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Lakshmi Nrisimha Karunarasa Stotram
लक्ष्मीनृसिंहकरुणारस स्तोत्रम्
Lakṣmīnṛsiṃhakaruṇārasa Stotram
Chant
संसारसागरविशालकरालकाल नक्रग्रहग्रसितनिग्रहविग्रहस्य । ग्रहग्रसन व्यग्रस्य रागनिचयोर्मिनिपीडितस्य रागलसदूर्नमिनि लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम् ॥५॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- संसारसागरविशालकरालकाल
- in the vast, terrible ocean of saṃsāra, time the fierce crocodile
- नक्रग्रहग्रसितनिग्रहविग्रहस्य । ग्रहग्रसन
- seized, grasped, held in conflict by the crocodile of grasping
- व्यग्रस्य रागनिचयोर्मिनिपीडितस्य रागलसदूर्नमिनि
- agitated, crushed by the waves of heaps of passion
- लक्ष्मीनृसिंह मम देहि करावलम्बम्
- O Lakshmi-Nrisimha, grant me your supporting hand
Time as crocodile and passion as waves show saṃsāra's grip on the embodied soul. The cry for karāvalamba is the mind turning from struggle to the Lord who alone can pull one free.
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