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🕉️ 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.

Complete Text with Meaning

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Verse 1

𑌅𑌹𑌂 𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌭𑌰𑍋 𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌫𑌲𑌂 𑌤𑌥𑌾 𑌨 𑌮𑌮 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌤𑍇𑌰𑍇𑌵𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌪𑍇𑌦𑍍 𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌃

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

Meaning:बुद्धिमान् पुरुष इस निश्चय के साथ अपने को समर्पित करे — 'मेरी रक्षा का भार तथा उस रक्षा का फल, ये मेरे नहीं, केवल श्रीपति (लक्ष्मीपति भगवान्) के हैं।'

Verse 2

𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌕𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨𑌃 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌨𑍁𑌕𑍂𑌲𑍋𑌽𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌤𑌃 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌨𑌾𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌭𑌰𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌿

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

Meaning:हे श्रीमन्! किसी अन्य उपाय से रहित, आपके अनुकूल और अन्य सब का त्याग किए हुए, मैं विश्वास और प्रार्थनापूर्वक अपनी रक्षा का सम्पूर्ण भार आप पर रखता हूँ।

Verse 3

𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍀 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌵𑌶𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌭𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌨 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌰𑌮𑍍 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌦𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌧𑌿𑌯𑌾 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍 𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍

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

Meaning:स्वामी स्वयं, अपनी दी हुई बुद्धि के द्वारा, मुझ अपने शेष, अपने वश एवं अपने भारस्वरूप को निर्भार करके अपने में ही न्यस्त कर लेते हैं।

Verse 4

𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌭𑍀𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌵𑌰𑌦 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌗𑌤𑌃 𑌏𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌾𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌨𑍇 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑌯 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍

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

Meaning:हे श्रीमन्! हे अभीष्ट वरदायक! मैं आपकी शरण में आया हूँ। इस देह के अन्त में मुझे आप स्वयं अपने चरणों में पहुँचाइए।

Verse 5

𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍇𑌷𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌰𑌧𑌿𑌯𑌂 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌕𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑍋𑌜𑌨𑌮𑍍 𑌨𑌿𑌷𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌕𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌯𑌰𑌹𑌿𑌤𑌂 𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌕𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌮𑍍

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

Meaning:मुझे इस दृढ़ बुद्धि वाला बनाइए कि मैं केवल आपका हूँ, आपकी प्राप्ति ही जिसका एकमात्र प्रयोजन है; निषिद्ध एवं काम्य कर्मों से रहित मुझे अपना नित्य किंकर बनाइए।

Verse 6

𑌦𑍇𑌵𑍀𑌭𑍂𑌷𑌣𑌹𑍇𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌦𑌿𑌜𑍁𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌭𑌗𑌵𑌂𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌵 𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌧𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌕𑍈𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌵 𑌮𑌾𑌮𑍍

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

Meaning:हे भगवन्! देवी (लक्ष्मी), आभूषण, आयुध आदि से युक्त आप — मुझे सदा निरपराध (दोषरहित) कैंकर्यों में नियुक्त कीजिए।

Verse 7

𑌮𑌾𑌂 𑌮𑌦𑍀𑌯𑌂 𑌚 𑌨𑌿𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌕𑌮𑍍 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌕𑍈𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌪𑌕𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌵𑌰𑌦 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍

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

Meaning:हे वरद! मुझे तथा मेरे सम्पूर्ण चेतन-अचेतन को अपने कैंकर्य के उपकरण रूप में स्वयं स्वीकार कीजिए।

Verse 8

𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌵 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌕𑍋𑌽𑌸𑌿 𑌮𑍇 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌵 𑌕𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌃 𑌨 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌯 𑌪𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌵𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌨𑌿 𑌨𑌿𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌯

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

Meaning:आप ही मेरे रक्षक हैं, आप ही करुणा के आगार हैं। मुझसे पाप न कराइए, और जो प्रवृत्त हो चुके हैं उन्हें निवारण कीजिए।

Verse 9

𑌅𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌚 𑌕𑌰𑌣𑌂 𑌕𑍃𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌾𑌂 𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌨𑌂 𑌚 𑌮𑍇 𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌵 𑌨𑌿𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌂 𑌦𑍇𑌵 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌹𑌰 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍋

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

Meaning:हे प्रणतार्तिहर प्रभो! मेरे द्वारा अकर्तव्य का किया जाना तथा कर्तव्य का त्याग — इस सब को, हे देव, क्षमा कीजिए।

Verse 10

𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌯𑌤𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌂 𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌭𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌣𑌮𑍍 𑌅𑌚𑍀𑌕𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌂 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌤𑍋𑌽𑌹𑌮𑌿𑌹 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌰𑌃 ௧௦

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

Meaning:श्रीसहित भगवान् ने पाँच अंगों से युक्त मेरी रक्षा-भार-समर्पण को स्वयं अपने में करा लिया है; अतः अब मैं यहाँ पूर्णतः निर्भार (निश्चिन्त) हूँ।

