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Lakshmi Nrisimha Karunarasa Stotram
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहकरुणारस स्तोत्रम्
Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhakaruṇārasa Stotram
Chant
बद्ध्वा गले यमभटा बहु तर्जयन्तः भद्वाकशैर्यनुभटाबहुभर्तृयन्ति कर्षन्ति यत्र भवपाशशतैर्युतं माम् कर्षन्ति यत्र पथि पाशशतैर्यथा माम् एकाकिनं परवशं चकितं दयालो लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥१५॥
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Word breakdown
- बद्ध्वा गले यमभटा बहु तर्जयन्तः
- Yama's messengers binding my neck, threatening much
- भद्वाकशैर्यनुभटाबहुभर्तृयन्ति
- with harsh words, many followers reviling
- कर्षन्ति यत्र भवपाशशतैर्युतं माम्
- dragging me where hundreds of bonds of becoming hold me
- कर्षन्ति यत्र पथि पाशशतैर्यथा माम्
- dragging me on the path with hundreds of bonds as with me
- एकाकिनं परवशं चकितं दयालो
- alone, under another's power, afraid, O merciful one
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्
- O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand
Messengers of death and bonds of karma drag the helpless soul. Fear and subjection to another's will describe bondage to the not-Self; only the merciful Lord's hand grants true freedom.
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