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🕉️ hindu·📿 1× repetitions·🕐 Brahma-muhurta or evening; during Srimad Bhagavata study, Ekadashi and Janmashtami·📜 Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Canto 4, Chapter 9, verses 6–17 (Dhruva-krita Bhagavat-stuti)

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Origin & Story

Srimad Bhagavata Purana, Canto 4, Chapter 9, verses 6–17 (Dhruva-krita Bhagavat-stuti) · Sage Veda-Vyasa (as spoken by Dhruva Maharaja) · Classical Puranic era

Dhruva, the five-year-old son of King Uttanapada, was insulted by his stepmother and resolved to attain a position higher than anyone had ever known. Guided by the sage Narada, he performed severe austerities in the forest at Madhuvana, meditating on Lord Vishnu. Pleased by his determination, the Lord appeared before him. The boy, overwhelmed and unable to speak, was touched on the cheek by the Lord's conch, and at once these twelve verses of glorification poured from his awakened heart. Having seen God, Dhruva no longer cared for the kingdom he had sought, and was ultimately granted the eternal, never-falling abode of the pole star, Dhruva-loka.

✦ As told in scripture

Tradition holds that the Lord's conch touching Dhruva's cheek instantly bestowed perfect Vedic knowledge and eloquence upon the illiterate child — the very awakening he describes in the first verse. So pleased was the Lord with this prayer that He granted Dhruva the imperishable polar abode, where he shines as the fixed pole star around which all the luminaries revolve, untouched even by the dissolution of the cosmos.

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Verse 1

යෝ(අ)න්තඃ ප්රවිශ්ය මම වාචමිමාං ප්රසුප්තාං සඤ්ජීවයත්යඛිලශක්තිධරඃ ස්වධාම්නා . අන්යාංශ්ච හස්තචරණශ්රවණත්වගාදීන් ප්රාණාන්නමෝ භගවතේ පුරූෂාය තුභ්යම් .. 1 ..

yo 'ntaḥ praviśya mama vācam imāṃ prasuptāṃ sañjīvayaty akhila-śakti-dharaḥ sva-dhāmnā | anyāṃś ca hasta-caraṇa-śravaṇa-tvag-ādīn prāṇān namo bhagavate puruṣāya tubhyam || 1 ||

Meaning:ಓ ಪ್ರಭೋ! ನೀನು ಸಮಸ್ತ ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಧರಿಸಿರುವ ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತಿಮಂತನು. ನನ್ನೊಳಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿ, ನಿನ್ನ ತೇಜಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ನಿದ್ರಿಸಿದ್ದ ನನ್ನ ವಾಣಿಯನ್ನು ಪುನಃ ಜೀವಂತಗೊಳಿಸಿದೆ; ನನ್ನ ಕೈ, ಕಾಲು, ಕಿವಿ, ಚರ್ಮ ಮುಂತಾದ ಇಂದ್ರಿಯಗಳನ್ನೂ ಪ್ರಾಣಗಳನ್ನೂ ಚೈತನ್ಯಗೊಳಿಸಿದೆ. ಆ ಪರಮಪುರುಷನಾದ ನಿನಗೆ ನನ್ನ ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ.

Verse 2

ඒකස්ත්වමේව භගවන්නිදමාත්මශක්ත්යා මායාඛ්යයෝරුගුණයා මහදාද්යශේෂම් . සෘෂ්ට්වානුවිශ්ය පුරුෂස්තදසද්ගුණේෂු නානේව දාරුෂු විභාවසුවද්විභාසි .. 2 ..

ekas tvam eva bhagavann idam ātma-śaktyā māyākhyayoru-guṇayā mahad-ādy-aśeṣam | sṛṣṭvānuviśya puruṣas tad-asad-guṇeṣu nāneva dāruṣu vibhāvasu-vad vibhāsi || 2 ||

Meaning:ಓ ಭಗವಂತನೇ! ನೀನೊಬ್ಬನೇ; 'ಮಾಯೆ' ಎಂಬ ಉಗ್ರಗುಣಗಳುಳ್ಳ ನಿನ್ನ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಮಹತ್ತತ್ತ್ವ ಮುಂತಾದ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಿ, ಅದರೊಳಗೆ ಪುರುಷರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿ, ಅದರ ಗುಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕರಂತೆ ಕಾಣಿಸುತ್ತೀಯೆ — ಒಂದೇ ಅಗ್ನಿ ವಿವಿಧ ಕಟ್ಟಿಗೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನಾ ರೂಪಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುವಂತೆ.

