vishnunarayanaprapattisaranagati

න්යාසදශකම්

Nyasa Dashakam in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Daily during morning worship (aradhana); especially auspicious on Ekadashi and Vishnu festivals·📜 Nyasa Dashakam (a stotra of ten verses on saranagati / prapatti)

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Origin & Story

Nyasa Dashakam (a stotra of ten verses on saranagati / prapatti) · Vedanta Desika (Venkatanatha) · 13th-14th century CE

Swami Vedanta Desika composed the Nyasa Dashakam as his own formal act of prapatti (self-surrender) at the feet of Lord Varadaraja of Kanchipuram. In ten verses he summarised the whole teaching of nyasam — that the burden and the fruit of protecting the soul belong to the Lord alone, that one surrenders with the five prescribed limbs, and that the surrendered soul should live as the Lord's eternal servant. Because it captures the distilled essence of saranagati, it became a daily recitation in Sri Vaishnava households.

✦ As told in scripture

It is traditionally said that whoever sincerely makes the surrender expressed in these ten verses need fear nothing thereafter, for the Lord Himself — as the final verse declares — has accepted the burden of their protection; thus the prapanna lives 'nirbhara,' wholly free of anxiety, secure in the Lord's promise never to forsake one who has taken refuge.

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Verse 1

අහං මද්රක්ෂණභරෝ මද්රක්ෂණඵලං තථා . න මම ශ්රීපතේරේවේත්යාත්මානං නික්ෂිපේද් බුධඃ .. 1 ..

ahaṃ madrakṣaṇabharo madrakṣaṇaphalaṃ tathā | na mama śrīpaterevetyātmānaṃ nikṣiped budhaḥ || 1 ||

Meaning:Let the wise one surrender his self with the conviction: 'The burden of protecting me, and the fruit of that protection, are not mine; they belong to Sripati, the Lord of Lakshmi, alone.'

Verse 2

න්යස්යාම්යකිඤ්චනඃ ශ්රීමන්නනුකූලෝ(අ)න්යවර්ජිතඃ . විශ්වාසප්රාර්ථනාපූර්වමාත්මරක්ෂාභරං ත්වයි .. 2 ..

nyasyāmyakiñcanaḥ śrīmannanukūlo'nyavarjitaḥ | viśvāsaprārthanāpūrvamātmarakṣābharaṃ tvayi || 2 ||

Meaning:Destitute of any other means, favourable to You and having abandoned all else, with faith and earnest prayer I place upon You, O Lord of Sri, the entire burden of my own protection.

Verse 3

ස්වාමී ස්වශේෂං ස්වවශං ස්වභරත්වේන නිර්භරම් . ස්වදත්තස්වධියා ස්වාර්ථං ස්වස්මින් න්යස්යති මාං ස්වයම් .. 3 ..

svāmī svaśeṣaṃ svavaśaṃ svabharatvena nirbharam | svadattasvadhiyā svārthaṃ svasmin nyasyati māṃ svayam || 3 ||

Meaning:The Master Himself, by the very understanding He has granted, places me — His own dependent, subject to Him, His own responsibility — wholly upon Himself, free of all burden.

Verse 4

ශ්රීමන්නභීෂ්ටවරද ත්වාමස්මි ශරණං ගතඃ . ඒතද්දේහාවසානේ මාං ත්වත්පාදං ප්රාපය ස්වයම් .. 4 ..

śrīmannabhīṣṭavarada tvāmasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | etaddehāvasāne māṃ tvatpādaṃ prāpaya svayam || 4 ||

Meaning:O Lord of Sri, bestower of every desired boon, I have taken refuge in You. At the close of this body, lead me Yourself to Your feet.

Verse 5

ත්වච්ඡේෂත්වේ ස්ථිරධියං ත්වත්ප්රාප්ත්යේකප්රයෝජනම් . නිෂිද්ධකාම්යරහිතං කුරු මාං නිත්යකිඞ්කරම් .. 5 ..

tvaccheṣatve sthiradhiyaṃ tvatprāptyekaprayojanam | niṣiddhakāmyarahitaṃ kuru māṃ nityakiṅkaram || 5 ||

Meaning:Make me firm in the conviction that I am wholly Yours, with union with You as my sole aim, free from forbidden and selfishly-motivated acts — make me Your eternal servant.

