Prayer from Atmarpanastuti of Appayya Dikshitar

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Prayer of the Day

Prayer in Sanskrit 

 

अर्कद्रॊणप्रभृतिकुसुमैरर्चनं ते विधॆयं 
    प्राप्यं तॆन स्मरहर फलं मॊक्षसाम्राज्यलक्ष्मीः ।
एतज्जानन्नपि शिव शिव व्यर्थयन् कालमात्म-
    न्नात्मद्रॊहि करणविवशॊ भूयसाधःपतामि ॥ ८ ॥

Shloka as Romanized text

 

arkadrONaprabhRutikusumairarchanaM te vidhEyaM 
    prApyaM tEna smarahara phalaM mOkShasAmrAjyalakShmIH |
etajjAnannapi shiva shiva vyarthayan kAlamAtma-
    nnAtmadrOhi karaNavivashO bhUyasAdhaHpatAmi || 8 ||

(arka drONa prabhRuti kusumair archanaM te vidhEyaM 
    prApyaM tEna smarahara phalaM mOkShasAmrAjyalakShmIH |
etat jAnan api shiva shiva vyarthayan kAlamAtman
    AtmadrOhi karaNa vivashO bhUyasAdhaH patAmi || )

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 Oh the Annihilator of Kama, By offering the 
Arka (Tamil: Erukku), Drona (Tamil: Thumbai) etc 
flowers with submission, one gets as the fruit
the wealth of the kingdom of liberation!
Shiva shiva! Even though I know this,
I am wasting time. I am cheating my very self!
Becoming controlled by the Karanas (senses/instruments),
I am on my downfall!

 Notes: 

1. Our Lord Shiva is pleased with flowers easily available
like arka, drona etc. Just offering them in submission to 
Lord Shiva would get us the liberation. 
  By not doing that offering, whom are we cheating.
We are cheating our very own self! Having known
the easy path to liberation we are letting the time to
slip - seeing our own downfall!
2. c.f. Appar on the same thought

See Also:

1. Complete Atmarpana stuti with music