SB 8.16.13

SB 8.16.13

Devanagari

को नु मे भगवन्कामो न सम्पद्येत मानस: ।
यस्या भवान्प्रजाध्यक्ष एवं धर्मान्प्रभाषते ॥ १३ ॥

Verse text

ko nu me bhagavan kāmo
na sampadyeta mānasaḥ
yasyā bhavān prajādhyakṣa
evaṁ dharmān prabhāṣate

Synonyms

kaḥ — what ; nu — indeed ; me — my ; bhagavan — O lord ; kāmaḥ — desire ; na — not ; sampadyeta — can be fulfilled ; mānasaḥ — within my mind ; yasyāḥ — of me ; bhavān — your good self ; prajā-adhyakṣaḥ — Prajāpati ; evam — thus ; dharmān — religious principles ; prabhāṣate — talks.

Translation

O my lord, since you are a Prajāpati and are personally my instructor in the principles of religion, where is the possibility that all my desires will not be fulfilled?

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O my lord! Since you, a Prajāpati, instruct on dharma, where is the possibility that all my desires will not be fulfilled?