Verse 6

දේවීභූෂණහේත්යාදිජුෂ්ටස්ය භගවංස්තව . නිත්යං නිරපරාධේෂු කෛඞ්කර්යේෂු නියුඞ්ක්ෂ්ව මාම් .. 6 ..

devībhūṣaṇahetyādijuṣṭasya bhagavaṃstava | nityaṃ niraparādheṣu kaiṅkaryeṣu niyuṅkṣva mām || 6 ||

Meaning:O Lord, adorned with Your Consort, Your ornaments and weapons, engage me forever in faultless services unto You.

Verse 7

මාං මදීයං ච නිඛිලං චේතනාචේතනාත්මකම් . ස්වකෛඞ්කර්යෝපකරණං වරද ස්වීකුරු ස්වයම් .. 7 ..

māṃ madīyaṃ ca nikhilaṃ cetanācetanātmakam | svakaiṅkaryopakaraṇaṃ varada svīkuru svayam || 7 ||

Meaning:O bestower of boons, accept me and all that is mine — the entire sentient and insentient — as instruments of Your own service.

Verse 8

ත්වමේව රක්ෂකෝ(අ)සි මේ ත්වමේව කරුණාකරඃ . න ප්රවර්තය පාපානි ප්රවෘත්තානි නිවාරය .. 8 ..

tvameva rakṣako'si me tvameva karuṇākaraḥ | na pravartaya pāpāni pravṛttāni nivāraya || 8 ||

Meaning:You alone are my protector; You alone are the abode of compassion. Do not let me fall into sins; and the sins already begun, ward them away.

Verse 9

අකෘත්යානාං ච කරණං කෘත්යානාං වර්ජනං ච මේ . ක්ෂමස්ව නිඛිලං දේව ප්රණතාර්තිහර ප්රභෝ .. 9 ..

akṛtyānāṃ ca karaṇaṃ kṛtyānāṃ varjanaṃ ca me | kṣamasva nikhilaṃ deva praṇatārtihara prabho || 9 ||

Meaning:O Lord who removes the distress of those who bow to You, forgive entirely my doing of forbidden acts and my neglect of prescribed duties.

Verse 10

ශ්රීමන්නියතපඤ්චාඞ්ගං මද්රක්ෂණභරාර්පණම් . අචීකරත්ස්වයං ස්වස්මින්නතෝ(අ)හමිහ නිර්භරඃ .. 10 ..

śrīmanniyatapañcāṅgaṃ madrakṣaṇabharārpaṇam | acīkaratsvayaṃ svasminnato'hamiha nirbharaḥ || 10 ||

Meaning:The Lord with Sri has Himself caused this offering of the burden of my protection, complete with its five limbs, to be made unto Himself; therefore I now rest here utterly free of all anxiety.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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අහම්🔊ahamI (myself)

මද්රක්ෂණභරඃ🔊madrakṣaṇabharaḥthe burden of protecting me

මද්රක්ෂණඵලම් තථා🔊madrakṣaṇaphalam tathāand likewise the fruit (benefit) of protecting me

න මම ශ්රීපතේඃ ඒව ඉති🔊na mama śrīpateḥ eva itiare not mine but belong to Sripati (the Lord of Lakshmi) alone — thus

ආත්මානම් නික්ෂිපේත් බුධඃ🔊ātmānam nikṣipet budhaḥthe wise one should surrender his very self

න්යස්යාමි අකිඤ්චනඃ🔊nyasyāmi akiñcanaḥI surrender (place the burden), being utterly destitute (having no other means)

ශ්රීමන් අනුකූලඃ අන්යවර්ජිතඃ🔊śrīman anukūlaḥ anyavarjitaḥO Lord of Sri, being favourable (to You) and having renounced all else

විශ්වාසප්රාර්ථනාපූර්වම්🔊viśvāsaprārthanāpūrvampreceded by faith and earnest prayer

ආත්මරක්ෂාභරම් ත්වයි🔊ātmarakṣābharam tvayithe burden of my own protection, upon You

ස්වාමී ස්වශේෂම් ස්වවශම්🔊svāmī svaśeṣam svavaśamthe Master places me — His own dependent and subservient one

ස්වභරත්වේන නිර්භරම්🔊svabharatvena nirbharamas His own responsibility, free of all burden (for me)

ශ්රීමන් අභීෂ්ටවරද🔊śrīman abhīṣṭavaradaO Lord of Sri, granter of all desired boons

ත්වාම් අස්මි ශරණම් ගතඃ🔊tvām asmi śaraṇam gataḥI have come to You for refuge (taken complete surrender)

