वाराज्यं यच्छतो मौढ्यान्मानो मे भिक्षितो बत । ईश्वरात्क्षीणपुण्येन फलीकारानिवाधन: ॥ ३५ ॥
svarajyam yacchato maudhyan mano me bhiksito bata isvarat ksina-punyena phali-karan ivadhanah
- svarajyam
- His devotional service
- yacchatah
- from the Lord, who was willing to offer
- maudhyat
- by foolishness
- manah
- material prosperity
- me
- by me
- bhiksitah
- was asked for
- bata
- alas
- isvarat
- from a great emperor
- ksina
- reduced
- punyena
- whose pious activities
- phali-karan
- broken particles of husked rice
- iva
- like
- adhanah
- a poor man.
Because of my state of complete foolishness and paucity of pious activities, although the Lord offered me His personal service, I wanted material name, fame and prosperity. My case is just like that of the poor man who, when he satisfied a great emperor who wanted to give him anything he might ask, out of ignorance asked only a few broken grains of husked rice.