ādiśaṅkaraviracita śrī viṣṇuṣaṭpadī (closing verse)
nārāyaṇa karuṇāmaya śaraṇaṃ
karavāṇi tāvakau caraṇau |
iti ṣaṭpadī madīye
vadanasaroje sadā vasatu ||
Re-ordered Word-by-word meaning
nārāyaṇa - Oh Narayana!
karuṇāmaya - One full of compassion!
tāvakau caraṇau - to your lotus feet
karavāṇi śaraṇaṃ - I shall bow down
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iti ṣaṭpadī - May These six words
madīye vadanasaroje - in my lotus face/mouth
sadā vasatu - dwell always !
The ṣaṭpadī ends with this prayer that I may utter these six words always. It has a second meaning, owing to clever Samskrita construction, that these six words are like a bee (shatpadi also means a six-legged creature!), and may that bee always dwell inside the lotus called my mouth. The mouth gets sanctified into a lotus by the utterance of these six words of prayer, and the prayer buzzes like a bee constantly in my mouth!
Glory to Shankara!
