शरणं तं प्रपद्येऽहं य एव जगदीश्वर: । प्रजामात्मसमां मह्यं प्रयच्छत्विति चिन्तयन् ॥ २० ॥
saranam tam prapadye ’ham ya eva jagad-isvarah prajam atma-samam mahyam prayacchatv iti cintayan
- saranam
- taking shelter
- tam
- unto Him
- prapadye
- surrender
- aham
- I
- yah
- one who
- eva
- certainly
- jagat-isvarah
- master of the universe
- prajam
- son
- atma-samam
- like Himself
- mahyam
- unto me
- prayacchatu
- let Him give
- iti
- thus
- cintayan
- thinking.
He was thinking: May the Lord of the universe, of whom I have taken shelter, kindly he pleased to offer me a son exactly like Him.