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Lakshmi Nrisimha Karunarasa Stotram
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहकरुणारस स्तोत्रम्
Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhakaruṇārasa Stotram
Chant
लक्ष्मीपते कमलनाभ सुरेश विष्णो वैकुण्ठ कृष्ण मधुसूदन पुष्कराक्ष ब्रह्मण्य केशव जनार्दन वासुदेव देवेश देहि कृपणस्य करावलम्बम् ॥१२॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- लक्ष्मीपते कमलनाभ सुरेश विष्णो
- O consort of Lakshmi, lotus-naveled, lord of gods, Viṣṇu
- वैकुण्ठ कृष्ण मधुसूदन पुष्कराक्ष
- O Vaikuṇṭha, Kṛṣṇa, Madhusūdana, lotus-eyed
- ब्रह्मण्य केशव जनार्दन वासुदेव
- O friend of Brahmins, Keśava, Janārdana, Vāsudeva
- देवेश देहि कृपणस्य करावलम्बम्
- O Lord of gods, grant the wretched one your supporting hand
The litany of names gathers every form of the Lord into one prayer. The wretched one who calls on all names discovers they point to the single Self beyond name and form.
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