Give up desires for enlightenment as well or give up all other desires and pray for enlightment?

we should give up all our desires, and also the desire for enlightenment, for enligetenment or give up other desires, except the desire for enlitenment and also pray for enlightenment, as in the second case. The sastras say u can pray for enlgetenment. if we pray for enlghtment does it not become contradiction to giving up desire of enlgetenment also. plese gide me in this matter. which is better.?