Verse Text
yathā vā –
asi śaśi-mukuṭādyair apy alabhyekṣaṇas tvaṁ
laghur aghahara kīṭād apy ahaṁ kūṭa-karmā |
iti visadṛśatāpi prārthane prārthayāmi
snapaya kṛpaṇa-bandho mām apāṅga-cchaṭābhiḥ ||103||
Translation
Another example: O slayer of Agha! Even Śiva cannot see You, but I am more insignificant than an insect and full of sinful acts. Though I am unqualified for prayer, I am still praying, O friend of the fallen, that You bathe me with your glance.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Though I am sinful and lower than an insect, and thus unqualified to pray, still I am praying. Prārthaye ’pi is sometimes seen instead of prārthayāmi.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
A devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa said, “When even Śaśiśekhara [Lord Śiva] is unable to see You, what chance is there for me, who am lower than an ordinary worm? I have only committed misdeeds. I know that I am not at all fit to offer my prayers to You, but because You are known as Dīnabandhu, the friend of the fallen, I humbly pray that You will kindly purify me by the beams of Your transcendental glance. If I become thoroughly bathed by Your merciful glance, then I may be saved. Therefore, my Lord, I am requesting You to please bestow upon me Your merciful glance.”