Prayer from Atmarpanastuti of Appayya Dikshitar

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Prayer of the Day

Prayer in Sanskrit 

 

सर्वं क्षॆप्तुं प्रभवति जनः संसृतिप्राप्तमाग-
    श्चॆतः श्वासप्रशमसमयॆ त्वत्पदाब्जॆ निधाय ।
तस्मिन् कालॆ यदि मम मनॊ नाथ दॊषत्रयार्तं 
    प्रज्ञाहीनं पुरहर भवॆत् तत्कथं मॆ घटॆत ॥ १३ ॥

Shloka as Romanized text

 

sarvaM kShEptuM prabhavati janaH saMsRutiprAptamAga-
    shchEtaH shvAsaprashamasamayE tvatpadAbjE nidhAya |
tasmin kAlE yadi mama manO nAtha dOShatrayArtaM 
    praj~jAhInaM purahara bhavEt tatkathaM mE ghaTEta || 13 ||

(sarvaM kShEptuM prabhavati janaH saMsRuti prAptam Aga-
    shchEtaH shvAsa prashama samayE tvat padAbjE nidhAya |
tasmin kAlE yadi mama manO nAtha dOSha trayArtaM 
    praj~jA hInaM purahara bhavEt tatkathaM mE ghaTEta || )

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 People get rid of all the sins acquired in the worldly life
by focusing on Your Feet at the time when the breath ceases (death)!
But, oh the Destroyer of three puras, what if my mind becomes busy
due to the three-fold miseries (due to self, world and divine)
and loses consciousness (of You)?

 Notes: 

1. kShepa - dismiss; samsRuti - worldly; AgaH - sin; prashama - cease;
dOshatrayam - three miseries (adhyatmika, Adhibhautika, Adhidaivika)
ghaT - be busy with.
2. Even at the time of death if one surrenders to Lord Shiva 
that would eliminate all the sins and show that soul the brilliant
route to Bliss. 
Many people postpone the worship of God to the later part of 
life thinking they could make good later. 
However, there is no guaranty that our mind would get fixed at
the feet of God at the time of death. So the earliest one starts 
in the worship of God, that is the smartest person in the world.
c.f. Worship early in life Appar.

See Also:

1. Complete Atmarpana stuti with music