Verse 6

¹Praised in this way by the thoughtful Markandeya, the Bhagavan Narayana, friend of Nara, was pleased, and spoke to the bearer of the Bhrgu line. ²Bhagavan said: Sir, you are the best of the brahmin sages. You are come to your full by settling into the self, by a devotion to me that does not fall away, and by austerity, recitation and restraint. ³We are well pleased with you for the keeping of your great vow. Good come to you: ask the giver of boons for the boon you want. ⁴Victory is yours, god, lord of gods, Unfallen, you who take away the distress of those who come to you. This much of a boon is enough for us: that you have let yourself be seen.

⁵The unborn one and the others got the sight of your lovely lotus feet by a mind ripened in yoga, and here you are, within reach of my eyes. ⁶Even so, you whose eyes are lotus petals, crest jewel of those whose verses are holy: let me see the maya by which the world and its guardians take what is real to be divided.