Verse 3

ත්වද්දත්තයා වයුනයේදමචෂ්ට විශ්වං සුප්තප්රබුද්ධ ඉව නාථ භවත්ප්රපන්නඃ . තස්යාපවර්ග්යශරණං තව පාදමූලං විස්මර්යතේ කෘතවිදා කථමාර්තබන්ධෝ .. 3 ..

tvad-dattayā vayunayedam acaṣṭa viśvaṃ supta-prabuddha iva nātha bhavat-prapannaḥ | tasyāpavargya-śaraṇaṃ tava pāda-mūlaṃ vismaryate kṛta-vidā katham ārta-bandho || 3 ||

Meaning:ಓ ನಾಥನೇ! ನೀನು ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಬುದ್ಧಿಯಿಂದಲೇ ಶರಣಾದ ಈ ಜೀವವು ನಿದ್ರೆಯಿಂದ ಎಚ್ಚೆತ್ತವನಂತೆ ಈ ವಿಶ್ವವನ್ನು ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ. ಓ ಆರ್ತಬಂಧುವೇ! ಹಾಗಾದರೆ ವಿವೇಕಿಯಾದವನು ಮುಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಏಕೈಕ ಆಶ್ರಯವಾದ ನಿನ್ನ ಚರಣಕಮಲಗಳನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಮರೆಯಬಲ್ಲನು?

Verse 4

නූනං විමුෂ්ටමතයස්තව මායයා තේ යේ ත්වාං භවාප්යයවිමෝක්ෂණමන්යහේතෝඃ . අර්චන්ති කල්පකතරුං කුණපෝපභෝග්ය- මිච්ඡන්ති යත්ස්පර්ශජං නිරයේ(අ)පි නෲණාම් .. 4 ..

nūnaṃ vimuṣṭa-matayas tava māyayā te ye tvāṃ bhavāpyaya-vimokṣaṇam anya-hetoḥ | arcanti kalpaka-taruṃ kuṇapopabhogyam icchanti yat sparśajaṃ niraye 'pi nṝṇām || 4 ||

Meaning:ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಅವರ ಬುದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು ನಿನ್ನ ಮಾಯೆ ಅಪಹರಿಸಿದೆ — ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷವಾದ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು, ಜನನ-ಮರಣಗಳಿಂದ ವಿಮುಕ್ತಿಯಂತಹ ಇತರ ಉದ್ದೇಶಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಪೂಜಿಸುವವರ ಬುದ್ಧಿಯನ್ನು; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅವರು ಬಯಸುವ ಸ್ಪರ್ಶಜನ್ಯ ಭೋಗಗಳು ಶವದಂತಹವು, ನರಕದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ ಸಿಗುವಂಥವು.

Verse 5

යා නිර්වෘතිස්තනුභෘතාං තව පාදපද්ම- ධ්යානාද්භවජ්ජනකථාශ්රවණේන වා ස්යාත් . සා බ්රහ්මණි ස්වමහිමන්යපි නාථ මා භූත් කිං‍ත්වන්තකාසිලුලිතාත්පතතාං විමානාත් .. 5 ..

yā nirvṛtis tanu-bhṛtāṃ tava pāda-padma- dhyānād bhavaj-jana-kathā-śravaṇena vā syāt | sā brahmaṇi sva-mahimany api nātha mā bhūt kiṃ tv antakāsi-lulitāt patatāṃ vimānāt || 5 ||

Meaning:ಓ ನಾಥನೇ! ನಿನ್ನ ಚರಣಕಮಲಗಳ ಧ್ಯಾನದಿಂದ ಅಥವಾ ನಿನ್ನ ಭಕ್ತರ ಕಥೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳುವುದರಿಂದ ದೇಹಧಾರಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಿಗುವ ಆನಂದವು — ನಿನ್ನ ಸ್ವಮಹಿಮಾರೂಪ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮದಲ್ಲಿ (ನಿರ್ವಿಶೇಷ ಮೋಕ್ಷದಲ್ಲಿ) ಲೀನವಾದರೂ ಸಿಗದಿರಲಿ; ಇನ್ನು ಮೃತ್ಯುವಿನ ಖಡ್ಗದಿಂದ ವಿಮಾನಗಳು ನಾಶವಾಗುವ ಆ ಸ್ವರ್ಗಭೋಗಗಳ ಮಾತೇನು!

