aham eva kvacid brahman
sannyāsāśramam āśritaḥ
hari-bhaktiṁ grāhayāmi
kalau pāpa-hatān narān

 aham - I; eva - certainly; kvacit - somewhere; brahman - O brāhmaṇa; sannyāsa-āśramam - the renounced order of life; āśritaḥ - taking recourse to; hari-bhaktim - devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; grāhayāmi - I shall give; kalau - in the Age of Kali; pāpa-hatān - sinful; narān - to men.


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“O learned brāhmaṇa, sometimes I accept the renounced order of life to induce the fallen people of the Age of Kali to accept devotional service to the Lord.”

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