वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते ऋते कैवल्यमद्य न: । एक एवेश्वरस्तस्य भगवान् विष्णुरव्यय: ॥ २० ॥
varaṁ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṁ te ṛte kaivalyam adya naḥ eka eveśvaras tasya bhagavān viṣṇur avyayaḥ
- varam
- a benediction
- vṛṇīṣva
- choose
- bhadram
- all good
- te
- unto you
- ṛte
- except
- kaivalyam
- liberation
- adya
- today
- naḥ
- from us
- ekaḥ
- one
- eva
- only
- īśvaraḥ
- capable
- tasya
- of that
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Lord
- viṣṇuḥ
- Śrī Viṣṇu
- avyayaḥ
- the inexhaustible
“All good fortune to you! Now please choose a benediction from us — anything but liberation, since only the infallible Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, can bestow that.”