About this stotra
Sri Srinivasa Gadyam is a devotional Sanskrit hymn written in prose that praises the beauty, divine attributes, and auspicious qualities of Lord Venkateswara (Srinivasa) of Tirumala. Unlike a padyam (verse), which follows strict metric rules, a gadyam is an elaborate prose composition often characterized by long, rhythmic sentences and adjectival phrases.
The Srinivasa Gadyam is recited especially in Tirumala traditions.
The hymn describes the Lord's physical beauty, and His role as the protector of devotees. It traditionally concludes with a prayer seeking refuge (prapatti) to escape the cycle of birth and death (samsara).
Sri Srinivasa Gadyam lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
श्रीवेङ्कटाद्रिनिलयः कमलाकामुकः पुमान् ।
अभङ्गुर विभूतिर्नस्तरङ्गयतु मङ्गलम्
श्रीमदखिल महीमण्डल मण्डन धरणिधर मण्डलाखण्डलस्य ॥ १ ॥
śrīveṅkaṭādrinilayaḥ kamalākāmukaḥ pumān .
abhaṅgura vibhūtirnastaraṅgayatu maṅgalam
śrīmadakhila mahīmaṇḍala maṇḍana dharaṇidhara maṇḍalākhaṇḍalasya .. 1 ..
May Sri Venkatesha, who dwells on the Venkata hill, the lover of Kamala (Lakshmi), the Purusha of inexhaustible glory — bestow auspiciousness upon us. (Salutations to the Lord) of the glorious undivided realm that adorns the entire circle of the earth, the axis of the sphere of worlds.
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Verse 2
निखिल सुरासुर वन्दित वराह क्षेत्र विभूषणस्य ॥ २ ॥
nikhila surāsura vandita varāha kṣetra vibhūṣaṇasya .. 2 ..
Of Varaha Kshetra, honoured by all gods and demons.
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Verse 3
शेषाचल गरुडाचल वृषभाचल नारायणाचलाञ्जनाचलादि शिखरि
मालाकुलस्य ॥ ३ ॥
śeṣācala garuḍācala vṛṣabhācala nārāyaṇācalāñjanācalādi śikhari
mālākulasya .. 3 ..
Who dwells among the peaks of Sheshachala, Garudachala, Vrishabhachala, Narayanachala, Anjanachala and other hills.
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Verse 4
नाथमुख बोधनिधि वीथिगुण साभरण सत्त्वनिधि तत्त्वनिधि
भक्तिगुणपूर्ण श्रीशैल पूर्ण गुणवशंवद परमपुरुष कृपापूर
विभ्रमदतुङ्गशृङ्ग गलद्गगन गङ्गासमालिङ्गितस्य ॥ ४ ॥
nāthamukha bodhanidhi vīthiguṇa sābharaṇa sattvanidhi tattvanidhi
bhaktiguṇapūrṇa śrīśaila pūrṇa guṇavaśaṃvada paramapuruṣa kṛpāpūra
vibhramadatuṅgaśṛṅga galadgagana gaṅgāsamāliṅgitasya .. 4 ..
Whose fame is spread by the great Acharya Nathamuni; adorned by the full Srishaila mountain; whose majestic peak is embraced by the flowing celestial Ganga streaming from the sky.
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Verse 5
सीमातिगगुण रामानुज मुनि नामाङ्कित बहुभूमाश्रय सुरधामा लयवनरामा
यतवनसीमा परिवृत विशङ्कटतट निरन्तर विजृम्भित भक्तिरस
निर्झरानन्तार्याहार्य प्रस्रवण धारापूर विभ्रमद सलिलभर भरित
महा तटाकमण्डितस्य ॥ ५ ॥
sīmātigaguṇa rāmānuja muni nāmāṅkita bahubhūmāśraya suradhāmā layavanarāmā
yatavanasīmā parivṛta viśaṅkaṭataṭa nirantara vijṛmbhita bhaktirasa
nirjharānantāryāhārya prasravaṇa dhārāpūra vibhramada salilabhara bharita
mahā taṭākamaṇḍitasya .. 5 ..
Whose hill is marked by Ramanuja's name, the great asylum for countless souls; whose sacred forests and borders are a home for the divine; around whose steep slopes flows the continuous spring of devotion, filling the great sacred tanks.
