ŚB 10.84.62
Devanagari
अस्मास्वप्रतिकल्पेयं यत् कृताज्ञेषु सत्तमै: ।
मैत्र्यर्पिताफला चापि न निवर्तेत कर्हिचित् ॥ ६२ ॥
मैत्र्यर्पिताफला चापि न निवर्तेत कर्हिचित् ॥ ६२ ॥
Verse text
asmāsv apratikalpeyaṁ
yat kṛtājñeṣu sattamaiḥ
maitry arpitāphalā cāpi
na nivarteta karhicit
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.