namasye - I bow down; tvām - to you; mahā-deva - O greatest of gods; lokānām - of the worlds; gurum - to the spiritual master; īśvaram - to the controller; puṁsām - for men; apūrṇa - unfulfilled; kāmānām - whose desires; kāma-pūra - fulfilling desires; amara-aṅghripam - (like) a tree of heaven.

[Bāṇāsura said:] O Lord Mahādeva, I bow down to you, the spiritual master and controller of the worlds. You are like the heavenly tree that fulfills the desires of those whose desires are unfulfilled.