yasya -- whose; anghri -- of the feet; pankaja -- lotus; rajah -- with the dust; snapanam -- bathing; mahantah -- great souls; vanchanti -- hanker after; uma-patih -- Lord Siva, husband of Goddess Uma; iva -- just as; atma -- their own; tamah -- of the ignorance; apahatyai -- to vanquish; yarhi -- when; ambuja-aksha -- O lotus-eyed one; na labheya -- I cannot obtain; bhavat -- Your; prasadam -- mercy; jahyam -- I should give up; asun -- my life airs; vrata -- by austere penances; krisan -- weakened; sata -- hundreds; janmabhih -- after lifetimes; syat -- it may be.

O lotus-eyed one, great souls like Lord Siva hanker to bathe in the dust of Your lotus feet and thereby destroy their ignorance. If I cannot obtain Your mercy, I shall simply give up my vital force, which will have become weak from the severe penances I will perform. Then, after hundreds of lifetimes of endeavor, I may obtain Your mercy.