श्रीभगवानुवाच नैवेच्छत्याशिष: क्वापि ब्रह्मर्षिर्मोक्षमप्युत । भक्तिं परां भगवति लब्धवान् पुरुषेऽव्यये ॥ ६ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca naivecchaty āśiṣaḥ kvāpi brahmarṣir mokṣam apy uta bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati labdhavān puruṣe ’vyaye
- śrī-bhagavān uvāca
- the powerful lord said
- na
- not
- eva
- indeed
- icchati
- desires
- āśiṣaḥ
- benedictions
- kva api
- in any realm
- brahma-ṛṣiḥ
- the saintly brāhmaṇa
- mokṣam
- liberation
- api uta
- even
- bhaktim
- devotional service
- parām
- transcendental
- bhagavati
- for the Supreme Lord
- labdhavān
- he has achieved
- puruṣe
- for the Personality of Godhead
- avyaye
- who is inexhaustible
Lord Śiva replied: Surely this saintly brāhmaṇa does not desire any benediction, not even liberation itself, for he has attained pure devotional service unto the inexhaustible Personality of Godhead.