SB 1.12.24

सर्वसद्गुणमाहात्म्ये एष कृष्णमनुव्रतः ।
रन्तिदेव इवोदारो ययातिरिव धार्मिकः ॥ २४ ॥
sarva-sad-guṇa-māhātmye eṣa kṛṣṇam anuvrataḥ
rantideva ivodāro yayātir iva dhārmikaḥ

Synonyms

māhātmye — in the nobility; sarva-sat-guṇa — [of being endowed] with all virtuous qualities [sarvaiḥ sad-guṇair yan māhātmyaṁ tasmin61]; eṣaḥ — he; anuvrataḥ — [will] follow; kṛṣṇam — Śrī Kṛṣṇa [meaning that his character will conform to His (śrī kṛṣṇa-tulyaḥ)62]; [he will be (eṣaḥ bhaviṣyati)63]; udāraḥ — munificent [having a giving nature that exceeds all limits (atyanta-dātṛ-svabhāvaḥ)64]; rantidevaḥ iva — like Rantideva; dhārmikaḥ — [and] devoted to dharma; yayātiḥ iva — like Yayāti.

Translation

In the nobility of being endowed with all virtuous qualities, he will follow Śrī Kṛṣṇa. He will be munificent like Rantideva and devoted to dharma like Yayāti.

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