛṣayaḥ — O great sages bhavadbhiḥ — by you avitatha-gīrbhiḥ — whose words are all true varam — for a benediction asulabham — very difficult to achieve abhiyācitaḥ — have been requested yat — that amuṣya — of King Nābhi ātma-jaḥ — a son mayā sadṛśaḥ — like Me bhūyāt — there may be iti — thus mama — My aham — I eva — only abhirūpaḥ — equal kaivalyāt — because of being without a second athāpi — nevertheless brahma-vādaḥ — the words spoken by exalted brāhmaṇas na — not mṛṣā — false bhavitum — to become arhati — ought mama — My eva — certainly hi — because mukham — mouth yat — that dvija-deva-kulam — the class of pure brāhmaṇas..
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
aho batāham ṛṣayo bhavadbhir avitatha-gīrbhir varam asulabham abhiyācito yad amuṣyātmajo mayā sadṛśo bhūyād iti mamāham evābhirūpaḥ kaivalyād athāpi brahma-vādo na mṛṣā bhavitum arhati mamaiva hi mukhaṁ yad dvija-deva-kulam.
aho
alas
bata
certainly I am pleased
aham
I
ṛṣayaḥ
O great sages
bhavadbhiḥ
by you
avitatha-gīrbhiḥ
whose words are all true
varam
for a benediction
asulabham
very difficult to achieve
abhiyācitaḥ
have been requested
yat
that
amuṣya
of King Nābhi
ātma-jaḥ
a son
mayā sadṛśaḥ
like Me
bhūyāt
there may be
iti
thus
mama
My
aham
I
eva
only
abhirūpaḥ
equal
kaivalyāt
because of being without a second
athāpi
nevertheless
brahma-vādaḥ
the words spoken by exalted brāhmaṇas
na
not
mṛṣā
false
bhavitum
to become
arhati
ought
mama
My
eva
certainly
hi
because
mukham
mouth
yat
that
dvija-deva-kulam
the class of pure brāhmaṇas..
The Supreme Personality of Godhead replied: O great sages, I am certainly very pleased with your prayers. You are all truthful. You have prayed for the benediction of a son like Me for King Nābhi, but this is very difficult to obtain. Since I am the Supreme Person without a second and since no one is equal to Me, another personality like Me is not possible to find. In any case, because you are all qualified brāhmaṇas, your vibrations should not prove untrue. I consider the brāhmaṇas who are well qualified with brahminical qualities to be as good as My own mouth.

The word avitatha-gīrbhiḥ means “they whose spoken vibrations cannot be nullified.” The brāhmaṇas ( dvija, the twice-born), are given a chance by the śāstric regulations to become almost as powerful as the Supreme Lord. Whatever a brāhmaṇa speaks cannot be nullified or changed in any circumstance. According to the Vedic injunctions, a brāhmaṇa is the mouth of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; therefore in all rituals a brāhmaṇa is offered food ( brāhmaṇa-bhojana ) because when a brāhmaṇa eats, it is considered that the Supreme Lord Himself eats. Similarly, whatever a brāhmaṇa speaks cannot be changed. It must act. The learned sages who were priests at Mahārāja Nābhi’s sacrifice were not only brāhmaṇas but were so qualified that they were like devas, demigods, or God Himself. If this were not the case, how could they invite Lord Viṣṇu to come to the sacrificial arena? God is one, and God does not belong to this or that religion. In Kali-yuga, different religious sects consider their God to be different from the God of others, but that is not possible. God is one, and He is appreciated according to different angles of vision. In this verse the word kaivalyāt means that God has no competitor. There is only one God. In the Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad (6.8) it is said, na tat-samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate: “No one is found to be equal to Him or greater than Him.” That is the definition of God.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord said: O sages! I have been requested by you with words that must come true for a boon difficult to achieve—that King Nābhi have a son similar to me. Only I am similar to myself since I alone am the Lord. But the words of brāhmaṇas should not be false, since this group of exalted brāhmaṇas is my mouth. Avitatha-gīrbhiḥ means “by words which cannot be untrue.” Abhirūpaḥ means similar. I alone am similar to myself since I am the Lord and no one else is (kaivalyāt). This group of brāhmaṇas, who are like devatās among the brāhmaṇas, is my mouth.
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