SB 1.19.6

या वै लसच्छ्रीतुलसीविमिश्र कृष्णाङ्घ्रिरेण्वभ्यधिकाम्बुनेत्री ।
पुनाति लोकानुभयत्र सेशान्कस्तां न सेवेत मरिष्यमाणः ॥ ६ ॥
yā vai lasac-chrī-tulasī-vimiśra-
kṛṣṇāṅghri-reṇv-abhyadhikāmbu-netrī
punāti lokān ubhayatra seśān
kas tāṁ na seveta mariṣyamāṇaḥ

Synonyms

kaḥ — what person [ko vā pumān55]; mariṣyamāṇaḥ — on the verge of death [which includes everyone, since the time of death is undetermined for all (maraṇasyāniyata-kālatvāt sarvo’pi tathā)56]; na seveta — would not worship; tām — her [Gaṅgā Devī]; netrī — the conveyer [vāhinī]; ambu — [of] the sacred water; abhyadhika — [that] exceeds all in glory [(samadhigata-māhātmyābhyadhika); being preeminent among all (sarvotkṛṣṭam);57 or without any superior (svādhika-rahitam)58]; reṇu — [by contact with] the dust; kṛṣṇa-aṅghri — [of] Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s feet; vimiśra — mixed; tulasī — [with] tulasī leaves; lasat-śrī — of splendorous beauty [lasantī śrīr yasyāḥ]; yā — who; vai — indeed [indicating a celebrated fact (prasiddho’yam artha ity āha vā iti)59]; punāti — purifies; lokān — all worlds [(aśeṣān lokān);60 including all their inhabitants (janān)61]; ubhayatra — both within and without [(antar-bahiś ca); as well as above and below (ūrdhvādho’ntar-bahiś ca)62]; sa-īśān — along with their universal guardians [īśaiḥ loka-pālaiḥ sahitān].

Translation

What person on the verge of death would not worship Gaṅgā Devī—the conveyer of the sacred water that exceeds all in glory by contact with the dust of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s feet mixed with tulasī leaves of splendorous beauty—who indeed purifies all worlds both within and without along with their universal guardians?

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