विष्णुषट्पदीस्तोत्रम् Vishnu Shatpadi Stotram
viṣṇuṣaṭpadīstotram
"Take away my arrogance, Viṣṇu": six short verses (plus a closing prayer) of Śaṅkara, named after the six-legged bee that hovers at the Lord's lotus feet.
विष्णुषट्पदीस्तोत्रम्
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अविनयमपनय विष्णो दमय मनः शमय विषयमृगतृष्णाम् ।भूतदयां विस्तारय तारय संसारसागरतः ॥१॥
avinayamapanaya viṣṇo damaya manaḥ śamaya viṣayamṛgatṛṣṇām |bhūtadayāṃ vistāraya tāraya saṃsārasāgarataḥ ||1||
O Viṣṇu, take away my arrogance, tame my mind, quench the mirage-thirst for sense objects. Widen my compassion for all beings, and carry me across the ocean of saṃsāra.
दिव्यधुनीमकरन्दे परिमलपरिभोगसच्चिदानन्दे ।श्रीपतिपदारविन्दे भवभयखेदच्छिदे वन्दे ॥२॥
divyadhunīmakarande parimalaparibhogasaccidānande |śrīpatipadāravinde bhavabhayakhedacchide vande ||2||
I bow to the lotus feet of the Lord of Śrī, whose nectar is the heavenly river (Gaṅgā), whose fragrance to be enjoyed is being, consciousness and bliss, and which cut away the fear and weariness of worldly life.
सत्यपि भेदापगमे नाथ तवाहं न मामकीनस्त्वम् ।सामुद्रो हि तरङ्गः क्वचन समुद्रो न तारङ्गः ॥३॥
satyapi bhedāpagame nātha tavāhaṃ na māmakīnastvam |sāmudro hi taraṅgaḥ kvacana samudro na tāraṅgaḥ ||3||
Lord, even when all difference is gone, I am yours, not you mine. For the wave belongs to the ocean; the ocean never belongs to the wave.
उद्धृतनग नगभिदनुज दनुजकुलामित्र मित्रशशिदृष्टे ।दृष्टे भवति प्रभवति न भवति किं भवतिरस्कारः ॥४॥
uddhṛtanaga nagabhidanuja danujakulāmitra mitraśaśidṛṣṭe |dṛṣṭe bhavati prabhavati na bhavati kiṃ bhavatiraskāraḥ ||4||
O you who lifted the mountain (Govardhana), younger brother of the mountain-breaker (Indra), foe of the demon clans, whose eyes are the sun and the moon: once you are seen, how can disregard of you, or worldly existence, still prevail?
मत्स्यादिभिरवतारैरवतारवतावता सदा वसुधाम् ।परमेश्वर परिपाल्यो भवता भवतापभीतोऽहम् ॥५॥
matsyādibhiravatārairavatāravatāvatā sadā vasudhām |parameśvara paripālyo bhavatā bhavatāpabhīto'ham ||5||
Supreme Lord, you who descend in avatāras such as the Fish and always protect the earth: I, afraid of the heat of worldly existence, am to be protected by you.
दामोदर गुणमन्दिर सुन्दरवदनारविन्द गोविन्द ।भवजलधिमथनमन्दर परमं दरमपनय त्वं मे ॥६॥
dāmodara guṇamandira sundaravadanāravinda govinda |bhavajaladhimathanamandara paramaṃ daramapanaya tvaṃ me ||6||
Dāmodara, home of all virtues, Govinda with the beautiful lotus face, Mount Mandara that churns the ocean of becoming: take away my great fear.
नारायण करुणामय शरणं करवाणि तावकौ चरणौ ।इति षट्पदी मदीये वदनसरोजे सदा वसतु ॥७॥
nārāyaṇa karuṇāmaya śaraṇaṃ karavāṇi tāvakau caraṇau |iti ṣaṭpadī madīye vadanasaroje sadā vasatu ||7||
Nārāyaṇa, full of compassion, let me take refuge at your feet. May this ṣaṭpadī (bee) dwell for ever in the lotus of my mouth.
॥ इति विष्णुषट्पदीस्तोत्रम् सम्पूर्णम् ॥
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Attributed to Ādi Śaṅkarācārya.
