अनाद्यविद्योपहतात्मसंविद-
स्तन्मूलसंसारपरिश्रमातुराः ।
यदृच्छयोपसृता यमाप्नुयु-
र्विमुक्तिदो नः परमो गुरुर्भवान् ॥
anādy-avidyopahatātma-saṁvidas
tan-mūla-saṁsāra-pariśramāturāḥ |
yadṛcchayopasṛtā yam āpnuyur
vimuktido naḥ paramo gurur bhavān ||
(Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: 8.24.46)
[Satyavrata Rāja to Matsya Avatāra:] “Those whose awareness of the ātmā [i.e., the self] has been covered by beginningless ignorance, who are [thus] suffering from the toil of saṁsāra, the root of which is this [i.e., this beginningless ignorance], and who have somehow [i.e., by the grace of a bhakta] become sheltered, can attain you, who are the giver of complete liberation and our supreme guru.”