Sri Vishnushatpati

अविनयम्पनय विष्णो दमय मनः शमय विषयमृगतृष्णाम् । भूतदयणां विसतणारय तणारय संसणारसणागरतः ॥ 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)

ददवयधनरीमकरनददे ्पदरमल्पदरभणोगसवचिदणाननददे । श्री्पवत्पदणारविनददे भिभयखदच्छिद िनददे ॥ 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.

सतयव्प भदणा्पगम नणाथ तिणाहं न मणामकीनसतिम् । सणामद्णो वह तरङ्ः क्वचन समद्णो न तणारङ्ः ॥ 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, (thoughthereis 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