निष्किञ्चनो ननु भवान् न यतोऽस्ति किञ्चिद् यस्मै बलिं बलिभुजोऽपि हरन्त्यजाद्या: । न त्वा विदन्त्यसुतृपोऽन्तकमाढ्यतान्धा: प्रेष्ठो भवान् बलिभुजामपि तेऽपि तुभ्यम् ॥ ३७ ॥
niṣkiñcano nanu bhavān na yato ’sti kiñcid yasmai baliṁ bali-bhujo ’pi haranty ajādyāḥ na tvā vidanty asu-tṛpo ’ntakam āḍhyatāndhāḥ preṣṭho bhavān bali-bhujām api te ’pi tubhyam
- niṣkiñcanaḥ
- without possessions
- nanu
- indeed
- bhavān
- You
- na
- not
- yataḥ
- beyond whom
- asti
- there is
- kiñcit
- anything
- yasmai
- to whom
- balim
- tribute
- bali
- of tribute
- bhujaḥ
- the enjoyers
- api
- even
- haranti
- carry
- aja-ādyāḥ
- headed by Brahmā
- na
- not
- tvā
- You
- vidanti
- know
- asu-tṛpaḥ
- persons satisfied in the body
- antakam
- as death
- āḍhyatā
- by their status of wealth
- andhāḥ
- blinded
- preṣṭhaḥ
- the most dear
- bhavān
- You
- bali-bhujām
- for the great enjoyers of tribute
- api
- even
- te
- they
- api
- also
- tubhyam
- (are dear) to You
You possess nothing because there is nothing beyond You. Even the great enjoyers of tribute — Brahmā and other demigods — pay tribute to You. Those who are blinded by their wealth and absorbed in gratifying their senses do not recognize You in the form of death. But to the gods, the enjoyers of tribute, You are the most dear, as they are to You.