Shloka 191
Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ
Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony
यदि नाम जन्म भूयो भवति मदीयेै: पुनर्दोषै: । तस्मिंस्तस्मिउजन्मनि भवे भवेन्मे$क्षया भक्ति:
yadi nāma janma bhūyo bhavati madīyaiḥ punardoṣaiḥ | tasmiṃs tasmiñ janmani bhave bhave me 'kṣayā bhaktiḥ ||
واسودیو نے کہا—اگر میرے ہی بار بار کے عیوب کے سبب مجھے اس جہان میں بار بار جنم لینا پڑے، تو میری یہی آرزو ہے کہ ہر ہر ایسے جنم میں بھگوان شِو کے لیے میری بھکتی اَکھنڈ اور اَمر رہے۔
वासुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even if one must undergo repeated rebirth due to one’s own faults, the highest aspiration is to preserve unwavering devotion to the divine; enduring bhakti is presented as a stabilizing ethical and spiritual aim across changing lives.
Vāsudeva expresses a vow-like wish: should he be compelled to return to worldly existence again and again, he asks that in every such birth his devotion to Lord Śiva remain constant and imperishable.