srilaksminarayanahrdhayam-slokas 17 to 27

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17.nArAyaNa thvamEvAsi dhaharAkhyE hrdhiTHithah

prErithA prEryamANAnAm thvayA prErithamAnasah

 

Narayana you are in the space inside the heart called dhaharAkasa;

You are the driving force behind all who are urged into action ; My

mind is guided by you.

 

18.thvadhAjnAm sirasA krthva bajAmi janapAvanam

nanOpAsanamArgANAm bhavakrd bhAva bhODHakah

 

I will carry your orders which purifies al,l with bowed head. There

are various kinds of meditation which are created by you and you are

the instructor of good attitudes.(The good thoughts are the result

of jnana and bhakthi as given in the Gita. Only jnana combined with

bhakthi can secure moksha)

 

19.bhAvArThakrth bhavAtheethah bhava soukhyapradhO mama

thvanmAyAmOhitham visvam thvayaive parikalpitham

 

You give the meaning to things and you are beyond transmigration ;

be my benefactor.The world is pervaded by your maya which is your own

creation.( As said by the Lord in the Gita only those who surrender

to HIm are able to cross over His maya. 'mamamAyA dhurathyayA masmEva

yE prapadhyanthE mAyAmEtham tharanthi thE.')

 

20.thvadhaDHishTAna mAthrENa sA vai sarvArTha kAriNee

thvamEva thAm puraskrthya mamakAman samarThaya

 

The maya has the power to fulfil all desires because of your support.

So you yourself fulfil my wishes through maya.

 

21.na mE thvadhanyah thrAthA asthi thvadhanyanna hi dhaivatham

thvadhanyam na hi jAnAmi pAlakam puNyavarDhanam

 

I have no other protector than you, no God other than you, I do not

know any saviour other than you who makes my merit grow.

 

22.yAvath sAmsarikO bhavO manasTHO bhAvanAthmakah

thAvath siddhirbhavEth sADHyA sarvadhA sarvadhA vibhO

 

O Lord, always at all times the worldly thoughts that arise in the

mind should be achieved succesfully.

 

23.pApinAmaham EkAgrO dhayALoonam thvam agraNeeh

dhayaneeyo madhanyO asthi thava ko athra jagaththraye

 

I am the prominant among sinners and you are the first and foremost

among the merciful.There is none more deserving for your mercy than

me in the whole world.

 

24.thvayAham naiva srshtaschEth na syAth thavadhayAlunA

AmayO vA na srashtaschEth oushaDHasya vrTHOdhayah

 

If I have not been created there will not be any recipient for your

mercy.If there is no disease been created ther is no use for the

medicine.

 

25. pApasangaparisrAnthah pApthmA pAparoopadhrk

thvadhanyah ko athra pApEbhyah thrAthAsthi jagatheethalE

 

To one who is fatigued by committing sins , who is sinful and has

sinful perception, there is no one in the world to protect them from

their sins except you.

 

26.thvamEva mAthA cha pithA thvameva thvamEva banDhuscha saKHa

THVAMeVA

thvamEva sEvyascha gurusthvamEva thvamEva sarvam mamadhEvadhEva

 

You are my mother, you are my father,you are my relative and my

friend are you.You are the one to be served and you are the guru and

you are all to me , my Lord of lords.

 

27. prArThanA dhasakam chaiva moolAshtakam athah param

yah paTEth srNuyAnnithyam thasya lakshmeessThirA bhavEth

 

The ten verses by way of prayer and another eight explaining the

main subject (the Lord). To the one who reads or hears these every

day Goddess Lakshmi will stay with him for ever.(The rest of the

narayanahrdhyam is phalasruthi)