Prayer from Atmarpanastuti of Appayya Dikshitar

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Prayer of the Day

Prayer in Sanskrit 

 

यः स्रष्टारं निखिलजगतां निर्ममॆ पूर्वमीश-
    स्तस्मै वॆदानदित सकलान् यश्च साकं पुरणै: ।
तं त्वामाद्यं गुरुमहमसावात्मबुद्धिप्रकाशं 
    संसारार्तः शरणमधुना पार्वतीशं प्रपद्यॆ ॥ १६ ॥

Shloka as Romanized text

 

yaH sraShTAraM nikhilajagatAM nirmamE pUrvamIsha-
    stasmai vEdAnadita sakalAn yashca sAkaM puraNai: |
taM tvAmAdyaM gurumahamasAvAtmabuddhiprakAshaM 
    saMsArArtaH sharaNamadhunA pArvatIshaM prapadyE || 16 ||

(yaH sraShTAraM nikhila jagatAM nirmamE pUrvam IshaH
    tasmai vEdAnadita sakalAn yashca sAkaM puraNai: |
taM tvAm AdyaM gurumahamasA Atmabuddhi prakAshaM 
    saMsArArtaH sharaNam adhunA pArvatIshaM prapadyE || )

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 The Master, Who created the complete world earlier
and endowed with all vedic things along with puranas,
that One - You - are the Prime Guru, Who illuminates 
the knowledge of the Essential Being, the Lord of Parvati,
in Him I take refuge now disturbed by the worldly existence!

 Notes: 

1. nikhila - complete; sAkam - along with; AdyE - prime; 
adhunA - now.
2. AdyaM guru
The first ever Guru is Lord dakshinamuti. He is the
primary guru too!

See Also:

1. Complete Atmarpana stuti with music