सोऽहं तवाङ्घ्र्युपगतोऽस्म्यसतां दुरापं तच्चाप्यहं भवदनुग्रह ईश मन्ये । पुंसो भवेद् यर्हि संसरणापवर्ग- स्त्वय्यब्जनाभ सदुपासनया मति: स्यात् ॥ २८ ॥
so ’haṁ tavāṅghry-upagato ’smy asatāṁ durāpaṁ tac cāpy ahaṁ bhavad-anugraha īśa manye puṁso bhaved yarhi saṁsaraṇāpavargas tvayy abja-nābha sad-upāsanayā matiḥ syāt
- saḥ
- being such
- aham
- I
- tava
- Your
- aṅghri
- feet
- upagataḥ asmi
- am approaching
- asatām
- for those who are impure
- durāpam
- impossible to attain
- tat
- that
- ca
- and
- api
- also
- aham
- I
- bhavat
- Your
- anugrahaḥ
- mercy
- īśa
- O Lord
- manye
- think
- puṁsaḥ
- of a person
- bhavet
- occurs
- yarhi
- when
- saṁsaraṇa
- of his rotation in the cycle of material existence
- apavargaḥ
- the cessation
- tvayi
- of You
- abja
- like a lotus
- nābha
- O You whose navel
- sat
- of pure devotees
- upāsanayā
- by worship
- matiḥ
- consciousness
- syāt
- develops
Being thus fallen, I am approaching Your feet for shelter, O Lord, because although the impure can never attain Your feet, I think it is nevertheless possible by Your mercy. Only when one’s material life has ceased, O lotus-naveled Lord, can one develop consciousness of You by serving Your pure devotees.