न कामयेऽन्यं तव पादसेवना- दकिञ्चनप्रार्थ्यतमाद्वरं विभो । आराध्य कस्त्वां ह्यपवर्गदं हरे वृणीत आर्यो वरमात्मबन्धनम् ॥ ५५ ॥
na kāmaye ’nyaṁ tava pāda-sevanād akiñcana-prārthyatamād varaṁ vibho ārādhya kas tvāṁ hy apavarga-daṁ hare vṛṇīta āryo varam ātma-bandhanam
- na kāmaye
- I do not desire
- anyam
- another
- tava
- Your
- pāda
- of the feet
- sevanāt
- than the service
- akiñcana
- by those who want nothing material
- prārthya-tamāt
- which is the favorite object of entreaty
- varam
- boon
- vibho
- O all-powerful one
- ārādhya
- worshiping
- kaḥ
- who
- tvām
- You
- hi
- indeed
- apavarga
- of liberation
- dam
- the bestower
- hare
- O Lord Hari
- vṛṇīta
- would choose
- āryaḥ
- a spiritually advanced person
- varam
- boon
- ātma
- his own
- bandhanam
- (cause of) bondage
O all-powerful one, I desire no boon other than service to Your lotus feet, the boon most eagerly sought by those free of material desire. O Hari, what enlightened person who worships You, the giver of liberation, would choose a boon that causes his own bondage?