Canto 12: The Age of DeteriorationChapter 10: Lord Śiva and Umā Glorify Mārkaṇḍeya Ṛṣi

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.10.19

śrī-bhagavān uvāca

varaḿ vṛṇīṣva naḥ kāmaḿ

vara-deśā vayaḿ trayaḥ

amoghaḿ darśanaḿ yeṣāḿ

martyo yad vindate 'mṛtam

SYNONYMS

śrī-bhagavān uvāca — Lord Śiva said; varama benediction; vṛṇīṣva — please choose; naḥ — from us; kāmamas desired; vara-da — of all givers of benedictions; īśāḥ — the controlling lords; vayam — we; trayaḥ — three (Brahma, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara); amogham — never in vain; darśanam — the seeing; yeṣām — of whom; martyaḥa mortal being; yat — by which; vindate — achieves; amṛtam — immortality.

TRANSLATION

Lord Śiva said: Please ask me for some benediction, since among all givers of benedictions, we three — Brahmā, Viṣṇu and I — are the best. Seeing us never goes in vain, because simply by seeing us a mortal achieves immortality.

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