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Vishnu Padadi Keshanta Stotram
विष्णुपादादिकेशान्तस्तोत्रम्
Viṣṇupādādikeśāntastotram
Chant
येभ्योऽसूयद्भिरुच्चैः सपदि पदमुरु त्यज्यते दैत्यवर्गैः येभ्यो धर्तुं च मूर्ध्ना स्पृहयति सततं सर्वगीर्वाणवर्गः । नित्यं निर्मूलयेयुर्निचिततरममी भक्तिनिघ्नात्मनां नः पद्माक्षस्याङ्घ्रिपद्मद्वयतलनिलयाः पांसवः पापपङ्कम् ॥१०॥
Study note
Word breakdown
- येभ्योऽसूयद्भिरुच्चैः सपदि पदमुरु त्यज्यते दैत्यवर्गैः
- From which, in envy, demon hosts instantly abandon the broad foot,
- येभ्यो धर्तुं च मूर्ध्ना स्पृहयति सततं सर्वगीर्वाणवर्गः
- for which all hosts of singers ever long to bear on their heads,
- नित्यं निर्मूलयेयुर्निचिततरममी भक्तिनिघ्नात्मनां नः
- may these thoroughly uproot forever, for us whose souls slay devotion,
- पद्माक्षस्याङ्घ्रिपद्मद्वयतलनिलयाः पांसवः पापपङ्कम्
- the dust at the lotus-feet of the lotus-eyed one, dwelling on the pair of foot-surface.
Dust at Vishnu's feet uproots sin because it symbolizes complete surrender, which demons of ego cannot abide. What the gods long to bear on their heads is humility before the Self, the ground from which devotion flowers.
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