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Verse 6
कलिकर्दममलमर्दन कलितोद्यम विलसद्यमनियमादिम मुनिगण निषेव्यमाण
प्रत्यक्षीभवन्निजसलिल समज्जननमज्जन निखिल पापनाशन पापनाशन
तिर्थाध्यासितस्य ॥ ६ ॥
kalikardamamalamardana kalitodyama vilasadyamaniyamādima munigaṇa niṣevyamāṇa
pratyakṣībhavannijasalila samajjananamajjana nikhila pāpanāśana pāpanāśana
tirthādhyāsitasya .. 6 ..
Where ascetics practicing yama and niyama serve the Lord; whose sacred waters — flowing visibly — destroy all sins of those who bathe in them; the sacred Papanashana tirtha.
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Verse 7
मुरारि सेवक जराधिपीडित निरार्तिजीवन निराशभूसुर वरातिसुन्दर
सुराङ्गना रतिकराङ्ग सौष्ठव कुमारताकृति कुमारतारक
समापनोदय दमानपातक महापदामय विहापनोदित सकल भुवन विदित
कुमारधाराभिधान तिर्थाधिष्ठितस्य ॥ ७ ॥
murāri sevaka jarādhipīḍita nirārtijīvana nirāśabhūsura varātisundara
surāṅganā ratikarāṅga sauṣṭhava kumāratākṛti kumāratāraka
samāpanodaya damānapātaka mahāpadāmaya vihāpanodita sakala bhuvana vidita
kumāradhārābhidhāna tirthādhiṣṭhitasya .. 7 ..
Where the aged devotees of Murari (Vishnu) are healed of infirmities; whose beauty surpasses that of divine maidens; the Kumaradhara tirtha, famed in all worlds for washing away great sins and afflictions.
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Verse 8
धरणि तलगत सकलहत कलिलशुभ सलिलगत बहुलविविध मलहति
चतुर रुचिरतर विलोकमात्रविदलित विविध महापातक स्वामिपुष्करिणी
समेतस्य ॥ ८ ॥
dharaṇi talagata sakalahata kalilaśubha salilagata bahulavividha malahati
catura ruciratara vilokamātravidalita vividha mahāpātaka svāmipuṣkariṇī
sametasya .. 8 ..
The holy Svami Pushkarini, which destroys with a single glance all the great sins of those who immerse themselves in it.
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Verse 9
बहुसङ्कट नरकावट पतदुत्कट कलिकङ्कट कलुषोद्भट जनपातक
विनिपातक रुचिनाटक करहाटक कलशाहृत कमलारत शुभमज्जन
जलसज्जन भरित निजदुरित हतिनिरत जनसतत निरर्गलपेयीयमान
सलिल सम्भृत विशङ्कट कटाहतीर्थ भूषितस्य ॥ ९ ॥
bahusaṅkaṭa narakāvaṭa patadutkaṭa kalikaṅkaṭa kaluṣodbhaṭa janapātaka
vinipātaka rucināṭaka karahāṭaka kalaśāhṛta kamalārata śubhamajjana
jalasajjana bharita nijadurita hatinirata janasatata nirargalapeyīyamāna
salila sambhṛta viśaṅkaṭa kaṭāhatīrtha bhūṣitasya .. 9 ..
The vast Katahatirtha — filled with pure, ever-flowing water, which those devoted to removing their sins drink freely, of the most beautiful and gleaming appearance.
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Verse 10
एवमादिम भुरिमञ्जिम सर्वपातक गर्वहापक सिन्धुडम्बर
हारिशम्बर विविधविपुल पुण्यतीर्थ निवह निवासस्य ॥ १० ॥
evamādima bhurimañjima sarvapātaka garvahāpaka sindhuḍambara
hāriśambara vividhavipula puṇyatīrtha nivaha nivāsasya .. 10 ..
And thus this great sacred hill is adorned by many magnificent and sacred tirthas that wash away all pride of sin, most wonderful among oceans of purity.
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Verse 11
श्री वेङ्कटाचलस्य ॥ ११ ॥
śrī veṅkaṭācalasya .. 11 ..
Of Sri Venkatachala.
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Verse 12
शिखरशेखर महाकल्प शाखी ॥ १२ ॥
śikharaśekhara mahākalpa śākhī .. 12 ..
