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ŚB 10.84.62

Devanagari

अस्मास्वप्रतिकल्पेयं यत् कृताज्ञेषु सत्तमै: ।
मैत्र्यर्पिताफला चापि न निवर्तेत कर्हिचित् ॥ ६२ ॥

Text

asmāsv apratikalpeyaṁ
yat kṛtājñeṣu sattamaiḥ
maitry arpitāphalā cāpi
na nivarteta karhicit

Synonyms

asmāsu — to us; apratikalpā — incomparable; iyam — this; yat — since; kṛta-ajñeṣu — who are oblivious of the mercy that has been shown them; sat-tamaiḥ — by those who are most saintly; maitrī — friendship; arpitā — offered; aphalā — unreciprocated; ca api — even though; na nivarteta — it does not cease; karhicit — ever.

Translation

Indeed, the Supreme Lord must have created the bonds of affection, for such exalted saints as you have never stopped showing matchless friendship toward us ingrates, although it has never been properly reciprocated.