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न्यासदशकम् in Sinhala · සිංහල
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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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අහං මද්රක්ෂණභරෝ මද්රක්ෂණඵලං තථා . න මම ශ්රීපතේරේවේත්යාත්මානං නික්ෂිපේද් බුධඃ .. 1 ..
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।'
න්යස්යාම්යකිඤ්චනඃ ශ්රීමන්නනුකූලෝ(අ)න්යවර්ජිතඃ . විශ්වාසප්රාර්ථනාපූර්වමාත්මරක්ෂාභරං ත්වයි .. 2 ..
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।
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: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।
ශ්රීමන්නභීෂ්ටවරද ත්වාමස්මි ශරණං ගතඃ . ඒතද්දේහාවසානේ මාං ත්වත්පාදං ප්රාපය ස්වයම් .. 4 ..
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।
ත්වච්ඡේෂත්වේ ස්ථිරධියං ත්වත්ප්රාප්ත්යේකප්රයෝජනම් . නිෂිද්ධකාම්යරහිතං කුරු මාං නිත්යකිඞ්කරම් .. 5 ..
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।
දේවීභූෂණහේත්යාදිජුෂ්ටස්ය භගවංස්තව . නිත්යං නිරපරාධේෂු කෛඞ්කර්යේෂු නියුඞ්ක්ෂ්ව මාම් .. 6 ..
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।
මාං මදීයං ච නිඛිලං චේතනාචේතනාත්මකම් . ස්වකෛඞ්කර්යෝපකරණං වරද ස්වීකුරු ස්වයම් .. 7 ..
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।
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:आप ही मेरे रक्षक हैं, आप ही करुणा के आगार हैं। मुझसे पाप न कराइए, और जो प्रवृत्त हो चुके हैं उन्हें निवारण कीजिए।
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:हे प्रणतार्तिहर प्रभो! मेरे द्वारा अकर्तव्य का किया जाना तथा कर्तव्य का त्याग — इस सब को, हे देव, क्षमा कीजिए।
ශ්රීමන්නියතපඤ්චාඞ්ගං මද්රක්ෂණභරාර්පණම් . අචීකරත්ස්වයං ස්වස්මින්නතෝ(අ)හමිහ නිර්භරඃ .. 10 ..
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।
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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
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.
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