kvaham rajah-prabhava isa tamo 'dhike 'smin
jatah suretara-kule kva tavanukampa
na brahmano na tu bhavasya na vai ramaya
yan me 'rpitah sirasi padma-karah prasadah
kva-where; aham-I (am); rajah-prabhavah-being born in a body full of passion; isa-O my Lord; tamah-the mode of ignorance; adhike-surpassing in; asmin-in this; jatah-born; sura-itara-kule-in a family of atheists or demons (who are subordinate to the devotees); kva-where; tava-Your; anukampa-causeless mercy; na-not; brahmanah-of Lord Brahma; na-not; tu-but; bhavasya-of Lord Siva; na-nor; vai-even; ramayah-of the goddess of fortune; yat-which; me-of me; arpitah-offered; sirasi-on the head; padma-karah-lotus hand; prasadah-the symbol of mercy.