ඒතද්දේහාවසානේ🔊etaddehāvasāneat the end of this (present) body

ත්වත්පාදම් ප්රාපය ස්වයම්🔊tvatpādam prāpaya svayamlead me Yourself to Your feet

ත්වච්ඡේෂත්වේ ස්ථිරධියම්🔊tvaccheṣatve sthiradhiyammake me firm in the conviction that I belong wholly to You

නිත්යකිඞ්කරම්🔊nityakiṅkaramYour eternal servant

නිරපරාධේෂු කෛඞ්කර්යේෂු නියුඞ්ක්ෂ්ව මාම්🔊niraparādheṣu kaiṅkaryeṣu niyuṅkṣva māmengage me in faultless services (to You)

චේතනාචේතනාත්මකම්🔊cetanācetanātmakamconsisting of the sentient and insentient

ස්වකෛඞ්කර්යෝපකරණම් ස්වීකුරු🔊svakaiṅkaryopakaraṇam svīkuruaccept (all that is mine) as instruments of Your service

ත්වම් ඒව රක්ෂකඃ අසි මේ🔊tvam eva rakṣakaḥ asi meYou alone are my protector

කරුණාකරඃ🔊karuṇākaraḥthe very mine (source) of compassion

ක්ෂමස්ව නිඛිලම් දේව🔊kṣamasva nikhilam devaforgive everything, O Lord

ප්රණතාර්තිහර ප්රභෝ🔊praṇatārtihara prabhoO Lord who removes the distress of those who bow to You

ශ්රීමන්නියතපඤ්චාඞ්ගම්🔊śrīmanniyatapañcāṅgamendowed with its five prescribed limbs (of surrender)

මද්රක්ෂණභරාර්පණම් අචීකරත් ස්වයම්🔊madrakṣaṇabharārpaṇam acīkarat svayamHe Himself caused the offering of the burden of my protection (to be made unto Him)

අතඃ අහම් ඉහ නිර්භරඃ🔊ataḥ aham iha nirbharaḥtherefore I am here entirely free of all burden (anxiety)

Benefits of Chanting Nyasa Dashakam

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Embodies the complete doctrine of prapatti (saranagati) — total surrender to the Lord — in just ten verses

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Frees the devotee from anxiety by placing the entire burden of self-protection upon Narayana

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Recited daily by Sri Vaishnavas before household aradhana as a renewal of surrender

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Cultivates the attitude of being an eternal servant (nitya-kinkara) engaged in faultless service

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Seeks the Lord's forgiveness for all faults of commission and omission

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Prays for the soul to be led to the Lord's feet at the end of this life

How to Chant Nyasa Dashakam

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Best TimeDaily during morning worship (aradhana); especially auspicious on Ekadashi and Vishnu festivals

Sit cleanly before an image of Lord Narayana / Varadaraja, ideally after bathing. Recite the ten verses slowly with full awareness of their meaning, offering them as your own prayer of surrender ('I take refuge in You', 'protect me', and so on). Sri Vaishnavas traditionally recite the Nyasa Dashakam within their daily aradhana for Sriman Narayana. Conclude by resting in the conviction of verse ten — that the Lord has accepted the burden, and one is now free of anxiety.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Nyasa Dashakam written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

It was composed by Swami Vedanta Desika (Venkatanatha, 1268-1369 CE), the towering Sri Vaishnava acharya, poet and logician honoured as 'Kavi-tarkika-simha' and 'Vedantacharya'. It records his own surrender at the feet of Lord Varadaraja of Kanchipuram.

'Nyasa' means the act of placing down or entrusting — here, entrusting the burden of one's own protection (bhara-samarpana) to the Lord. It is a synonym for prapatti or saranagati, the doctrine of complete self-surrender that is central to Sri Vaishnavism.

The five limbs (anga) of prapatti are: resolving to act favourably to the Lord (anukulya-sankalpa), renouncing what is unfavourable (pratikulya-varjana), firm faith that He will protect (maha-vishvasa), praying for His protection (goptrtva-varana), and the sense of utter helplessness with surrender (atma-nikshepa / karpanya). Verse 10 declares all five are present.

Because it distils in ten short verses the very essence of nyasa — how to surrender and how to live afterwards as the Lord's servant. Reciting it daily before worship renews the devotee's act of surrender and the freedom from anxiety that it brings.