Prayer
October 2021
श्रीविष्णुषट्पदी ।। Sri Vishnushatpati ।।
The Vedanta Kesari
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अविनयमपनय विष्णो दमय मनः शमय विषयमृगतृष्णाम् । भूतदयां विस्तारय तारय संसारसागरतः ॥ १॥
O Lord Vishnu! Remove my immodesty, quieten my mind, and control its interest in the mirage of worldly pleasure. Increase my compassion for all beings, and take me across the ocean of worldly existence (birth and death)
दिव्यधुनीमकरन्दे परिमलपरिभोगसच्चिदानन्दे । श्रीपतिपदारविन्दे भवभयखेदच्छिदे वन्दे ॥ २॥
I bow at the lotus-feet of Sripathi (the Lord of Lakshmi), of which the celestial River Ganga is the nectar, whose fragrance leads to the enjoyment of true eternal bliss as ‘Sat’, ‘Chit’ and ‘Ananda’, and which cuts off the fear and pain of worldly existence.
सत्यपि भेदापगमे नाथ तवाहं न मामकीनस्त्वम् । सामुद्रो हि तरङ्गः क्वचन समुद्रो न तारङ्गः ॥ ३॥
O Lord! Even when the difference (between you and me) is removed (after realisation), I become yours but you do not become a part of me. Indeed, (though there is no difference between the waves and the ocean) the wave belongs to the ocean but never does the ocean belong to the wave. Composed by Sri Shankaracharya
