यस्याङ्घ्रिपङ्कजरज:स्नपनं महान्तो वाञ्छन्त्युमापतिरिवात्मतमोऽपहत्यै । यर्ह्यम्बुजाक्ष न लभेय भवत्प्रसादं जह्यामसून्व्रतकृशान् शतजन्मभि: स्यात् ॥ ४३ ॥
yasyāṅghri-paṅkaja-rajaḥ-snapanaṁ mahānto vāñchanty umā-patir ivātma-tamo-’pahatyai yarhy ambujākṣa na labheya bhavat-prasādaṁ jahyām asūn vrata-kṛśān śata-janmabhiḥ syāt
- yasya
- whose
- aṅghri
- of the feet
- paṅkaja
- lotus
- rajaḥ
- with the dust
- snapanam
- bathing
- mahāntaḥ
- great souls
- vāñchanti
- hanker after
- umā-patiḥ
- Lord Śiva, husband of Goddess Umā
- iva
- just as
- ātma
- their own
- tamaḥ
- of the ignorance
- apahatyai
- to vanquish
- yarhi
- when
- ambuja-akṣa
- O lotus-eyed one
- na labheya
- I cannot obtain
- bhavat
- Your
- prasādam
- mercy
- jahyām
- I should give up
- asūn
- my life airs
- vrata
- by austere penances
- kṛśān
- weakened
- śata
- hundreds
- janmabhiḥ
- after lifetimes
- syāt
- it may be
O lotus-eyed one, great souls like Lord Śiva hanker to bathe in the dust of Your lotus feet and thereby destroy their ignorance. If I cannot obtain Your mercy, I shall simply give up my vital force, which will have become weak from the severe penances I will perform. Then, after hundreds of lifetimes of endeavor, I may obtain Your mercy.