Sri Venkatesha Karavalamba Stotram

Meaning:O Lord whose divine form dwells upon the lovely Seshachala hill, O Narayana, Achyuta, Hari, lotus-eyed one, protector of all the worlds by your playful glance — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O one whose lotus-feet are adored by Brahma and the gods, holding the conch and the resplendent Sudarshana discus in your divine hands, O ocean of compassion, O refuge of the surrendered, of supremely holy form — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O one knowable through the Vedanta, helmsman across the ocean of existence, O Padmanabha whose lotus-feet are worshipped by the lotus-born Lakshmi, sole purifier of the worlds, higher than the highest, remover of sins — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O Lord of Lakshmi, the goal of the scriptures, of true essential nature, who removes the faults of desire and the rest and grants true knowledge, crusher of the demons, O Janardana, O Vasudeva — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:Quickly destroy the three afflictions, O all-pervading Murari; protect me with compassion, O lotus-eyed one; guard me each day as your own disciple, O Vishnu — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O one wearing a crown shining with fine gold and the nine gems, your forehead beautiful with a musk tilaka, your lotus-face like the full moon, O lotus-eyed one — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O one whose words playfully bestow boons upon your devotees, your conch-like neck adorned with jewel-studded necklaces, the gems of your armlets lighting up every quarter — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O auspicious one, your two arms marked with divine armlets, your long arms beautified with bracelet ornaments, your two hands granting wishes with serpent-king bangles — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O Master, sustainer of the world, I am drowning in the midst of the ocean (of samsara); lift me up by your grace, O sea of mercy; and grant me Lakshmi (prosperity) for the increase of righteousness — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O one whose tender limbs are anointed with divine fragrant pastes, your body wrapped in yellow silk, radiant like the rising sun, beautifully girded — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O one whose waist is bound with a jewel-rich girdle, whose knees gleam like ruby mirrors, who enchants all the worlds with your two thighs — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O one whose feet are graced by the world's sole purifying river (that flows from them), on the day I beheld your feet, O Lord, all my sin and inner darkness met dissolution, O all-pervading one — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:O Achyuta, the host of enemies such as desire has departed from me, and all my poverty too is gone, O compassionate one; looking upon me, lowly as I am, with a glance moist with mercy — O Sri Venkatesha, grant me the support of your hand.

Meaning:This hymn was composed in the world by the ascetic Sri Nrisimha (Bharati), like a bee at the lotus-feet of Sri Venkatesha. Those who recite it attain the supreme state of Purushottama, Murari.