जगज्जनन्यां जगदीश वैशसं स्यादेव यत्कर्मणि न: समीहितम् । करोषि फल्ग्वप्युरु दीनवत्सल: स्व एव धिष्ण्येऽभिरतस्य किं तया ॥ २८ ॥
jagaj-jananyam jagad-isa vaisasam syad eva yat-karmani nah samihitam karosi phalgv apy uru dina-vatsalah sva eva dhisnye ’bhiratasya kim taya
- jagat-jananyam
- in the mother of the universe (Laksmi)
- jagat-isa
- O Lord of the universe
- vaisasam
- anger
- syat
- may arise
- eva
- certainly
- yat-karmani
- in whose activity
- nah
- my
- samihitam
- desire
- karosi
- You consider
- phalgu
- insignificant service
- api
- even
- uru
- very great
- dina-vatsalah
- favorably inclined to the poor
- sve
- own
- eva
- certainly
- dhisnye
- in Your opulence
- abhiratasya
- of one who is fully satisfied
- kim
- what need is there
- taya
- with her
My dear Lord of the universe, the goddess of fortune, Laksmi, is the mother of the universe, and yet I think that she may be angry with me because of my intruding upon her service and acting on that very platform to which she is so much attached. Yet I am hopeful that even though there is some misunderstanding, You will take my part, for You are very much inclined to the poor and You always magnify even insignificant service unto You. Therefore even though she becomes angry, I think that there is no harm for You, because You are so self-sufficient that You can do without her.