Svamuddhartum Hare Vetti Kim Rupe
Haryastakam
svamuddhartuṁ hare
vetti kim kūpe patitaḥ paśuḥ kṣipannaṅghriṁ
muhurkrandan kṛpāṁ janayati prabho
Does an animal fallen into a well know how to lift itself out, O Hari? By beatings of its limbs, and repeated cries, it causes mercy, O Lord.
anicchato'pi
tasyājñasyāṅgaṁ kukṣiṁ ca
dāmabhiḥ śanairnibadhya
svajanair hare sa paramuddharet
And even if it is unwilling, its limbs are targeted with a lasso; thus slowly bound, so also, the Supreme Hari lifts His own people (from worldly existence).
sa hare lālayet
paṅkaṁ kṣālayet
pālayettṛṇaiḥ śamaye
dauṣadhair mantraiḥ svagoṣṭhastasya vedanām
That Hari wipes away the mud, washes, and nurtures the animal; removes its collected sufferings with medicine and incantations.
tathā
narapaśorīśa bhavakūpe'rditasya me hare
pariharāśeṣa kleśaṁ keśighna keśava
So also, I am an animal-like human suffering in the world-well, my Lord; O Hari! You who are Kesava, the killer of Kesi, rescue me from myriad flaws.
māṁ hi
jīvanmṛtaṁ kartuṁ yatante paritaḥ
khalāḥ tānnihatya hare
śīghraṁ sevāyāṁ te niyuṅkṣva
mām
In order to make me a walking corpse are engaged various villains; having killed them soon, O Hari, select me for your service.
kāmādyā'ntara
śatrubhyo bāhya śatrubhya eva ca bhītaṁ
hare'surādbhītaṁ prahlādāhlāda pāhi
mām
Internal enemies such as lust, etc., and eternal enemies as well; having removed the fear of these, you who are fearful to asuras, give me joy as you did to Prahlada.
ādhīnvyādhīnarīnrājño
drohiṇo'nyāṁśca durjanān kṣipraṁ
nāśaya sarvajña sarvaśakte hare mama
Anxieties, diseases, women, kings, traitors, and bad people other than these; destroy them soon, my Omniscient, Omnipotent Hari!
kaliṁ
khaṇḍaya tadbhṛtyān daṇḍayāśu hare
mama manaśodhaya
sattattvaṁ bodhayeṣṭaṁ prasādaya
Pulverize Kali, and punish his followers, my Hari; purify the mind, place noble precepts therein, and give me the desirable.
vādirāja yati
proktam evaṁ haryaṣṭakaṁ navam paṭhan
nṛsiṁha kṛpayā ripūn saṁharati
kṣaṇāt
This prayer called Haryastakam stated by the saint Sri Vadiraja Tirtha; upon reading the same one's enemies are destroyed instantly by Lord Nrsimha's grace.
Translation
Does an animal fallen into a well know how to lift itself out, O Hari? By beatings of its limbs, and repeated cries, it causes mercy, O Lord.
And even if it is unwilling, its limbs are targeted with a lasso; thus slowly bound, so also, the Supreme Hari lifts His own people (from worldly existence).
That Hari wipes away the mud, washes, and nurtures the animal; removes its collected sufferings with medicine and incantations.
So also, I am an animal-like human suffering in the world-well, my Lord; O Hari! You who are Kesava, the killer of Kesi, rescue me from myriad flaws.
In order to make me a walking corpse are engaged various villains; having killed them soon, O Hari, select me for your service.
Internal enemies such as lust, etc., and eternal enemies as well; having removed the fear of these, you who are fearful to asuras, give me joy as you did to Prahlada.
Anxieties, diseases, women, kings, traitors, and bad people other than these; destroy them soon, my Omniscient, Omnipotent Hari!
Pulverize Kali, and punish his followers, my Hari; purify the mind, place noble precepts therein, and give me the desirable.
This prayer called Haryastakam stated by the saint Sri Vadiraja Tirtha; upon reading the same one's enemies are destroyed instantly by Lord Nrsimha's grace.