Prayer from Atmarpanastuti of Appayya Dikshitar

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Prayer of the Day

Prayer in Sanskrit 

 

ब्रह्मादीन् यः स्मरहर पशून् मॊहपाशॆन बद्ध्वा
सर्वानॆकश्चिदचिदधिकः कारयित्वात्मकृत्यम् ।
यश्चैतॆषु स्वपदशरणान् विद्यया मॊचयित्वा
सान्द्रानन्दं गमयति परं धाम तं त्वां प्रपद्यॆ ॥ १७ ॥

Shloka as Romanized text

 

brahmAdIn yaH smarahara pashUn mOhapAshEna baddhvA
    sarvAnEkashchidachidadhikaH kArayitvAtmakRutyam |
yashchaitEShu svapadasharaNAn vidyayA mOchayitvA
    sAndrAnandaM gamayati paraM dhAma taM tvAM prapadyE || 17 ||

(brahmAdIn yaH smarahara pashUn mOhapAshEna baddhvA
    sarvAn EkaH chit achit adhikaH kArayit AtmakRutyam |
yashcha etEShu sva pada sharaNAn vidyayA mOchayitvA
    sAndrAnandaM gamayati paraM dhAma taM tvAM prapadyE ||  )

Meaning of the Prayer Song:

 Oh the Remover of Kama! Binding the all the souls starting from brahma
with the rope of desire, You, the Only Who is perceivable, imperceivable and beyond,
are acting through their actions! When any of them are taking refuge in Your Feet,
You liberate through the wisdom, and make get to the Blissful Supreme abode!
I fall upon You!

 Notes: 

1. baddhvA - bound; chit - perceivable; mOchayitva - liberating;
sAndrAnandam - Bliss; dhAma - abode.
2. All the souls are bound in nature. Lord Shiva is the Only one Who is not bound.
Due to the limitless mercy on the souls,
the Lord binds the souls - be it brahma or a tiny creature -
through the instrument of desire. Due to this desire or will 
we seem to act. But even the action is energized by the God.
When we keep this will on God and take refuge in Lord Shiva,
that is the state of maturity for us to rejoice the Grace of God.
Then the Lord liberates us from the bondage through the
wisdom and keeps us in ever Blissful state!
c.f. பந்தமும் வீடும் படைப்போன் காண்க - திருவாசகம்
பந்தம் வீடு அவையாய பராபரன் - அப்பர்

See Also:

1. Complete Atmarpana stuti with music