Prayer from Atmarpanastuti of Appayya Dikshitar

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Prayer of the Day

Prayer in Sanskrit 

 

आलॊच्यैवं यदि मयि भवान् नाथ दॊषाननन्तान्
    अस्मत्पादाश्रयणपदवीं नार्हतीति क्षिपॆन्माम् ।
अद्यैवॆमं शरणविरहाद्विद्धि भीत्यैव नष्टं
    ग्रामॊ गृह्णत्यहिततनयं किं नु मात्रा निरस्तम् ॥ २९ ॥

Shloka as Romanized text

 

AlOchyaivaM yadi mayi bhavAn nAtha dOShAnanantAn
    asmatpAdAshrayaNapadavIM nArhatIti kShipEnmAm |
adyaivEmaM sharaNavirahAdviddhi bhItyaiva naShTaM
    grAmO gRuhNatyahitatanayaM kiM nu mAtrA nirastam || 29 ||

(AlOchya EvaM yadi mayi bhavAn nAtha dOShAn anantAn
    asmat pAda AshrayaNa padavIM na arhati iti kShipEnmAm |
adyaiva imaM sharaNa virahAt viddhi bhItya iva naShTaM
    grAmO gRuhNati ahitatanayaM kiM nu mAtrA nirastam ||  )

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 Oh Lord! If You consider my endless shortcomings and
throw me out saying, "He is not fit to take refuge in Our Feet",
You can be sure immediately that I will be just lost, hit by the
fear of not seeing any refuge. 
Will the village take care of the misbehaving son,
who is rejected by the mother?

 Notes: 

1. AlOchya - to be considered; kShipa - to throw; adyaiva - now itself
viraha - separation; nirasta - rejected.

See Also:
1. Complete Atmarpana stuti in with music