Devanagari
श्रीभगवानुवाच
नैवेच्छत्याशिष: क्वापि ब्रह्मर्षिर्मोक्षमप्युत ।
भक्तिं परां भगवति लब्धवान् पुरुषेऽव्यये ॥ ६ ॥
Verse text
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
naivecchaty āśiṣaḥ kvāpi
brahmarṣir mokṣam apy uta
bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati
labdhavān puruṣe ’vyaye
Synonyms
śrī
—
bhagavān uvāca — the powerful lord said
;
na
—
not
;
eva
—
indeed
;
icchati
—
desires
;
āśiṣaḥ
—
benedictions
;
kva api
—
in any realm
;
brahma
—
ṛṣiḥ — the saintly brāhmaṇa
;
mokṣam
—
liberation
;
api uta
—
even
;
bhaktim
—
devotional service
;
parām
—
transcendental
;
bhagavati
—
for the Supreme Lord
;
labdhavān
—
he has achieved
;
puruṣe
—
for the Personality of Godhead
;
avyaye
—
who is inexhaustible .
Translation
Lord Śiva replied: Surely this saintly brāhmaṇa does not desire any benediction, not even liberation itself, for he has attained pure devotional service unto the inexhaustible Personality of Godhead.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Śiva replied: Surely this saintly brāhmaṇa does not desire any benediction, not even liberation, for he has attained pure devotional service unto the inexhaustible Lord.
He does not want siddhis like aṇimā. “Then give him liberation.” He does not want that either. “Then give him bhakti.” He has already attained that also.
Purport
The words
naivecchaty āśiṣaḥ kvāpi
indicate that Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi was uninterested in any reward available on any planet within the universe. Nor did he want liberation, for he had achieved the Supreme Lord Himself.