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ශ්රී වේඞ්කටේශ ප්රපත්තිඃ

श्री वेङ्कटेश प्रपत्तिः in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Daily morning or evening worship; especially Saturdays, Ekadashi and Venkateswara festivals·📜 Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam corpus, recited daily at the Tirumala temple

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam corpus, recited daily at the Tirumala temple · Traditional (part of the Suprabhatam–Stotram–Prapatti–Mangalasasanam sequence attributed to Prativadi Bhayankaram Annangaracharya); the fifteenth verse honours Sri Manavala Mamuni · Medieval (Sri Vaishnava tradition)

The Prapatti forms the surrender portion of the daily liturgy of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala. After the Lord is awakened by the Suprabhatam and extolled by the Stotram, the devotee performs prapatti — casting himself in total surrender at His feet — before concluding with the Mangalasasanam. The hymn's loving, detailed contemplation of the Lord's feet, beginning with the Goddess as intercessor, embodies the very heart of the Sri Vaishnava doctrine of saranagati.

✦ As told in scripture

It is a cherished belief at Tirumala that the Lord Himself, whose right hand points downward toward His own feet (the varada-hasta of the moolavar deity), is forever inviting every soul to take refuge there; the surrendered devotee who recites this Prapatti is held to be eternally accepted and protected, freed from the fear of samsara.

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Verse 1

ඊශානාං ජගතෝ(අ)ස්ය වේඞ්කටපතේර්විෂ්ණෝඃ පරාං ප්රේයසීං තද්වක්ෂඃස්ථලනිත්යවාසරසිකාං තත්ක්ෂාන්තිසංවර්ධිනීම් . පද්මාලඞ්කෘතපාණිපල්ලවයුගාං පද්මාසනස්ථාං ශ්රියං වාත්සල්යාදිගුණෝජ්ජ්වලාං භගවතීං වන්දේ ජගන්මාතරම් .. 1 ..

īśānāṃ jagato'sya veṅkaṭapaterviṣṇoḥ parāṃ preyasīṃ tadvakṣaḥsthalanityavāsarasikāṃ tatkṣāntisaṃvardhinīm | padmālaṅkṛtapāṇipallavayugāṃ padmāsanasthāṃ śriyaṃ vātsalyādiguṇojjvalāṃ bhagavatīṃ vande jaganmātaram || 1 ||

Meaning:मैं जगन्माता श्रीदेवी (लक्ष्मी) को प्रणाम करता हूँ — जो इस विश्व की अधीश्वरी एवं वेङ्कटपति विष्णु की परम प्रेयसी हैं, जो उनके वक्षःस्थल पर सदा निवास करने में रसिक हैं, उनकी क्षमा को बढ़ाने वाली हैं, जिनके कोमल हाथ कमल धारण किए हैं, जो कमलासन पर विराजमान हैं और वात्सल्य आदि गुणों से उज्ज्वल हैं। (1)

Verse 2

ශ්රීමන් කෘපාජලනිධේ කෘතසර්වලෝක සර්වජ්ඤ ශක්ත නතවත්සල සර්වශේෂින් . ස්වාමින් සුශීල සුලභාශ්රිතපාරිජාත ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 2 ..

śrīman kṛpājalanidhe kṛtasarvaloka sarvajña śakta natavatsala sarvaśeṣin | svāmin suśīla sulabhāśritapārijāta śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 2 ||

Meaning:हे श्रीमान् कृपासागर, समस्त लोकों के रचयिता, सर्वज्ञ, सर्वशक्तिमान्, नतजनों पर वत्सल, सर्वशेषी; हे स्वामी, सुशील, शरणागतों के लिए सुलभ कल्पवृक्ष — मैं श्रीवेङ्कटेश के चरणों की शरण ग्रहण करता हूँ। (2)

Verse 3

ආනූපුරාර්පිතසුජාතසුගන්ධිපුෂ්ප- සෞරභ්යසෞරභකරෞ සමසන්නිවේශෞ . සෞම්යෞ සදා(අ)නුභවනේ(අ)පි නවානුභාව්යෞ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 3 ..

