श्रीभगवानुवाच वरं वृणीष्व न: कामं वरदेशा वयं त्रय: । अमोघं दर्शनं येषां मर्त्यो यद् विन्दतेऽमृतम् ॥ १९ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca varaṁ vṛṇīṣva naḥ kāmaṁ vara-deśā vayaṁ trayaḥ amoghaṁ darśanaṁ yeṣāṁ martyo yad vindate ’mṛtam
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- Lord Śiva said
- varam
- a benediction
- vṛṇīṣva
- please choose
- naḥ
- from us
- kāmam
- as desired
- vara-da
- of all givers of benedictions
- īśāḥ
- the controlling lords
- vayam
- we
- trayaḥ
- three (Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara)
- amogham
- never in vain
- darśanam
- the seeing
- yeṣām
- of whom
- martyaḥ
- a mortal being
- yat
- by which
- vindate
- achieves
- amṛtam
- immortality
Lord Śiva said: Please ask me for some benediction, since among all givers of benedictions, we three — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and I — are the best. Seeing us never goes in vain, because simply by seeing us a mortal achieves immortality.