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Lakshmi Nrisimha Karunarasa Stotram
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहकरुणारस स्तोत्रम्
Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhakaruṇārasa Stotram
Chant
यन्माययार्जितवपुःप्रचुरप्रवाह मग्नार्थमत्र निवहोरुकरावलम्बम् लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन स्तोत्रं कृतं सुखकरं भुवि शङ्करेण ॥१३॥
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Word breakdown
- यन्माययार्जितवपुःप्रचुरप्रवाह
- for those sunk in the great flood of bodies gained through māyā
- मग्नार्थमत्र निवहोरुकरावलम्बम्
- here is the supporting hand in abundance
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंहचरणाब्जमधुव्रतेन
- by Śaṅkara, bee at the lotus feet of Lakshmi-Nrisimha
- स्तोत्रं कृतं सुखकरं भुवि शङ्करेण
- this stotra was composed on earth, giver of happiness
Śaṅkara composed this hymn as a bee at the Lord's lotus feet for those drowning in māyā's flood. The stotra itself is the hand extended to lift the embodied soul toward happiness and the Self.
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