क: पण्डितस्त्वदपरं शरणं समीयाद् भक्तप्रियादृतगिर: सुहृद: कृतज्ञात् । सर्वान् ददाति सुहृदो भजतोऽभिकामा- नात्मानमप्युपचयापचयौ न यस्य ॥ २६ ॥
kaḥ paṇḍitas tvad aparaṁ śaraṇaṁ samīyād bhakta-priyād ṛta-giraḥ suhṛdaḥ kṛta-jñāt sarvān dadāti suhṛdo bhajato ’bhikāmān ātmānam apy upacayāpacayau na yasya
- kaḥ
- what
- paṇḍitaḥ
- scholar
- tvat
- other than You
- aparam
- to another
- śaraṇam
- for shelter
- samīyāt
- would go
- bhakta
- to Your devotees
- priyāt
- affectionate
- ṛta
- always true
- giraḥ
- whose words
- suhṛdaḥ
- the well-wisher
- kṛta-jñāt
- grateful
- sarvān
- all
- dadāti
- You give
- suhṛdaḥ
- to Your well-wishing devotees
- bhajataḥ
- who are engaged in worshiping You
- abhikāmān
- desires
- ātmānam
- Yourself
- api
- even
- upacaya
- increase
- apacayau
- or diminution
- na
- never
- yasya
- whose
What learned person would approach anyone but You for shelter, when You are the affectionate, grateful and truthful well-wisher of Your devotees? To those who worship You in sincere friendship You reward everything they desire, even Your own self, yet You never increase or diminish.