सर्वसुखानां बीजं किं पुण्यं दुःखमपि कुतः पापात् ।कस्यैश्वर्यं यः किल शङ्करमाराधयेद्भक्त्या ॥ ४५ ॥
In plain words
What is the seed of all happiness? Merit. And where does suffering come from? From sin. Whose is true majesty? The one who worships Śaṅkara with devotion.
Close to the Sanskrit
What is the seed of all happiness? Merit. And pain, from where? From sin. Whose is sovereignty? He indeed who worships Śaṅkara with devotion.