ānūpurārpitasujātasugandhipuṣpa- saurabhyasaurabhakarau samasanniveśau | saumyau sadā'nubhavane'pi navānubhāvyau śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 3 ||

Meaning:जिन चरणों की सुगन्ध नूपुरों पर अर्पित सुगन्धित पुष्पों से और भी सुगन्धित हो जाती है, जो समान एवं सुन्दर रूप वाले, सौम्य तथा सदा अनुभव किए जाने पर भी नित्य-नवीन हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (3)

Verse 4

සද්යෝවිකාසිසමුදිත්වරසාන්ද්රරාග- සෞරභ්යනිර්භරසරෝරුහසාම්යවාර්තාම් . සම්යක්ෂු සාහසපදේෂු විලේඛයන්තෞ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 4 ..

sadyovikāsisamuditvarasāndrarāga- saurabhyanirbharasaroruhasāmyavārtām | samyaksu sāhasapadeṣu vilekhayantau śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 4 ||

Meaning:जो चरण तत्क्षण विकसित, पराग एवं सुगन्ध से भरे सान्द्र-रक्तवर्ण कमल से अपनी समानता की होड़ अपने तलों पर साहसपूर्वक अंकित करते हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (4)

Verse 5

රේඛාමයධ්වජසුධාකලශාතපත්ර- වජ්රාඞ්කුශාම්බුරුහකල්පකශඞ්ඛචක්රෛඃ . භව්යෛරලඞ්කෘතතලෞ පරතත්ත්වචිහ්නෛඃ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 5 ..

rekhāmayadhvajasudhākalaśātapatra- vajrāṅkuśāmburuhakalpakaśaṅkhacakraiḥ | bhavyairalaṅkṛtatalau paratattvacihnaiḥ śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 5 ||

Meaning:जिनके तल ध्वज, अमृत-कलश, छत्र, वज्र, अंकुश, कमल, कल्पवृक्ष, शङ्ख एवं चक्र — इन परतत्त्व के मङ्गल-चिह्नों से अलंकृत हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (5)

Verse 6

තාම්රෝදරද්යුතිපරාජිතපද්මරාගෞ බාහ්යෛර්මහෝභිරභිභූතමහේන්ද්රනීලෞ . උද්යන්නඛාංශුභිරුදස්තශශාඞ්කභාසෞ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 6 ..

tāmrodaradyutiparājitapadmarāgau bāhyairmahobhirabhibhūtamahendranīlau | udyannakhāṃśubhirudastaśaśāṅkabhāsau śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 6 ||

Meaning:जिनकी ताम्र-आभा पद्मराग को परास्त करती है, बाह्य कान्ति महानील मणि को अभिभूत करती है, और जिनके नखों की उदित किरणें चन्द्रमा की प्रभा को भी पीछे छोड़ देती हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (6)

Verse 7

සප්රේමභීතිකමලාකරපල්ලවාභ්යාං සංවාහනේ(අ)පි සපදි ක්ලමමාදධානෞ . කාන්තාවනාඞ්මනසගෝචරසෞකුමාර්යෞ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 7 ..

sapremabhītikamalākarapallavābhyāṃ saṃvāhane'pi sapadi klamamādadhānau | kāntāvanāṅmanasagocarasaukumāryau śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 7 ||

Meaning:जो चरण इतने सुकुमार हैं कि लक्ष्मी के कमल-कोमल हाथों द्वारा प्रेम एवं भय से दबाए जाने पर भी तुरन्त मानो थकान अनुभव करते हैं, जिनकी कोमलता वाणी एवं मन की पहुँच से परे है — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (7)

Verse 8

ලක්ෂ්මීමහී තදනුරූපනිජානුභාව- නීඩාදිදිව්යමහිෂීකරපල්ලවානාම් . ආරුණ්යසඞ්ක්රමණතඃ කිල සාන්ද්රරාගෞ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 8 ..

lakṣmīmahī tadanurūpanijānubhāva- nīḍādidivyamahiṣīkarapallavānām | āruṇyasaṅkramaṇataḥ kila sāndrarāgau śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 8 ||

Meaning:जिनका सान्द्र रक्तवर्ण, कहा जाता है, लक्ष्मी, भूमि, नीला आदि दिव्य महिषियों के कर-कमलों की अरुणिमा के संक्रमण से आया है — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (8)

