Vāsudeva Aparimeya

Kannada lyrics with meaning · composed by Śrī Madhvācārya (Ānanda Tīrtha) · stotra · 7 verses

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ವಾಸುದೇವಾಪರಿಮೇಯಸುಧಾಮನ್ ಶುದ್ಧಸದೋದಿತ ಸುಂದರೀಕಾಂತ ।…

ವಾಸುದೇವಾಪರಿಮೇಯಸುಧಾಮನ್ ಶುದ್ಧಸದೋದಿತ ಸುಂದರೀಕಾಂತ ।
ಧರಾಧರಧಾರಣ ವೇಧುರಧರ್ತಃ ಸೌಧೃತಿದೀಧಿತಿವೇಧೃವಿಧಾತಃ ॥

vāsudevāparimeyasudhāman śuddhasadodita sundarīkānta |
dharādharadhāraṇa vedhuradhartaḥ saudhṛtidīdhitivedhṛvidhātaḥ ||

O Vāsudeva of measureless, glorious radiance, ever-pure and ever-manifest, beloved of the Beautiful One; upholder of the earth-bearing mountains, sustainer of all, luminous ordainer and fashioner of steadfast order.

Verse 2 — ಅಧಿಕಬಂಧಂ ರಂಧಯ ಬೋಧಾ ಚ್ಛಿಂಧಿಪಿಧಾನಂ ಬಂಧುರಮದ್ಧಾ ।…

ಅಧಿಕಬಂಧಂ ರಂಧಯ ಬೋಧಾ ಚ್ಛಿಂಧಿಪಿಧಾನಂ ಬಂಧುರಮದ್ಧಾ ।
ಕೇಶವ ಕೇಶವ ಶಾಸಕ ವಂದೇ ಪಾಶಧರಾರ್ಚಿತ ಶೂರಪರೇಶ ॥

adhikabandhaṃ randhaya bodhā cchindhipidhānaṃ bandhuramaddhā |
keśava keśava śāsaka vande pāśadharārcita śūrapareśa ||

Destroy my heavy bondage through knowledge, and truly cut through the fair-seeming veil; O Keśava, Keśava, ruler, I bow to You, worshipped by Varuṇa the noose-bearer, supreme Lord of the valiant.

Verse 3 — ನಾರಾಯಣಾಮಲತಾರಣ ವಂದೇ ಕಾರಣಕಾರಣ ಪೂರ್ಣ ವರೇಣ್ಯ । ಮಾಧವ…

ನಾರಾಯಣಾಮಲತಾರಣ ವಂದೇ ಕಾರಣಕಾರಣ ಪೂರ್ಣ ವರೇಣ್ಯ ।
ಮಾಧವ ಮಾಧವ ಸಾಧಕ ವಂದೇ ಬಾಧಕ ಬೋಧಕ ಶುದ್ಧ ಸಮಾಧೇ ॥

nārāyaṇāmalatāraṇa vande kāraṇakāraṇa pūrṇa vareṇya |
mādhava mādhava sādhaka vande bādhaka bodhaka śuddha samādhe ||

I bow to You, Nārāyaṇa, spotless deliverer, cause of all causes, perfect and most worthy; O Mādhava, Mādhava, accomplisher, I bow — remover of ills, bestower of wisdom, of pure and perfect absorption.

Verse 4 — ಗೋವಿಂದ ಗೋವಿಂದ ಪುರಂದರ ವಂದೇ ಸ್ಕಂದ ಸನಂದನ ವಂದಿತ ಪಾದ…

ಗೋವಿಂದ ಗೋವಿಂದ ಪುರಂದರ ವಂದೇ ಸ್ಕಂದ ಸನಂದನ ವಂದಿತ ಪಾದ ।
ವಿಷ್ಣು ಸೃಜಿಷ್ಣು ಗ್ರಸಿಷ್ಣು ವಿವಂದೇ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಸದುಷ್ಣ ವಧಿಷ್ಣ ಸುಧೃಷ್ಣೋ ॥

govinda govinda purandara vande skanda sanandana vandita pāda |
viṣṇu sṛjiṣṇu grasiṣṇu vivande kṛṣṇa saduṣṇa vadhiṣṇa sudhṛṣṇo ||

O Govinda, Govinda, I bow to You whose feet are adored by Indra, Skanda, and Sanandana; O Viṣṇu, ever creating and devouring, I bow — Kṛṣṇa, ardent, destroyer of foes, boldest of the bold.

