Prayer from Atmarpanastuti of Appayya Dikshitar

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Prayer of the Day

Prayer in Sanskrit 

 

क्षाम्यस्यॆव त्वमहि करुणासागरः कृत्स्नमागः
    संसारॊत्थं गिरिश सभयप्रार्थनादैन्यमात्रात् ।
यद्यप्यॆवं प्रतिकलमहं व्यक्तमागस्सहस्रं 
    कुर्वन् मूकः कथमिव तथा निस्त्रपः प्रार्थयॆयम् ॥ १२ ॥

Shloka as Romanized text

 

kShAmyasyEva tvamahi karuNAsAgaraH kRutsnamAgaH
    saMsArOtthaM girisha sabhayaprArthanAdainyamAtrAt |
yadyapyEvaM pratikalamahaM vyaktamAgassahasraM 
    kurvan mUkaH kathamiva tathA nistrapaH prArthayEyam || 12 ||

(kShAmyasyEva tvamahi karuNA sAgaraH kRutsnamAgaH
    saMsArOtthaM girisha sabhaya prArthanA dainya mAtrAt |
yadyapyEvaM pratikalam ahaM vyaktamAgassahasraM 
    kurvan mUkaH kathamiva tathA nistrapaH prArthayEyam || )

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 Oh the Dweller in mountains! Since You are the ocean of mercy, 
You will forgive completely and uplift from the worldly life,
just when one pleads fearfully cognizant of own inability.
Still, always into thousands of gross things,
how can I, the dumb, leaving aside the shame, plead?

 Notes: 

1. kRutsna - complete; sabhaya - fearful; dainya - weakness;
pratikalam - constantly; mUka - dumb; nistrapa - shameless.
2. Our Lord shiva forgives completely, when we surrender to Him.
He is called "Asutosha" - easily pleased. We rely on this
Mercy of the Lord. Otherwise how long can we suffer for our karma.
The Gracious Lord releases us from all karma when we surrender,
realizing that we are incapable and only the Grace of God can save us.
c.f. dainyamAtrAt - எல்லாப் பிறப்பும் பிறந்து இளைத்தேன் - திருவாசகம்
3. nistrapaH prArthayEyam
Shame is a manifestation of ego. I am full of ego, trying to
gratify it in all possible ways. How can I do the surrender -
which means shunning away the very ego, I have been feeding?!

See Also:

1. Complete Atmarpana stuti with music