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Kanakadhara Stotram
कनकधारा स्तोत्रम्
Kanakadhārā Stotram
Chant
दद्याद्दयानुपवनो द्रविणाम्बुधारां अस्मिन्नकिञ्चनविहङ्गशिशौ विषण्णे । दुष्कर्मघर्ममपनीय चिराय दूरं नारायणप्रणयिनी नयनाम्बुवाहः ॥९॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- दद्याद्दयानुपवनो द्रविणाम्बुधारां
- may the breeze of compassion give a shower of wealth
- अस्मिन्नकिञ्चनविहङ्गशिशौ विषण्णे ।
- to this helpless, dejected fledgling among the poor
- दुष्कर्मघर्ममपनीय चिराय दूरं
- removing far away for long the heat of evil deeds
- नारायणप्रणयिनी नयनाम्बुवाहः ॥९॥
- O beloved of Nārāyaṇa, O cloud of eye-waters
The famous plea asks the rain-cloud eyes to cool the heat of karma. When the mind admits its helplessness, grace flows as naturally as rain, dissolving the burning of past action in the waters of devotion.
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