न वित्तेन तर्पणीयो मनुष्यो लप्स्यामहे वित्तमद्राक्ष्म चेत्त्वा । जीविष्यामो यावदीशिष्यसि त्वं वरस्तु मे वरणीयः स एव ॥ २७॥

na vittena tarpaṇīyo manuṣyo lapsyāmahe vittamadrākṣma cettvā । jīviṣyāmo yāvadīśiṣyasi tvaṃ varastu me varaṇīyaḥ sa eva ॥ 27॥

manuṣyaḥ; = people; na tarpaṇīyaḥ = cannot be satisfied; vittena = with wealth; lapsyāmahe = should we possible hanker after; vittam = wealth; cet adrākṣma = now that we have seen; tvā = you; jīviṣyāmaḥ = we live; yāvat = as long as; tvam — you; īśiṣyasi — (should rather be iśiṣyase); will rule [as the God of Death]? varaḥ tu = but the boon; me varanīyaḥ = which is worth requesting by me; saḥ eva = is that alone.