Verse 9

නිත්යානමද්විධිශිවාදිකිරීටකෝටි- ප්රත්යුප්තදීප්තනවරත්නමහඃප්රරෝහෛඃ . නීරාජනාවිධිමුදාරමුපාදධානෞ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 9 ..

nityānamadvidhiśivādikirīṭakoṭi- pratyuptadīptanavaratnamahaḥprarohaiḥ | nīrājanāvidhimudāramupādadhānau śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 9 ||

Meaning:जो चरण नित्य नमन करते ब्रह्मा, शिव आदि के करोड़ों मुकुटों में जड़े देदीप्यमान नवरत्नों की प्रभा से उदार नीराजन (आरती) ग्रहण करते हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (9)

Verse 10

විෂ්ණෝඃ පදේ පරම ඉත්යුදිතප්රශංසෞ යෞ මධ්ව උත්ස ඉති භෝග්යතයාප්යුපාත්තෞ . භූයස්තථේති තව පාණිතලප්රදිෂ්ටෞ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 10 ..

viṣṇoḥ pade parama ityuditapraśaṃsau yau madhva utsa iti bhogyatayāpyupāttau | bhūyastatheti tava pāṇitalapradiṣṭau śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 10 ||

Meaning:जिन्हें वेद 'विष्णोः परमं पदम्' कहकर प्रशंसित करता है, 'मध्व उत्सः' (मधु का स्रोत) कहकर भोग्य रूप में ग्रहण करता है, और जिन्हें आप स्वयं अपने हाथ से (तिरुमला में) पुनः दिखाते हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (10)

Verse 11

පාර්ථාය තත්සදෘශසාරථිනා ත්වයෛව යෞ දර්ශිතෞ ස්වචරණෞ ශරණං ව්රජේති . භූයෝ(අ)පි මහ්යමිහ තෞ කරදර්ශිතෞ තේ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 11 ..

pārthāya tatsadṛśasārathinā tvayaiva yau darśitau svacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ vrajeti | bhūyo'pi mahyamiha tau karadarśitau te śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 11 ||

Meaning:जिन चरणों को आपने अर्जुन के अनुपम सारथि बनकर 'इनकी शरण लो' कहकर दिखाया, और जिन्हें यहाँ पुनः अपने हाथ से मुझे दिखाते हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (11)

Verse 12

මන්මූර්ධ්නි කාලියඵණේ විකටාටවීෂු ශ්රීවේඞ්කටාද්රිශිඛරේ ශිරසි ශ්රුතීනාම් . චිත්තේ(අ)ප්යනන්යමනසාං සමමාහිතෞ තේ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 12 ..

manmūrdhni kāliyaphaṇe vikaṭāṭavīṣu śrīveṅkaṭādriśikhare śirasi śrutīnām | citte'pyananyamanasāṃ samamāhitau te śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 12 ||

Meaning:जो चरण मेरे मस्तक पर, कालिय के फण पर, विकट वनों में, वेङ्कटाद्रि के शिखर पर, श्रुतियों के शिर पर तथा अनन्यचित्त भक्तों के हृदय में समान रूप से स्थित हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (12)

Verse 13

අම්ලානහෘෂ්යදවනීතලකීර්ණපුෂ්පෞ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටාද්රිශිඛරාභරණායමානෞ . ආනන්දිතාඛිලමනෝනයනෞ තවෛතෞ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 13 ..

amlānahṛṣyadavanītalakīrṇapuṣpau śrīveṅkaṭādriśikharābharaṇāyamānau | ānanditākhilamanonayanau tavaitau śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 13 ||

Meaning:जो चरण कभी न मुरझाने वाले प्रफुल्लित पुष्पों से बिखरी भूमि पर शोभित, वेङ्कटाद्रि के शिखर के आभूषण-स्वरूप, सबके मन एवं नेत्रों को आनन्दित करने वाले हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (13)

Verse 14

ප්රායඃ ප්රපන්නජනතා ප්රථමාවගාහ්යෞ මාතුඃ ස්තනාවිව ශිශෝරමෘතායමාණෞ . ප්රාප්තෞ පරස්පරතුලාමතුලාන්තරෞ තේ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 14 ..