Who is the great Kalpa tree with peaks as its branches.
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Verse 13
खर्वीभवदतिगर्वि कृतगुरुमेर्विश
गिरिमुखोर्वीधरकुलदर्वीकर दयितोर्वी धरशिखरोर्वी सतत
सदुर्वी कृतिचणनवघनगर्वचर्वणनिपुण तनुकिरण मसृणित
गिरिशिखरशेखर तरुनिकर तिमिरः ॥ १३ ॥
kharvībhavadatigarvi kṛtagurumerviśa
girimukhorvīdharakuladarvīkara dayitorvī dharaśikharorvī satata
sadurvī kṛticaṇanavaghanagarvacarvaṇanipuṇa tanukiraṇa masṛṇita
giriśikharaśekhara tarunikara timiraḥ .. 13 ..
Whose gentle rays soothe the peaks of the great Meru — the snake-bearing mountains, the mountain chiefs; dispelling the pride of the heavy rain-clouds with his tender, smoothening golden beams.
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Verse 14
वाणीपति शर्वाणीदयितेन्द्राणीश्वरमुखनाणीयो रसवेणी निभ शुभवाणी
नुतमहिमाणी यस्तरकोणी भवदखिलभुवन भवनोदरः ॥ १४ ॥
vāṇīpati śarvāṇīdayitendrāṇīśvaramukhanāṇīyo rasaveṇī nibha śubhavāṇī
nutamahimāṇī yastarakoṇī bhavadakhilabhuvana bhavanodaraḥ .. 14 ..
Who is praised with auspicious speech by the lord Brahma, Shiva, Indra and their consorts — his glorious form is the innermost of the universe, whose cosmic body is all the worlds.
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Verse 15
वैमानिक गुरुभूमाधिक गुण रामानुज कृतधामाकर करधामारिदर
ललामाच्छ कनक दामायित निजरामालयनवकिसलयमय तोरण
मालायितवनमालाधरः ॥ १५ ॥
vaimānika gurubhūmādhika guṇa rāmānuja kṛtadhāmākara karadhāmāridara
lalāmāccha kanaka dāmāyita nijarāmālayanavakisalayamaya toraṇa
mālāyitavanamālādharaḥ .. 15 ..
Honoured by Ramanuja above all the great Acharyas, wearing the divine Tulasi garland, adorned with fresh shoots of the lotus — the wearer of the forest-garland (Vana-mala).
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Verse 16
कालाम्बुद मालानिभ नीलालक जालावृत बालाब्ज सलीलामलफालाङ्क
समूलामृत धाराद्वयावधीरण धीरललिततर विशदतर घन
घनसारमयोर्ध्वपुण्ड्र रेखाद्वयरुचिरः ॥ १६ ॥
kālāmbuda mālānibha nīlālaka jālāvṛta bālābja salīlāmalaphālāṅka
samūlāmṛta dhārādvayāvadhīraṇa dhīralalitatara viśadatara ghana
ghanasāramayordhvapuṇḍra rekhādvayaruciraḥ .. 16 ..
Whose dark locks of hair are like rain-clouds; whose pure forehead is adorned with two vertical lines of white sandal like streams of divine nectar — the brilliant Urdhvapundra marks.
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Verse 17
सुविकस्वरदलभास्वरकमलोदरगतमेदुरनवकेसरततिभासुरपरिपिञ्जर-
कनकाम्बरकलितादरललितोदरतदालम्बजम्भरिपुमणिस्तम्भ-
गम्भीरिमदम्भस्तम्भन समुज्जृम्भमाणपीवरोरुयुगल-
तदालम्बपृथुलकदलीमुकुलमदहरणजङ्घालजङ्घायुगलः ॥ १७ ॥
suvikasvaradalabhāsvarakamalodaragatameduranavakesaratatibhāsuraparipiñjara-
kanakāmbarakalitādaralalitodaratadālambajambharipumaṇistambha-
gambhīrimadambhastambhana samujjṛmbhamāṇapīvaroruyugala-
tadālambapṛthulakadalīmukulamadaharaṇajaṅghālajaṅghāyugalaḥ .. 17 ..
Whose large eyes are like a pair of lotus flowers; whose nose is like the beak of a parrot; whose cheeks are like mirrors of beauty; whose lips are red as coral.
