Vishnu Shatpadi
விஷ்ணு ஷட்பதீ³
The Sanskrit text in Tamil script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
அவிநயமபநய விஷ்ணோ த³மய மந꞉ ஶமய விஷயம்ருʼக³த்ருʼஷ்ணாம்।
பூ⁴தத³யாம்ʼ விஸ்தாரய தாரய ஸம்ʼஸாரஸாகர³த꞉॥Avinayamapanaya vishno damaya manah shamaya vishayamrigatrishnam, bhutadayam vistaraya taraya samsarasagaratah.
Vishnu, take away my arrogance, tame my mind, quiet my mirage-like thirst for sense pleasures, widen my compassion for all beings, and carry me across the ocean of worldly life.
தி³வ்யது⁴நீமகரந்தே³ பரிமலபரிபோ⁴க³ஸச்சிதா³நந்தே³।
ஶ்ரீபதிபதார³விந்தே³ ப⁴வப⁴யகே²த³ச்சி²தே³ வந்தே³॥Divyadhunimakarande parimalaparibhogasachchidanande, shripatipadaravinde bhavabhayakhedachchhide vande.
I bow to the lotus feet of Lakshmi’s lord, whose nectar is the heavenly Ganga, whose fragrance is the joy of being, consciousness and bliss, and which cut away the fear and pain of worldly life.
ஸத்யபி பே⁴தா³பக³மே நாத² தவாஹம்ʼ ந மாமகீநஸ்த்வம்।
ஸாமுத்ரோ³ ஹி தரங்க³꞉ க்வசந ஸமுத்ரோ³ ந தாரங்க³꞉॥Satyapi bhedapagame natha tavaham na mamakinastvam, samudro hi tarangah kvachana samudro na tarangah.
Even when all difference is gone, Lord, I am yours, but you are not mine: the wave belongs to the ocean, but the ocean never belongs to the wave.
உத்³த்ருʼ⁴தநக³ நக³பி⁴த³நுஜ த³நுஜகுலாமித்ர மித்ரஶஶித்ருʼ³ஷ்டே।
த்ருʼ³ஷ்டே ப⁴வதி ப்ரப⁴வதி ந ப⁴வதி கிம்ʼ ப⁴வதிரஸ்கார꞉॥Uddhritanaga nagabhidanuja danujakulamitra mitrashashidrishte, drishte bhavati prabhavati na bhavati kim bhavatiraskarah.
Lifter of the mountain, younger brother of Indra, enemy of the demon race, whose eyes are the sun and moon: once you, the Lord, are seen, does worldly existence not come to an end?
மத்ஸ்யாதி³பிர⁴வதாரைரவதாரவதாவதா ஸதா³ வஸுதா⁴ம்।
பரமேஶ்வர பரிபால்யோ ப⁴வதா ப⁴வதாபபீ⁴தோ(அ)ஹம்॥Matsyadibhiravatarairavataravatavata sada vasudham, parameshvara paripalyo bhavata bhavatapabhitoham.
Supreme Lord, who always protect the earth through your incarnations such as the Fish, I am afraid of the burning pain of worldly life; I am one for you to protect.
தா³மோதர³ கு³ணமந்திர³ ஸுந்தர³வத³நாரவிந்த³ கோ³விந்த³।
ப⁴வஜலதி⁴மத²நமந்தர³ பரமம்ʼ தர³மபநய த்வம்ʼ மே॥Damodara gunamandira sundaravadanaravinda govinda, bhavajaladhimathanamandara paramam daramapanaya tvam me.
Damodara, home of all virtues, Govinda with the lovely lotus face, Mount Mandara that churns the ocean of worldly life, take away my great fear.
நாராயண கருணாமய ஶரணம்ʼ கரவாணி தாவகௌ சரணௌ।
இதி ஷட்பதீ³ மதீ³யே வத³நஸரோஜே ஸதா³ வஸது॥Narayana karunamaya sharanam karavani tavakau charanau, iti shatpadi madiye vadanasaroje sada vasatu.
Narayana, full of compassion, let me take refuge at your two feet. May these six verses always dwell in the lotus of my mouth.