Dasakam: 097 -- Slokam: 04
तं चैनं भक्तियोगं द्रढयितुमयि मे साध्यमारोग्यमायु-
र्दिष्ट्या तत्रापि सेव्यं तव चरणमहो भेषजायेव दुग्धम् ।
मार्कण्डेयो हि पूर्वं गणकनिगदितद्वादशाब्दायुरुच्चै:
सेवित्वा वत्सरं त्वां तव भटनिवहैर्द्रावयामास मृत्युम् ॥४॥
taM chainaM bhaktiyOgaM draDhayitumayi me saadhyamaarOgyamaayuH
diShTyaa tatraapi sevyaM tava charaNamahO bheShajaayeva dugdham |
maarkaNDeyO hi puurvaM gaNakanigadita dvaadashaabdaayuruchchaiH
sevitvaa vatsaraM tvaaM tava bhaTanivahairdraavayaamaasa mR^ityum ||4
diShTyaa tatraapi sevyaM tava charaNamahO bheShajaayeva dugdham |
maarkaNDeyO hi puurvaM gaNakanigadita dvaadashaabdaayuruchchaiH
sevitvaa vatsaraM tvaaM tava bhaTanivahairdraavayaamaasa mR^ityum ||4
O Lord! To bring to practice this path of Bhakti Yoga, I need good health and long life. Fortunately, to achieve this I need to do is to surrender to your lotus like feet,And wonder of wonders ,this is like drinking milk to cure diseases, Long ago, Maarkandeya was told by an astrologer that his life span was of twelve years only. He worshipped intensely at Thy feet for one year and when death approached, it was driven away by Thy emissaries.