prāyaḥ prapannajanatā prathamāvagāhyau mātuḥ stanāviva śiśoramṛtāyamāṇau | prāptau parasparatulāmatulāntarau te śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 14 ||

Meaning:जिन चरणों में शरणागत जन सर्वप्रथम मग्न होते हैं, जैसे शिशु माता के स्तनों में, जो अमृत के समान सदा पोषक हैं, जो परस्पर अनुपम होकर भी एक-दूसरे के समान हैं — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (14)

Verse 15

සත්ත්වෝත්තරෛඃ සතතසේව්යපදාම්බුජේන සංසාරතාරකදයාර්ද්රදෘගඤ්චලේන . සෞම්යෝපයන්තෘමුනිනා මම දර්ශිතෞ තේ ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ .. 15 ..

sattvottaraiḥ satatasevyapadāmbujena saṃsāratārakadayārdradṛgañcalena | saumyopayantṛmuninā mama darśitau te śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye || 15 ||

Meaning:जिन चरणों को सौम्य उपयन्तृ मुनि (मणवाल मामुनि) ने, जिनके चरण-कमल श्रेष्ठ जनों से सदा सेवित हैं तथा जिनका कटाक्ष संसार-तारक दया से आर्द्र है, मुझे दिखाया — श्रीवेङ्कटेश के उन चरणों की शरण मैं ग्रहण करता हूँ। (15)

Verse 16

ශ්රීශ ශ්රියා ඝටිකයා ත්වදුපායභාවේ ප්රාප්යේ ත්වයි ස්වයමුපේයතයා ස්ඵුරන්ත්යා . නිත්යාශ්රිතාය නිරවද්යගුණාය තුභ්යං ස්යාං කිඞ්කරෝ වෘෂගිරීශ න ජාතු මහ්යම් .. 16 ..

śrīśa śriyā ghaṭikayā tvadupāyabhāve prāpye tvayi svayamupeyatayā sphurantyā | nityāśritāya niravadyaguṇāya tubhyaṃ syāṃ kiṅkaro vṛṣagirīśa na jātu mahyam || 16 ||

Meaning:हे श्रीपति! श्री (लक्ष्मी) के द्वारा, जो आपकी प्राप्ति का उपाय भी हैं और स्वयं उपेय रूप में आप में स्फुरित होती हैं — हे वृषगिरीश! मैं नित्य-आश्रित, निर्दोष-गुण आपका ही किङ्कर बना रहूँ, कभी अपना नहीं। (16)

Word-by-Word Meaning

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ඊශානාං ජගතෝ(අ)ස්ය🔊īśānāṃ jagato'syaThe sovereign Mistress of this universe

වේඞ්කටපතේර්විෂ්ණෝඃ පරාං ප්රේයසීං🔊veṅkaṭapaterviṣṇoḥ parāṃ preyasīṃThe supremely beloved of Vishnu, the Lord of Venkata Hill

වන්දේ ජගන්මාතරම්🔊vande jaganmātaramI salute the Mother of the worlds (Goddess Lakshmi)

ශ්රීමන් කෘපාජලනිධේ🔊śrīman kṛpājalanidheO illustrious One, ocean of compassion

නතවත්සල සර්වශේෂින්🔊natavatsala sarvaśeṣinO You who are affectionate to those who bow, Master to whom all belongs

සුලභාශ්රිතපාරිජාත🔊sulabhāśritapārijātaO wish-granting Parijata tree, easily attained by those who take refuge

ශ්රීවේඞ්කටේශචරණෞ ශරණං ප්රපද්යේ🔊śrīveṅkaṭeśacaraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadyeI take refuge at the two feet of Sri Venkatesha (the refrain of every verse)

ආනූපුරාර්පිතසුගන්ධිපුෂ්ප🔊ānūpurārpitasugandhipuṣpaThe fragrant flowers offered up to the anklets (on the feet)

සදා(අ)නුභවනේ(අ)පි නවානුභාව්යෞ🔊sadā'nubhavane'pi navānubhāvyauEver fresh to experience though enjoyed forever

