by Damodara Rao Dasu

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raksha raksha - mukhAri - aTa

Slokam :
sarvAdhAra ramApatEdha bhavatA tatchintaneeyam vibhO
yat kartavya maSEsha SEsha vibhunA brahmaNya rakshA vidhou
Evam rupamamAnusham munivara dhyEyam samAchchaAdaya
swAmin mAnusha bAlabhAva madhunA sandarSayAsman prati ||

Oh Lord of Srilakshmi, you are omnipotent. Is there any thing beyond your knowledge ? You perform whatever is required to protect Dharma and learned Brahmanas. Only great sages who penanced are capable of viewing your divine appearence. Please appear as a boy for common folks like us.
P raksh raksha Siksha rAjeevadaLAyatAksha || Oh Lord with eyes beautiful like lotus, punish demons and save the world.
A.P. akseeNa krupA kaTAksha ASrita paksha samraksha || Your compassion never diminishes. You save those who seek for refuge.
C 1 sarva manOradhAdhyaksha sarvalOkAvana daksha
sarva vEdAntaika lakshya
sarva yOgeendra samraksha ||
You fulfill the desires of all. You are skillful in protecting all 'lokas'. The whole Vedic philosophy admires you. You are the care-taker of eminent ascetics.
C 2 apramEya bala veerya
anupama mahaudArya
aparimita gAmbheerya avyayAkhanDitaiSwarya
||
Your powers are unimaginable. Your generosity is unparalleled. You are infinitely profound. Your splendour is great.
C3,4 achyutAnanta gOvinda
pankaja sundarAnana
vichyuta samsArakanda
panDita paripAlana ||
patitajana pAvana
atyanta nirmalAnanda
patagapati vAhana viSwamangaLamukunda ||
Oh Achyuta, Oh Ananta, Oh Govinda, your face is beautiful like lotus. You are not effected by worldly 'karmas'. You are protector of learned ones.
You redeem the downtrodden. You are absolutely blissful. Garuda the king of birds is your vehicle. Oh Mukunda, you make the universe auspicious.
C5,6 tAvaka roopamudAram
dhAraya Santa samsAram
darSaya manushAkAram
dEva bAla Sareeram ||
chintayAdha yadwidhEyam
chEtasA chiramanu bhAvya
antarAyOmAbhoodadya
Agama brunda samvEdya||
Oh Lord, your appearence is splendid. You make the world peaceful. Please take human form as a divine child.
Let us be enlightened by your glory. Let there be no obstacles. You are the authority on Agamas.
C7,8 AdyamE janma sAphalyam AdyamE vamSa nairmalyam
sadyaEva samajani
sambhutE tvai bhumani ||
kalikalmasha nASanam
kAmita phala nidAnam
nArAyaNeeya charitam
nArAyaNa teerdha geetam ||
Oh Lord, my life is fruitful because of you. Our families have become pious. Today the world turned auspicious by your birth.
Narayana Teerdha sings the glory of Sriman Narayana which destroys the evils of Kaliyuga and fulfills our wishes.