Bhārgava-Stuti and Kṛṣṇa’s Vara
Devotional Hymn and Boon to the Bhargava
शिव उवाच रामभक्तो ऽसि मे वत्स यस्ते दत्तो वरो मया / स भविष्यति कार्त्स्येन सत्यमुक्तं न चान्यथा
śiva uvāca rāmabhakto 'si me vatsa yaste datto varo mayā / sa bhaviṣyati kārtsyena satyamuktaṃ na cānyathā
Śiva said: “Child, you are a devotee of My Rāma; the boon I have granted you shall come to pass in full. This is spoken in truth, and not otherwise.”