Verse 5 — ಸೃಜಿಷ್ಣೋ ಗ್ರಸಿಷ್ಣೋ ವಿವಂದೇ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಸದುಷ್ಣವಧಿಷ್ಣೋ…

ಸೃಜಿಷ್ಣೋ ಗ್ರಸಿಷ್ಣೋ ವಿವಂದೇ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಸದುಷ್ಣವಧಿಷ್ಣೋ ಸುಧೃಷ್ಣೋ ಮಧುಸೂದನ ದಾನವಸಾದನ ವಂದೇ ದೈವತಮೋದನ ವೇದಿತ ಪಾದ ।
ತ್ರಿವಿಕ್ರಮ ನಿಷ್ಕ್ರಮ ವಿಕ್ರಮ ವಂದೇ ಸುಕ್ರಮ ಸಂಕ್ರಮಹುಂಕೃತವಕ್ತ್ರ ॥

sṛjiṣṇo grasiṣṇo vivande kṛṣṇa saduṣṇavadhiṣṇo sudhṛṣṇo madhusūdana dānavasādana vande daivatamodana vedita pāda |
trivikrama niṣkrama vikrama vande sukrama saṅkramahuṅkṛtavaktra ||

O creator and devourer, boldest one, I bow; O Madhusūdana, slayer of demons, delight of the gods, whose feet the Vedas make known, I bow; O Trivikrama of unfailing, mighty stride, of noble step whose mouth roars forth at the dissolution, I bow.

Verse 6 — ೫ ಸುಕ್ರಮ ಹುಂಕೃತವಕ್ತ್ರ ವಾಮನ ವಾಮನ ಭಾಮನ ವಂದೇ ಸಾಮನ…

೫ ಸುಕ್ರಮ ಹುಂಕೃತವಕ್ತ್ರ ವಾಮನ ವಾಮನ ಭಾಮನ ವಂದೇ ಸಾಮನ ಸೀಮನ ಸಾಮನ ಸಾನೋ ।
ಶ್ರೀಧರ ಶ್ರೀಧರ ಶಂಧರ ವಂದೇ ಭೂಧರ ವಾರ್ಧರ ಕಂಧರಧಾರಿನ್ ॥

5 sukrama huṅkṛtavaktra vāmana vāmana bhāmana vande sāmana sīmana sāmana sāno |
śrīdhara śrīdhara śaṃdhara vande bhūdhara vārdhara kandharadhārin ||

O Vāmana, Vāmana, radiant one, chanter of the Sāman, boundary and refuge of all, I bow; O Śrīdhara, Śrīdhara, bearer of welfare, upholder of the earth, bearer of the waters, who held the mountain upon Your neck, I bow.

Verse 7 — ಹೃಷೀಕೇಶ ಸುಕೇಶ ಪರೇಶ ವಿವಂದೇ ಶರಣೇಶ ಕಲೇಶ ಬಲೇಶ ಸುಖೇಶ…

ಹೃಷೀಕೇಶ ಸುಕೇಶ ಪರೇಶ ವಿವಂದೇ ಶರಣೇಶ ಕಲೇಶ ಬಲೇಶ ಸುಖೇಶ ।
ಪದ್ಮನಾಭ ಶುಭೋದ್ಭವ ವಂದೇ ಸಂಭೃತಲೋಕಭರಾಭರ ಭೂರೇ ।
ದಾಮೋದರ ದೂರತರಾಂತರ ವಂದೇ ದಾರಿತಪಾರಕ ಪಾರ ಪರಸ್ಮಾತ್ ॥

hṛṣīkeśa sukeśa pareśa vivande śaraṇeśa kaleśa baleśa sukheśa |
padmanābha śubhodbhava vande sambhṛtalokabharābhara bhūre |
dāmodara dūratarāntara vande dāritapāraka pāra parasmāt ||

O Hṛṣīkeśa, fair-tressed supreme Lord, master of refuge, of the arts, of might, and of bliss, I bow; O Padmanābha, source of all auspiciousness, bearer of the world's burden, abundant one, I bow; O Dāmodara, inmost yet farthest, who breaks bondage and carries us across, the Beyond beyond all, I bow.

Verse 8 — ಆನಂದಸುತೀರ್ಥ ಮುನೀಂದ್ರಕೃತಾ ಹರಿಗೀತಿರಿಯಂ ಪರಮಾದರತಃ ।…

ಆನಂದಸುತೀರ್ಥ ಮುನೀಂದ್ರಕೃತಾ ಹರಿಗೀತಿರಿಯಂ ಪರಮಾದರತಃ ।
ಪರಲೋಕವಿಲೋಕನ ಸೂರ್ಯನಿಭಾ ಹರಿಭಕ್ತಿ ವಿವರ್ಧನ ಶೌಂಡತಮಾ ॥

ānandasutīrtha munīndrakṛtā harigītiriyaṃ paramādarataḥ |
paralokavilokana sūryanibhā haribhakti vivardhana śauṇḍatamā ||

This song to Hari, composed most reverently by the sage-lord Ānanda-sutīrtha, is like a sun by which to behold the world beyond, and most potent to make devotion to Hari increase. (the author's signature / phalaśruti)

About Vāsudeva Aparimeya

Vāsudeva Aparimeya is a Sanskrit stotra, composed by Śrī Madhvācārya (Ānanda Tīrtha), addressed to Vishnu — a Dvadasha Stotra. It is presented here in Devanagari, Roman (IAST), Kannada, each verse with its English meaning. Source text: sanskritdocuments.org.

Founder of the Dvaita (Tattvavāda) school of Vedānta and third of the great Vaiṣṇava ācāryas; author of the Sarvamūla works, including devotional stotras such as the Dvādaśa Stotra.

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