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Text 20
varaṁ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṁ te
ṛte kaivalyam adya naḥ
eka eveśvaras tasya
bhagavān viṣṇur avyayaḥ
varam — a benediction; vṛṇīṣva — choose; bhadram — all good; te — unto you; ṛte — except; kaivalyam — liberation; adya — today; naḥ — from us; ekaḥ — one; eva — only; īśvaraḥ — capable; tasya — of that; bhagavān — the Supreme Lord; viṣṇuḥ — Śrī Viṣṇu; avyayaḥ — the inexhaustible.
“All good fortune to you! Now please choose a benediction from us — anything but liberation, since only the infallible Supreme Lord, Viṣṇu, can bestow that.”