________________ Error! No text of specified style in document. कस्ते क्षमः सुर-गुरु-प्रतिमोऽपि बुद्ध्या; कल्पान्त-काल-पवनोद्धत-नक्र-चक्रं, को वा तरीतुमलमम्बुनिधिं भुजाभ्याम्?............ vaktum gunan gunasamudra! sasankakantan, kaste ksamah sura-guru-pratimo'pi buddhya; kalpanta-kala-pavanoddhata-nakra-cakram, ko va taritumalamambunidhim bhujabhyam? ..... VerseNo.(4)0oceanofvirtues!Eventheguruofcelestialbeings,withtheirimmensewisdomisnotcapableofpraisi ngyourvirtues, whichareasblissfulasthemoon.Whocanswimacrosstheocean,whichisinfestedbycrocodilesan dislashedbythehurricanewindblowingatthetimeofthedestructionoftheuniverse, with hisbarehands? (Nooneca n) सोऽहं तथापि तव भक्तिवशान्मुनीश!, कर्तुं स्तवं विगतशक्तिरपि प्रवृत्तः; प्रीत्यात्म-वीर्यमविचार्य मृगो मृगेन्द्र, नाभ्येति किं निजशिशोः परिपालनाऽर्थम. so'ham tathapi tava bhaktivasanmunisa!, kartum stavam vigatasaktirapi pravrttah; prityatma-viryamavicarya mrgo mrgendram, nabhyeti kim nijasisoh paripalana'rtham..... VerseNo.(5)(Thepoetadmitshisinabilitytosingthesongofpraises)"OtheLordofascetics!ltisonlybecauseofthed evotionthatlhaveembarkeduponcomposingthisstotra, inspiteofmylackofpower(worthiness). Thisislikeanactof amotherdeerwhowouldforgetaboutherownstrength,andbecauseofthelovetowardsheroffspring, confrontalion ifitcomestoprotectingthechildfromthatlion." अल्प-श्रुतं श्रुतवतां परिहास-धाम, त्वद्-भक्तिरेव मुखरीकुरूते बलान्माम; यत्कोकिलः किल मधौ मधुरं विरौति, तच्चारु-चूत-कलिका-निकरैकहेतुः alpa-srutam srutavatam parihasa-dhama, tvad-bhaktireva mukharikurute balanmam; Page 3 of 19
