tat te gato 'smy araṇam adya padāravindam
āpanna-saḿsṛti-bhayāpaham ārta-bandho
etāvatālam alam indriya-lālasena
martyātma-dṛk tvayi pare yad apatya-buddhiḥ
tat -- therefore; te -- Your; gatah -- come; asmi -- I am; aranam -- for shelter; adya -- today; pada-aravindam -- to the lotus feet; apanna -- for those who have surrendered; samsriti -- of material entanglement; bhaya -- the fear; apaham -- which remove; arta -- of the distressed; bandho -- O friend; etavata -- this much; alam alam -- enough, enough; indriya -- for sense enjoyment; lalasena -- with hankering; martya -- as mortal (the material body); atma -- myself; drik -- whose seeing; tvayi -- toward You; pare -- the Supreme; yat -- because of which (hankering); apatya -- (of Your being my) child; buddhih -- the mentality.
Srila Jiva Gosvami suggests that Vasudeva condemns himself here for thinking of trying to gain special opulences because he is the father of the Supreme Lord. Thus Vasudeva contrasts himself with Nanda, the King of Vraja, who was satisfied with pure love of God and nothing else.