Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Texts 11.17.5-6
Who is speaking and story frame
वक्ता कर्ताविता नान्यो धर्मस्याच्युत ते भुवि ।
सभायामपि वैरिञ्च्यां यत्र मूर्तिधरा: कला: ॥ ५ ॥
कर्त्रावित्रा प्रवक्त्रा च भवता मधुसूदन ।
त्यक्ते महीतले देव विनष्टं क: प्रवक्ष्यति ॥ ६ ॥
vaktā kartāvitā nānyo
dharmasyācyuta te bhuvi
sabhāyām api vairiñcyāṁ
yatra mūrti-dharāḥ kalāḥ
kartrāvitrā pravaktrā ca
bhavatā madhusūdana
tyakte mahī-tale deva
vinaṣṭaṁ kaḥ pravakṣyati
My dear Lord Acyuta, there is no speaker, creator and protector of supreme religious principles other than Your Lordship, either on the earth or even in the assembly of Lord Brahmā, where the personified Vedas reside. Thus, my dear Lord Madhusūdana, when You, who are the very creator, protector and speaker of spiritual knowledge, abandon the earth, who will again speak this lost knowledge?
Read this verse on Vedabase.ioThis verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.