The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Śrī gurvaṣṭakam (guru aṣṭakam)

Verse 4

विदेशेषु मान्यः स्वदेशेषु धन्यःसदाचारवृत्तेषु मत्तो न चान्यः ।मनश्चेन लग्नं गुरोरङ्घ्रिपद्मेततः किं ततः किं ततः किं ततः किम् ॥ 4 ॥

In plain words

Respected abroad, celebrated at home, and when it comes to good conduct, no one anywhere who can touch you. But if the mind has never settled at the guru's lotus feet — then what? Then what? Then what? Then what?

Close to the Sanskrit

Honored in foreign lands, fortunate in one's own lands, and among those established in right conduct there is no other than me — if the mind is not fixed on the lotus feet of the guru, then what of that? then what of that? then what of that? then what of that?