SB 12.2.17
Devanāgarī
चराचरगुरोर्विष्णोरीश्वरस्याखिलात्मन: । धर्मत्राणाय साधूनां जन्म कर्मापनुत्तये ॥ १७ ॥
Text
carācara-guror viṣṇor īśvarasyākhilātmanaḥ dharma-trāṇāya sādhūnāṁ janma karmāpanuttaye
Synonyms
cara-acara—of all moving and nonmoving living beings;guroḥ—of the spiritual master;viṣṇoḥ—the Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu;īśvarasya—the Supreme Personality of Godhead;akhila—of all;ātmanaḥ—of the Supreme Soul;dharma-trāṇāya—for the protection of religion;sādhūnām—of saintly men;janma—the birth;karma—of their fruitive activities;apanuttaye—for the cessation.
Translation
Lord Viṣṇu — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the spiritual master of all moving and nonmoving living beings, and the Supreme Soul of all — takes birth to protect the principles of religion and to relieve His saintly devotees from the reactions of material work.