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Friday, September 30, 2011

You are the last resort, O Devi!




शरणागत-दीनार्त-परित्राण-परायणे ।
सर्वस्यार्तिहरे देवि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

śaraṇāgata-dīnārta-paritrāṇa-parāyaṇe ।
sarvasyārtihare devi nārāyaṇi namo'stu te ॥


śharaṇāgata = one who has come (āgata) for refuge (śharaṇa)

dīnārta = the pitiable (dīna) and the one in pain (ārta)

paritrāṇa = complete rescue, protection

parāyaṇé = o one who is the last resort of refuge (parāyaṇā, fem.)

sarvasyārtiharé = o remover (harā) of everyone’s (sarvasya) troubles (ārti)

dévi = o devī

nārāyaṇi = o nārāyaṇī

namo'stu = salutations (namaḥ) be (astu)

té = for you

You are the last resort of refuge for the pitiable and paining people who come to take refuge. You remove everyone's troubles, O Devī,O Nārāyaṇī, salutations be for you.

Happy Navaratri.






(c) shashikant joshi । शशिकांत जोशी । ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः ।
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1 comment:

  1. wonderful word by word meaning shared with distribution of words and break-up of joined words
    thanks a lot

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