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Vishnu Bhujanga Prayata Stotram
विष्णुभुजङ्गप्रयातस्तोत्रम्
Viṣṇubhujaṅgaprayātastotram
Chant
जरेयं पिशाचीव हा जीवतो मे वसामक्ति रक्तं च मांसं बलं च अहो देव सीदामि दीनानुकम्पि न्किमद्यापि हन्त त्वयोदासितव्यम् ॥११॥
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Word breakdown
- जरेयं पिशाचीव हा जीवतो मे
- This old age, like a ghoul, alas, while I still live,
- वसामक्ति रक्तं च मांसं बलं च
- devours my fat, blood, flesh, and strength,
- अहो देव सीदामि दीनानुकम्पि
- ah, O God, I languish - O compassionate to the wretched,
- न्किमद्यापि हन्त त्वयोदासितव्यम्
- why even now, alas, must I not become Your servant?
Old age devours the body while life remains, exposing the futility of clinging to what must decay. The plea to become the Lord's servant is the turning of the heart from ego's reign to surrender, which in Advaita is the dawn of Self-knowledge.
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