अहो बत ममानात्म्यं मन्दभाग्यस्य पश्यत । भवच्छिद: पादमूलं गत्वायाचे यदन्तवत् ॥ ३१ ॥
aho bata mamanatmyam manda-bhagyasya pasyata bhava-cchidah pada-mulam gatva yace yad antavat
- aho
- oh
- bata
- alas
- mama
- my
- anatmyam
- bodily consciousness
- manda-bhagyasya
- of the unfortunate
- pasyata
- just see
- bhava
- material existence
- chidah
- of the Lord, who can cut off
- pada-mulam
- the lotus feet
- gatva
- having approached
- yace
- I prayed for
- yat
- that which
- anta-vat
- perishable.
Alas, just look at me! I am so unfortunate. I approached the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can immediately cut the chain of the repetition of birth and death, but still, out of my foolishness, I prayed for things which are perishable.