क्वाहं रज:प्रभव ईश तमोऽधिकेऽस्मिन् जात: सुरेतरकुले क्व तवानुकम्पा । न ब्रह्मणो न तु भवस्य न वै रमाया यन्मेऽर्पित: शिरसि पद्मकर: प्रसाद: ॥ २६ ॥
kvaham rajah-prabhava isa tamo ’dhike ’smin jatah suretara-kule kva tavanukampa na brahmano na tu bhavasya na vai ramaya yan me ’rpitah sirasi padma-karah prasadah
- kva
- where
- aham
- I (am)
- rajah-prabhavah
- being born in a body full of passion
- isa
- O my Lord
- tamah
- the mode of ignorance
- adhike
- surpassing in
- asmin
- in this
- jatah
- born
- sura-itara-kule
- in a family of atheists or demons (who are subordinate to the devotees)
- kva
- where
- tava
- Your
- anukampa
- causeless mercy
- na
- not
- brahmanah
- of Lord Brahma
- na
- not
- tu
- but
- bhavasya
- of Lord Siva
- na
- nor
- vai
- even
- ramayah
- of the goddess of fortune
- yat
- which
- me
- of me
- arpitah
- offered
- sirasi
- on the head
- padma-karah
- lotus hand
- prasadah
- the symbol of mercy
O my Lord, O Supreme, because I was born in a family full of the hellish material qualities of passion and ignorance, what is my position? And what is to be said of Your causeless mercy, which was never offered even to Lord Brahma, Lord Siva or the goddess of fortune, Laksmi? You never put Your lotus hand upon their heads, but You have put it upon mine.