Verse 6

භක්තිං මුහුඃ ප්රවහතාං ත්වයි මේ ප්රසඞ්ගෝ භූයාදනන්ත මහතාමමලාශයානාම් . යේනාඤ්ජසෝල්බණමුරුව්යසනං භවාබ්ධිං නේෂ්යේ භවද්ගුණකථාමෘතපානමත්තඃ .. 6 ..

bhaktiṃ muhuḥ pravahatāṃ tvayi me prasaṅgo bhūyād ananta mahatām amalāśayānām | yenāñjasolbaṇam uru-vyasanaṃ bhavābdhiṃ neṣye bhavad-guṇa-kathāmṛta-pāna-mattaḥ || 6 ||

Meaning:ಓ ಅನಂತನೇ! ನಿನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರಂತರ ಭಕ್ತಿ ಹರಿಯುವ ಮಹಾತ್ಮರ, ನಿರ್ಮಲಹೃದಯ ಭಕ್ತರ ಸಂಗವು ನನಗೆ ಸದಾ ದೊರೆಯಲಿ; ಅದರಿಂದ ನಿನ್ನ ಗುಣಗಳ ಕಥಾಮೃತ ಪಾನದಿಂದ ಮತ್ತನಾಗಿ, ಘೋರ ವಿಪತ್ತುಗಳ ಈ ಭವಸಾಗರವನ್ನು ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ದಾಟುವೆನು.

Verse 7

තේ න ස්මරන්ත්යතිතරාං ප්රියමීශ මර්ත්යං යේ චාන්වදඃ සුතසුහෘද්ගෘහවිත්තදාරාඃ . යේ ත්වබ්ජනාභ භවදීයපදාරවින්ද- සෞගන්ධ්යලුබ්ධහෘදයේෂු කෘතප්රසඞ්ගාඃ .. 7 ..

te na smaranty atitarāṃ priyam īśa martyaṃ ye cānv adaḥ suta-suhṛd-gṛha-vitta-dārāḥ | ye tv abja-nābha bhavadīya-padāravinda- saugandhya-lubdha-hṛdayeṣu kṛta-prasaṅgāḥ || 7 ||

Meaning:ಓ ಕಮಲನಾಭನೇ! ನಿನ್ನ ಚರಣಕಮಲಗಳ ಸುಗಂಧಕ್ಕೆ ಲೋಭಿಸಿದ ಭಕ್ತರ ಹೃದಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರೇಮ ಬೆಳೆಸಿಕೊಂಡವರು, ಓ ಈಶನೇ! ಮಗ, ಮಿತ್ರ, ಮನೆ, ಧನ, ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಮುಂತಾದ ಈ ಮರ್ತ್ಯಲೋಕದ ಪ್ರಿಯವಸ್ತುಗಳನ್ನೂ ಸ್ಮರಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

Verse 8

තිර්යඞ්නගද්විජසරීසෘපදේවදෛත්ය- මර්ත්යාදිභිඃ පරිචිතං සදසද්විශේෂම් . රූපං ස්ථවිෂ්ඨමජ තේ මහදාද්යනේකං නාතඃ පරං පරම වේද්මි න යත්ර වාදඃ .. 8 ..

tiryaṅ-naga-dvija-sarīsṛpa-deva-daitya- martyādibhiḥ paricitaṃ sad-asad-viśeṣam | rūpaṃ sthaviṣṭham aja te mahad-ādy-anekaṃ nātaḥ paraṃ parama vedmi na yatra vādaḥ || 8 ||

