ādiśaṅkara-viracita śri viṣṇu-ṣaṭpadī (continued)
matsyādibhiravatārairavatāravatāvatāṃ
sadā vasudhām |
parameśvara paripālyo bhavatā
bhavatāpabhīto'ham ||
dāmodara guṇamandira
sundaravadanāravinda govinda |
bhavajaladhimathanamandara paramaṃ
daramapanaya tvaṃ me ||
Re-ordered Word-by-word Meaning
matsyādibhiravatāraiḥ - Through Your splendid incarnations as Matsya and so on...
tāṃ vasudhām - her, Mother Earth ( i.e. all life-forms on earth)
sadā avatāravat āva - always did You save, as the declared vow of your incarnations
parameśvara - Oh Supreme Lord!
ahaṃ - I am bhavatāpabhītaḥ - terrified of worldly suffering paripālyaḥ - (and hence) qualified to be saved
bhavatā - by You (just as You saved the world many times).
dāmodara - Oh Young Krishna with the rope round your waist! guṇamandira - the abode of all virtues,
govinda - Oh Govinda! sundaravadanāravinda - of beautiful lotus-like face!
bhavajaladhimathanamandara - Oh Lord who as Mandara mountain churned the entire ocean of this world,
tvaṃ - You, apanaya - please remove me - my
paramaṃ daraṃ- great dread (fear of Samsara).
By now you must be able to enjoy the wonderful euphony of alliterative sounds and words in the Vishnu Shatpadi. This completes the six verses. The seventh one, we see tomorrow, to be the benediction.
