स त्वं ममाप्यच्युत शीर्ष्णि वन्दितं कराम्बुजं यत्त्वदधायि सात्वताम् । बिभर्षि मां लक्ष्म वरेण्य मायया क ईश्वरस्येहितमूहितुं विभुरिति ॥ २३ ॥
sa tvam mamapy acyuta sirsni vanditam karambujam yat tvad-adhayi satvatam bibharsi mam laksma varenya mayaya ka isvarasyehitam uhitum vibhur iti
- sah
- that
- tvam
- You
- mama
- of me
- api
- also
- acyuta
- O infallible one
- sirsni
- on the head
- vanditam
- worshiped
- kara-ambujam
- Your lotus hand
- yat
- which
- tvat
- by You
- adhayi
- placed
- satvatam
- on the head of the devotees
- bibharsi
- You maintain
- mam
- me
- laksma
- as an insignia on Your chest
- varenya
- O worshipable one
- mayaya
- with deceit
- kah
- who
- isvarasya
- of the supremely powerful controller
- ihitam
- the desires
- uhitum
- to understand by reason and argument
- vibhuh
- is able
- iti
- thus
O infallible one, Your lotus palm is the source of all benediction. Therefore Your pure devotees worship it, and You very mercifully place Your hand on their heads. I wish that You may also place Your hand on My head, for although You already bear my insignia of golden streaks on Your chest, I regard this honor as merely a kind of false prestige for me. You show Your real mercy to Your devotees, not to me. Of course, You are the supreme absolute controller, and no one can understand Your motives.