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ŚB 10.51.20

Devanagari

वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते ऋते कैवल्यमद्य न: ।
एक एवेश्वरस्तस्य भगवान् विष्णुरव्यय: ॥ २० ॥

Text

varaṁ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṁ te
ṛte kaivalyam adya naḥ
eka eveśvaras tasya
bhagavān viṣṇur avyayaḥ

Synonyms

varam — a benediction; vṛṇīṣva — choose; bhadram — all good; te — unto you; ṛte — except; kaivalyam — liberation; adya — today; naḥ — from us; ekaḥ — one; eva — only; īśvaraḥ — capable; tasya — of that; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; viṣṇuḥ — Śrī Viṣṇu; avyayaḥ — the inexhaustible.

Translation

“All good fortune to you! Now please choose a benediction from us — anything but liberation, since only the infallible Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, can bestow that.”