Meaning:ಓ ಅಜನೇ! ಪಶು, ವೃಕ್ಷ, ಪಕ್ಷಿ, ಸರೀಸೃಪ, ದೇವತೆ, ದೈತ್ಯ, ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಮುಂತಾದವರಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದ, ಸತ್-ಅಸತ್ ಭೇದವುಳ್ಳ ನಿನ್ನ ಈ ಮಹತ್ತತ್ತ್ವಾದಿ ಅನೇಕ ರೂಪಗಳ ಸ್ಥೂಲ ವಿಶ್ವರೂಪವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಬಲ್ಲೆ; ಅದನ್ನು ಮೀರಿದ ಯಾವ ಪರಮತತ್ತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿವಾದವೇ ಇಲ್ಲವೋ ಅದನ್ನೂ ಬಲ್ಲೆ.

Verse 9

කල්පාන්ත ඒතදඛිලං ජඨරේණ ගෘහ්ණන් ශේතේ පුමාන් ස්වදෘගනන්තසඛස්තදඞ්කේ . යන්නාභිසින්ධුරුහකාඤ්චනලෝකපද්ම- ගර්භේ ද්යුමාන් භගවතේ ප්රණතෝ(අ)ස්මි තස්මෛ .. 9 ..

kalpānta etad akhilaṃ jaṭhareṇa gṛhṇan śete pumān sva-dṛg ananta-sakhas tad-aṅke | yan-nābhi-sindhu-ruha-kāñcana-loka-padma- garbhe dyumān bhagavate praṇato 'smi tasmai || 9 ||

Meaning:ಯಾವ ಪರಮಪುರುಷನು ಕಲ್ಪಾಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಉದರದಲ್ಲಿ ಧರಿಸಿ, ಸ್ವಯಂಪ್ರಕಾಶನಾಗಿ ಅನಂತಶೇಷನನ್ನು ಸಖನಾಗಿಸಿ ಅವನ ಮಡಿಲಲ್ಲಿ ಶಯನಿಸುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಯಾರ ನಾಭಿಸಾಗರದಿಂದ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ ಸ್ವರ್ಣಲೋಕಪದ್ಮದ ಗರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ತೇಜೋಮಯ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನು ಉದ್ಭವಿಸುತ್ತಾನೋ — ಆ ಭಗವಂತನಿಗೆ ನಾನು ಪ್ರಣಮಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Verse 10

ත්වං නිත්යමුක්තපරිශුද්ධවිබුද්ධ ආත්මා කූටස්ථ ආදිපුරුෂෝ භගවාංස්ත්ර්යධීශඃ . යද්බුද්ධ්යවස්ථිතිමඛණ්ඩිතයා ස්වදෘෂ්ට්යා ද්රෂ්ටා ස්ථිතාවධිමඛෝ ව්යතිරික්ත ආස්සේ .. 10 ..

tvaṃ nitya-mukta-pariśuddha-vibuddha ātmā kūṭa-stha ādi-puruṣo bhagavāṃs try-adhīśaḥ | yad-buddhy-avasthitim akhaṇḍitayā sva-dṛṣṭyā draṣṭā sthitāv adhimakho vyatirikta āsse || 10 ||

Meaning:ನೀನು ನಿತ್ಯಮುಕ್ತನು, ಪರಿಶುದ್ಧನು, ವಿಬುದ್ಧ ಆತ್ಮನು, ಕೂಟಸ್ಥನು, ಆದಿಪುರುಷನು, ತ್ರಿಗುಣ/ತ್ರಿಲೋಕಾಧೀಶ್ವರನಾದ ಭಗವಂತನು. ನಿನ್ನ ಅಖಂಡ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಿಂದ ಬುದ್ಧಿಯ ಪ್ರತಿ ಅವಸ್ಥೆಗೂ ದ್ರಷ್ಟನಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ, ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ-ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷನಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಬೇರೆಯಾಗಿ, ನಿರ್ಲಿಪ್ತನಾಗಿ ಇರುತ್ತೀಯೆ.

