The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Viṣṇusahasranāmastotram

Verse 224

यस्य देवे परा भक्तिर्यथा देवे तथा गुरौ ।तस्यैते कथिता ह्यर्थाः प्रकाशन्ते महात्मनः ॥

In plain words

Whoever holds supreme devotion for God — and holds the teacher exactly as he holds God — for that great soul, these meanings, once spoken, light up.

Close to the Sanskrit

Of whom there is supreme devotion toward God, and as toward God so toward the teacher — for him, that great-souled one, these meanings that have been declared do indeed shine forth.