त्रस्तोऽस्म्यहं कृपणवत्सल दु:सहोग्र- संसारचक्रकदनाद् ग्रसतां प्रणीत: । बद्ध: स्वकर्मभिरुशत्तम तेऽङ्घ्रिमूलं प्रीतोऽपवर्गशरणं ह्वयसे कदा नु ॥ १६ ॥
trasto ’smy aham krpana-vatsala duhsahogra- samsara-cakra-kadanad grasatam pranitah baddhah sva-karmabhir usattama te ’nghri-mulam prito ’pavarga-saranam hvayase kada nu
- trastah
- frightened
- asmi
- am
- aham
- I
- krpana-vatsala
- O my Lord, who are so kind to the fallen souls (who have no spiritual knowledge)
- duhsaha
- intolerable
- ugra
- ferocious
- samsara-cakra
- of the cycle of birth and death
- kadanat
- from such a miserable condition
- grasatam
- among other conditioned souls, who devour one another
- pranitah
- being thrown
- baddhah
- bound
- sva-karmabhih
- the course by the reactions of my own activities
- usattama
- O great insurmountable
- te
- Your
- anghri-mulam
- to the soles of the lotus feet
- pritah
- being pleased (with me)
- apavarga-saranam
- which are the shelter meant for liberation from this horrible condition of material existence
- hvayase
- You will call (me)
- kada
- when
- nu
- indeed
O most powerful, insurmountable Lord, who are kind to the fallen souls, I have been put into the association of demons as a result of my activities, and therefore I am very much afraid of my condition of life within this material world. When will that moment come when You will call me to the shelter of Your lotus feet, which are the ultimate goal for liberation from conditional life?