Verse 11

යස්මින් විරුද්ධගතයෝ හ්යනිශං පතන්ති විද්යාදයෝ විවිධශක්තය ආනුපූර්ව්යාත් . තද්බ්රහ්ම විශ්වභවමේකමනන්තමාද්ය- මානන්දමාත්රමවිකාරමහං ප්රපද්යේ .. 11 ..

yasmin viruddha-gatayo hy aniśaṃ patanti vidyādayo vividha-śaktaya ānupūrvyāt | tad brahma viśva-bhavam ekam anantam ādyam ānanda-mātram avikāram ahaṃ prapadye || 11 ||

Meaning:ಯಾವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ವಿದ್ಯೆ-ಅವಿದ್ಯೆ ಮುಂತಾದ ಪರಸ್ಪರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಗತಿಗಳುಳ್ಳ ವಿವಿಧ ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳು ಕ್ರಮವಾಗಿ ನಿರಂತರ ಉದಯಿಸುತ್ತವೆಯೋ — ಆ ಏಕೈಕ, ಅನಂತ, ಆದಿ, ಆನಂದಸ್ವರೂಪ, ನಿರ್ವಿಕಾರ, ವಿಶ್ವದ ಮೂಲವಾದ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವನ್ನು ನಾನು ಶರಣು ಹೊಂದುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Verse 12

සත්යාශිෂෝ හි භගවංස්තව පාදපද්ම- මාශීස්තථානුභජතඃ පුරුෂාර්ථමූර්තේඃ . අප්යේවමාර්ය භගවාන් පරිපාති දීනාන් වාශ්රේව වත්සකමනුග්රහකාතරෝ(අ)ස්මාන් .. 12 ..

satyāśiṣo hi bhagavaṃs tava pāda-padmam āśīs tathānubhajataḥ puruṣārtha-mūrteḥ | apy evam ārya bhagavān paripāti dīnān vāśreva vatsakam anugraha-kātaro 'smān || 12 ||

Meaning:ಓ ಭಗವಂತನೇ! ಪುರುಷಾರ್ಥಸ್ವರೂಪವಾದ ನಿನ್ನ ಚರಣಕಮಲಗಳನ್ನು ಸೇವಿಸುವವನಿಗೆ ಸಿಗುವ ಆಶೀರ್ವಾದಗಳು ಸತ್ಯವೇ. ಆದರೂ, ಓ ಆರ್ಯನೇ! ಭಗವಂತನು ತನ್ನ ದೀನಭಕ್ತರನ್ನು ಅವರ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆಯನ್ನೂ ಮೀರಿ ರಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ — ಪ್ರೇಮದಿಂದ ತಲ್ಲಣಿಸುವ ಹಸು ತನ್ನ ಅಸಹಾಯ ಕರುವನ್ನು ಪೋಷಿಸುವಂತೆ.

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යෝ(අ)න්තඃ ප්රවිශ්ය🔊yo 'ntaḥ praviśyaHe who, having entered within

මම වාචමිමාං ප්රසුප්තාම්🔊mama vācam imāṃ prasuptāmthis my dormant (sleeping) power of speech

සඤ්ජීවයති🔊sañjīvayatienlivens, brings to life

අඛිලශක්තිධරඃ🔊akhila-śakti-dharaḥthe holder of all potencies, all-powerful

ස්වධාම්නා🔊sva-dhāmnāby His own splendour / personal energy

හස්තචරණශ්රවණත්වගාදීන්🔊hasta-caraṇa-śravaṇa-tvag-ādīnthe hands, legs, ears, skin and other (senses)

ප්රාණාන්🔊prāṇānthe life-airs / vital energies

නමෝ භගවතේ පුරුෂාය තුභ්යම්🔊namo bhagavate puruṣāya tubhyamobeisances unto You, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

ඒකස්ත්වමේව භගවන්🔊ekas tvam eva bhagavanYou alone are the one Lord, O Bhagavan

ආත්මශක්ත්යා මායාඛ්යයා🔊ātma-śaktyā māyākhyayāby Your own potency known as Maya

නානේව දාරුෂු විභාවසුවත්🔊nāneva dāruṣu vibhāvasu-vatappearing as many, like fire (hidden) within pieces of wood

සුප්තප්රබුද්ධ ඉව🔊supta-prabuddha ivalike one awakened from sleep

අපවර්ග්යශරණම්🔊apavargya-śaraṇamthe shelter that grants liberation

තව පාදමූලම්🔊tava pāda-mūlamthe soles of Your feet

ආර්තබන්ධෝ🔊ārta-bandhoO friend of the distressed

කල්පකතරුම්🔊kalpaka-tarumthe desire-fulfilling tree (kalpa-vriksha)

