hamse gurau mayi bhaktyanuvrtya
vitrsnaya dvandva-titiksaya ca
sarvatra jantor vyasanavagatya
jijnasaya tapaseha-nivrttya
mat-karmabhir mat-kathaya ca nityam
mad-deva-saṅgad guna-kirtanan me
nirvaira-samyopasamena putra
jihasaya deha-gehatma-buddheh
adhyatma-yogena vivikta-sevaya
pranendriyatmabhijayena sadhryak
sac-chraddhaya brahmacaryena sasvad
asampramadena yamena vacam
sarvatra mad-bhava-vicaksanena
jnanena vijnana-virajitena
yogena dhrty-udyama-sattva-yukto
liṅgam vyapohet kusalo 'ham-akhyam
hamse-who is a paramahamsa, or the most exalted, spiritually advanced person; gurau-to the spiritual master; mayi-unto Me, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhaktya-by devotional service; anuvrtya-by following; vitrsnaya-by detachment from sense gratification; dvandva-of the dualities of the material world; titiksaya-by tolerance; ca-also; sarvatra-everywhere; jantoh-of the living entity; vyasana-the miserable condition of life; avagatya-by realizing; jijnasaya-by inquiring about the truth; tapasa-by practicing austerities and penances; iha-nivrttya-by giving up the endeavor for sense enjoyment; mat-karmabhih-by working for Me; mat-kathaya-by hearing topics about Me; ca-also; nityam-always; mat-deva-saṅgat-by association with My devotees; guna-kirtanat me-by chanting and glorifying My transcendental qualities; nirvaira-being without enmity; samya-seeing everyone equally by spiritual understanding; upasamena-by subduing anger, lamentation and so on; putrah-O sons; jihasaya-by desiring to give up; deha-with the body; geha-with the home; atma-buddheh-identification of the self; adhyatma-yogena-by study of the revealed scriptures; vivikta-sevaya-by living in a solitary place; prana-the life air; indriya-the senses; atma-the mind; abhijayena-by controlling; sadhryak-completely; sat-sraddhaya-by developing faith in the scriptures; brahmacaryena-by observing celibacy; sasvat-always; asampramadena-by not being bewildered; yamena-by restraint; vacam-of words; sarvatra-everywhere; mat-bhava-thinking of Me; vicaksanena-by observing; jnanena-by development of knowledge; vijnana-by practical application of knowledge; virajitena-illumined; yogena-by practice of bhakti-yoga; dhrti-patience; udyama-enthusiasm; sattva-discretion; yuktah-endowed with; liṅgam-the cause of material bondage; vyapohet-one can give up; kusalah-in full auspiciousness; aham-akhyam-false ego, false identification with the material world.