tatah sapta rsayas tat prabhavabhijna yam nanu tapasa atyantiki
siddhir etavati bhagavati sarvatmani vasudeve 'nuparata-bhakti-yoga-
labhenaivopeksitanyarthatma-gatayo muktim ivagatam mumuksava iva
sabahu-manam adyapi jata-jutair udvahanti.
tatah-thereafter; sapta rsayah-the seven great sages (beginning with Marici); tat prabhava-abhijnah-who knew very well the influence of the Ganges River; yam-this Ganges water; nanu-indeed; tapasah-of our austerities; atyantiki-the ultimate; siddhih-perfection; etavati-this much; bhagavati-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarva-atmani-in the all-pervading; vasudeve-Krsna; anuparata-continuous; bhakti-yoga-of the mystic process of devotional service; labhena-simply by achieving this platform; eva-certainly; upeksita-neglected; anya-other; artha-atma-gatayah-all other means of perfection (namely religion, economic development, sense gratification and liberation); muktim-liberation from material bondage; iva-like; agatam-obtained; mumuksavah-persons desiring liberation; iva-like; sa-bahu-manam-with great honor; adya api-even now; jata-jutaih-with matted locks of hair; udvahanti-they carry.