භක්තිං මුහුඃ ප්රවහතාම්🔊bhaktiṃ muhuḥ pravahatāmthose whose devotion flows perpetually

අනන්ත🔊anantaO unlimited one

භවද්ගුණකථාමෘතපානමත්තඃ🔊bhavad-guṇa-kathāmṛta-pāna-mattaḥintoxicated by drinking the nectar of narrations of Your qualities

අබ්ජනාභ🔊abja-nābhaO lotus-naveled Lord

පදාරවින්දසෞගන්ධ්ය🔊padāravinda-saugandhyathe fragrance of Your lotus feet

නිත්යමුක්තපරිශුද්ධවිබුද්ධඃ🔊nitya-mukta-pariśuddha-vibuddhaḥeternally liberated, perfectly pure and fully awakened

ආදිපුරුෂඃ🔊ādi-puruṣaḥthe original Person

ආනන්දමාත්රමවිකාරම්🔊ānanda-mātram avikārampure bliss alone, without any change

වාශ්රේව වත්සකම්🔊vāśreva vatsakamas a cow lovingly tends her newborn calf

Benefits of Chanting ಧ್ರುವ ಸ್ತುತಿ (ಧ್ರುವನು ಮಾಡಿದ ಶ್ರೀವಿಷ್ಣು ಸ್ತುತಿ)

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Embodies pure, motiveless devotion (ahaituki bhakti) and the rejection of all material and even liberation-seeking motives.

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The famous prayer for the 'association of great pure-hearted devotees' (verse 6) inspires the seeker to value satsanga above all rewards.

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Teaches that the bliss of meditating on the Lord's feet surpasses even impersonal liberation, deepening loving attachment to God.

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Recited from the Bhagavata, it is held to purify the heart, steady the mind, and awaken dormant spiritual faculties as it did for Dhruva.

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A powerful prayer for one facing hardship, modelled by a child who turned worldly ambition into divine realization.

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Cultivates surrender, humility and the assurance of the Lord's protection, likened to a mother cow tending her calf.

How to Chant ಧ್ರುವ ಸ್ತುತಿ (ಧ್ರುವನು ಮಾಡಿದ ಶ್ರೀವಿಷ್ಣು ಸ್ತುತಿ)

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Best TimeBrahma-muhurta or evening; during Srimad Bhagavata study, Ekadashi and Janmashtami

Sit calmly before an image of Lord Vishnu or Krishna and recite the twelve verses slowly, contemplating their meaning — that the Lord is the all-powerful indweller who awakens the soul. Reflect especially on Dhruva's prayer for the company of pure devotees and unbroken devotion. The stuti is read as part of daily Bhagavata recitation; chant it with humility and a mood of selfless surrender, seeking the Lord alone rather than any reward.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete ಧ್ರುವ ಸ್ತುತಿ (ಧ್ರುವನು ಮಾಡಿದ ಶ್ರೀವಿಷ್ಣು ಸ್ತುತಿ) 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.

The Dhruva Stuti is the prayer offered by the child-devotee Dhruva Maharaja to Lord Vishnu after the Lord appeared before him. It is found in the Srimad Bhagavata Purana (Canto 4, Chapter 9, verses 6 to 17) and consists of twelve verses of profound surrender and devotion.

Dhruva originally undertook austerity to gain a kingdom greater than his father's, but upon meeting the Lord his desire was transformed. In this stuti he asks for nothing material — only the association of pure devotees and ceaseless devotion — making it a classic example of pure, motiveless bhakti.

The Bhagavata relates that the boy was struck speechless on beholding the Lord. Lord Vishnu then touched Dhruva's cheek with His conchshell, whereupon his power of speech and inspiration awakened — and these twelve verses spontaneously flowed from his heart, as the opening verse itself describes.

It is recited during study of the Srimad Bhagavata, on Ekadashi and Janmashtami, and as a personal prayer of surrender. Devotees facing difficulty or worldly ambition draw inspiration from Dhruva, who turned his striving toward the Lord and attained the eternal pole-star abode (Dhruva-loka).