Word-by-Word Meaning

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𑌅𑌹𑌮𑍍🔊ahamI (myself)
𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌭𑌰𑌃🔊madrakṣaṇabharaḥthe burden of protecting me
𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌫𑌲𑌮𑍍 𑌤𑌥𑌾🔊madrakṣaṇaphalam tathāand likewise the fruit (benefit) of protecting me
𑌨 𑌮𑌮 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌪𑌤𑍇𑌃 𑌏𑌵 𑌇𑌤𑌿🔊na mama śrīpateḥ eva itiare not mine but belong to Sripati (the Lord of Lakshmi) alone — thus
𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌮𑍍 𑌨𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌿𑌪𑍇𑌤𑍍 𑌬𑍁𑌧𑌃🔊ātmānam nikṣipet budhaḥthe wise one should surrender his very self
𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑌿 𑌅𑌕𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨𑌃🔊nyasyāmi akiñcanaḥI surrender (place the burden), being utterly destitute (having no other means)
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌨𑍍 𑌅𑌨𑍁𑌕𑍂𑌲𑌃 𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌰𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌤𑌃🔊śrīman anukūlaḥ anyavarjitaḥO Lord of Sri, being favourable (to You) and having renounced all else
𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌥𑌨𑌾𑌪𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍🔊viśvāsaprārthanāpūrvampreceded by faith and earnest prayer
𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌾𑌭𑌰𑌮𑍍 𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌿🔊ātmarakṣābharam tvayithe burden of my own protection, upon You
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍀 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌶𑍇𑌷𑌮𑍍 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌵𑌶𑌮𑍍🔊svāmī svaśeṣam svavaśamthe Master places me — His own dependent and subservient one
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌭𑌰𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇𑌨 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌰𑌮𑍍🔊svabharatvena nirbharamas His own responsibility, free of all burden (for me)
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌨𑍍 𑌅𑌭𑍀𑌷𑍍𑌟𑌵𑌰𑌦🔊śrīman abhīṣṭavaradaO Lord of Sri, granter of all desired boons
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌮𑍍 𑌅𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿 𑌶𑌰𑌣𑌮𑍍 𑌗𑌤𑌃🔊tvām asmi śaraṇam gataḥI have come to You for refuge (taken complete surrender)
𑌏𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌾𑌵𑌸𑌾𑌨𑍇🔊etaddehāvasāneat the end of this (present) body
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌮𑍍 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌪𑌯 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍🔊tvatpādam prāpaya svayamlead me Yourself to Your feet
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌚𑍍𑌛𑍇𑌷𑌤𑍍𑌵𑍇 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌰𑌧𑌿𑌯𑌮𑍍🔊tvaccheṣatve sthiradhiyammake me firm in the conviction that I belong wholly to You
𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌕𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑌮𑍍🔊nityakiṅkaramYour eternal servant
𑌨𑌿𑌰𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌧𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌕𑍈𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌯𑍇𑌷𑍁 𑌨𑌿𑌯𑍁𑌙𑍍𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌵 𑌮𑌾𑌮𑍍🔊niraparādheṣu kaiṅkaryeṣu niyuṅkṣva māmengage me in faultless services (to You)
𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌚𑍇𑌤𑌨𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌕𑌮𑍍🔊cetanācetanātmakamconsisting of the sentient and insentient
𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌕𑍈𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌪𑌕𑌰𑌣𑌮𑍍 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌕𑍁𑌰𑍁🔊svakaiṅkaryopakaraṇam svīkuruaccept (all that is mine) as instruments of Your service
𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍍 𑌏𑌵 𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌕𑌃 𑌅𑌸𑌿 𑌮𑍇🔊tvam eva rakṣakaḥ asi meYou alone are my protector
𑌕𑌰𑍁𑌣𑌾𑌕𑌰𑌃🔊karuṇākaraḥthe very mine (source) of compassion
𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌵 𑌨𑌿𑌖𑌿𑌲𑌮𑍍 𑌦𑍇𑌵🔊kṣamasva nikhilam devaforgive everything, O Lord
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌣𑌤𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌹𑌰 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍋🔊praṇatārtihara prabhoO Lord who removes the distress of those who bow to You
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌮𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌯𑌤𑌪𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌮𑍍🔊śrīmanniyatapañcāṅgamendowed with its five prescribed limbs (of surrender)
𑌮𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣𑌭𑌰𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌪𑌣𑌮𑍍 𑌅𑌚𑍀𑌕𑌰𑌤𑍍 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌯𑌮𑍍🔊madrakṣaṇabharārpaṇam acīkarat svayamHe Himself caused the offering of the burden of my protection (to be made unto Him)
𑌅𑌤𑌃 𑌅𑌹𑌮𑍍 𑌇𑌹 𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌰𑌃🔊ataḥ aham iha nirbharaḥtherefore I am here entirely free of all burden (anxiety)

Benefits of Chanting न्यासदशकम्

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

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

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

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

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

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

How to Chant न्यासदशकम्

Repetitions1times
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 न्यासदशकम् written in the Grantha 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.

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