Word meanings
- satatam
- always
- kīrtayantaḥ
- singing divine glories
- mām
- me
- yatantaḥ
- striving
- ca
- and
- dṛḍha-vratāḥ
- with great determination
- namasyantaḥ
- humbly bowing down
- ca
- and
- mām
- me
- bhaktyā
- loving devotion
- nitya-yuktāḥ
- constantly united
- upāsate
- worship
Translations
Always glorifying Me, striving, firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, they worship Me with steadfast devotion.
Always extolling Me, they are strenuous and firm in their vows, prostrating themselves before Me, and worshiping Me continually with concentrated devotion.
Always glorifying Me and striving, the men of firm vows worship Me by paying obeisance to Me and being ever endowed with devotion.
नित्य- (मेरेमें) युक्त मनुष्य दृढ़व्रती होकर लगनपूर्वक साधनमें लगे हुए और भक्तिपूर्वक कीर्तन करते हुए तथा नमस्कार करते हुये निरन्तर मेरी उपासना करते हैं।Commentary
These great souls sing My glory. They do Japa (repetition) of Pranava (Om). They study and recite the Upanishads. They hear the Srutis (the Vedas) from their spiritual preceptor, reflect and meditate on the attributeless Absolute (Nirguna Brahman). They cultivate the Sattvic virtues such as patience, mercy, cosmic love, tolerance, forbearance, truthfulness, purity, etc. They control the senses and steady the mind. They are firm in their vows of nonviolence, truthfulness and purity in thought, word and deed.
They worship Me with great faith and devotion as the inner Self hidden in their heart. As a neophyte cannot see God face to face, he will have to worship his Guru (spiritual preceptor) firt and regard him as God or Brahman Himself.