රේඛාමයධ්වජ🔊rekhāmayadhvajaThe line-marks of a flag (auspicious sign on the sole)

ශඞ්ඛචක්රෛඃ🔊śaṅkhacakraiḥBy the (marks of) conch and discus

පරතත්ත්වචිහ්නෛඃ🔊paratattvacihnaiḥBy the signs/emblems of the Supreme Reality

උද්යන්නඛාංශුභිඃ🔊udyannakhāṃśubhiḥBy the rising rays of His toenails

උදස්තශශාඞ්කභාසෞ🔊udastaśaśāṅkabhāsauWhich surpass (outshine) the light of the moon

පාර්ථාය ... ශරණං ව්රජේති🔊pārthāya ... śaraṇaṃ vrajetiTo Arjuna (You said) 'take refuge (in Me)' — alluding to the Gita's charama shloka

කරදර්ශිතෞ🔊karadarśitauPointed out by Your own hand (the Lord at Tirumala holds His hand toward His feet)

මන්මූර්ධ්නි කාලියඵණේ🔊manmūrdhni kāliyaphaṇeOn my head and on the hood of the serpent Kaliya (the same feet rest equally)

මාතුඃ ස්තනාවිව ශිශෝඃ🔊mātuḥ stanāviva śiśoḥLike a mother's breasts to an infant (the first refuge a surrendered soul plunges into)

අමෘතායමාණෞ🔊amṛtāyamāṇauActing as nectar (ever nourishing)

සෞම්යෝපයන්තෘමුනිනා🔊saumyopayantṛmunināBy the gracious sage Upayantru (Manavala Mamuni / the teacher)

ස්යාං කිඞ්කරඃ🔊syāṃ kiṅkaraḥMay I be (Your) servant

න ජාතු මහ්යම්🔊na jātu mahyamNever for my own sake (let me belong wholly to You, never to myself)

Benefits of Chanting श्री वेङ्कटेश प्रपत्तिः

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Expresses complete surrender (prapatti/saranagati) at the feet of Lord Venkateswara

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Invokes the grace of both Lakshmi and Vishnu, as the hymn begins by seeking the Goddess's intercession

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Believed to grant the Lord's protection and freedom from the fears of worldly existence

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Deepens loving devotion through detailed meditation on the Lord's sacred feet

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Recited daily at Tirumala, it connects the devotee to the living temple tradition

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The final verse instills the highest aspiration — to belong wholly to the Lord and never to oneself

How to Chant श्री वेङ्कटेश प्रपत्तिः

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Best TimeDaily morning or evening worship; especially Saturdays, Ekadashi and Venkateswara festivals

Sit facing an image of Venkateswara after bathing. Begin by meditating on Goddess Lakshmi (verse 1), then recite the fifteen verses of surrender, dwelling on the Lord's feet with each refrain 'śrī-veṅkaṭeśa-caraṇau śaraṇaṃ prapadye'. At Tirumala it follows the Suprabhatam and Stotram and precedes the Mangalasasanam. Conclude with the sixteenth verse as a prayer to be the Lord's eternal servant.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete श्री वेङ्कटेश प्रपत्तिः 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.

Prapatti (also called saranagati) is the act of total, loving self-surrender to God as the sole refuge. In the Sri Vaishnava tradition it is regarded as a complete path to the Lord's grace, in which the devotee gives up all other supports and casts himself entirely at the Lord's feet.

In Sri Vaishnavism, Goddess Sri (Lakshmi) is the purushakara — the compassionate intercessor or mediatrix who recommends the surrendered soul to the Lord. So the Prapatti opens with a salutation to her before approaching the feet of Venkatesha.

Prapatti is surrender at the feet of the Lord, so the hymn meditates lovingly and in rich detail on Venkateswara's sacred feet — their fragrance, their red lotus-like glow, the auspicious marks (conch, discus, flag and others), and their delicacy — as the refuge into which the devotee plunges.

It is chanted daily as part of the worship at Tirumala, traditionally after the Venkateswara Suprabhatam and the Stotram, and before the Mangalasasanam. Devotees also recite it at home in their morning or evening prayers, especially on Saturdays and Ekadashi.