tuá¹£á¹o 'haá¹ bho dvija-Å›reá¹£á¹hÄḥ
satyÄḥ santu manorathÄḥ
chandÄá¹sy ayÄta-yÄmÄni
bhavantv iha paratra ca
tuá¹£á¹aḥ - satisfied; aham - I am; bho - my dear ones; dvija - of brÄhmaṇas; Å›reá¹£á¹hÄḥ - O best; satyÄḥ - fulfilled; santu - may they be; manaḥ-rathÄḥ - your desires; chandÄá¹si - Vedic mantras; ayÄta-yÄmÄni - never growing old; bhavantu - may they be; iha - in this world; paratra - in the next world; ca - and.
You boys are first-class brÄhmaṇas, and I am satisfied with you. May all your desires be fulfilled, and may the Vedic mantras you have learned never lose their meaning for you, in this world or the next.
Cooked food left sitting for three hours is called yÄta-yÄma, indicating that it has lost its taste, and similarly if a devotee does not remain fixed in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the transcendental knowledge that once inspired him on the spiritual path will lose its “taste,†or meaning, for him. Thus SÄndÄ«pani Muni blesses his disciples that the Vedic mantras, which reveal the Absolute Truth, will never lose their meaning for them but will remain ever fresh in their minds.