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Verse 18
नव्यदल भव्यकल पीतमल शोणिमल सन्मृदुल सत्किसलयाश्रुजलकारि
बलशोणतल पत्कमलनिजाश्रय बलबन्दीकृत शरदिन्दुमण्डली
विभ्रमदादभ्रशुभ्र पुनर्भवाधिष्ठिताङ्गुली
गाढनिपीडित पद्मासनः ॥ १८ ॥
navyadala bhavyakala pītamala śoṇimala sanmṛdula satkisalayāśrujalakāri
balaśoṇatala patkamalanijāśraya balabandīkṛta śaradindumaṇḍalī
vibhramadādabhraśubhra punarbhavādhiṣṭhitāṅgulī
gāḍhanipīḍita padmāsanaḥ .. 18 ..
Whose beautiful neck is like the conch — the three rings of glory upon it; whose shoulders are strong and broad like the lion; whose sacred chest bears the mark of Srivatsa.
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Verse 19
जानुतलावधिलम्भिविडम्बित वारणशुण्डा दण्डविजृम्भित नीलमणिमय
कल्पकशाखा विभ्रमदायि मृणाललतायत समुज्ज्वलतर कनक
वलयवेल्लितैकतर बाहुदण्डयुगलः ॥ १९ ॥
jānutalāvadhilambhiviḍambita vāraṇaśuṇḍā daṇḍavijṛmbhita nīlamaṇimaya
kalpakaśākhā vibhramadāyi mṛṇālalatāyata samujjvalatara kanaka
valayavellitaikatara bāhudaṇḍayugalaḥ .. 19 ..
On whose broad chest eternally dwells Mahalakshmi of the lotus face — who is the very embodiment of all virtues.
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Verse 20
युगपदुदित कोटिखरकर हिमकर मण्डल जाज्ज्वल्यमान सुदर्शन
पाञ्चजन्य समुत्तुङ्गित शृङ्गापरबाहुयुगलः ॥ २० ॥
yugapadudita koṭikharakara himakara maṇḍala jājjvalyamāna sudarśana
pāñcajanya samuttuṅgita śṛṅgāparabāhuyugalaḥ .. 20 ..
Who wears the Kaustubha gem of blazing brilliance; adorned with the Vaijayanti garland; who bears on his four arms the conch Panchajanya, the disc Sudarshana, the mace Kaumodaki and the lotus.
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Verse 21
अभिनवशाणा समुत्तेजित महामहानीलखण्ड मदखण्डननिपुण नवीन
परितप्त कार्तस्वरकवचित महनीय पृथुलसालग्राम परम्परागुम्फित
नाभिमण्डलपर्यन्त लम्बमानप्रालम्बदीप्ति
समालम्बित विशालवक्षस्थलः ॥ २१ ॥
abhinavaśāṇā samuttejita mahāmahānīlakhaṇḍa madakhaṇḍananipuṇa navīna
paritapta kārtasvarakavacita mahanīya pṛthulasālagrāma paramparāgumphita
nābhimaṇḍalaparyanta lambamānaprālambadīpti
samālambita viśālavakṣasthalaḥ .. 21 ..
Whose waist is adorned with the golden Pitambara (yellow silk), tied with a jeweled belt; whose thighs and calves are like the trunk of a young elephant; whose feet with their beautiful toe-nails are resplendent like a row of full moons.
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Verse 22
गङ्गाझरतुङ्गाकृतिभङ्गावलिभङ्गावह सौधावलि बावह धारानिभ
हारावलि दूराहत गेहान्तरमोहावह महिम मसृणित महातिमिरः ॥ २२ ॥
gaṅgājharatuṅgākṛtibhaṅgāvalibhaṅgāvaha saudhāvali bāvaha dhārānibha
hārāvali dūrāhata gehāntaramohāvaha mahima masṛṇita mahātimiraḥ .. 22 ..
Who is the supreme Brahman — of infinite knowledge, power, strength, dominion, valor and splendour; without beginning, middle or end; of infinite, undecaying and unchanging glory.
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Verse 23
पिङ्गाकृतिभृङ्गारुनिभाङ्गार दलाङ्गामल निष्कासित दुष्कार्यघ
निष्कावलि दीपप्रभ नीपऽच्छवि तापप्रद कनकमालिका
पिशङ्गितसर्वाङ्गः ॥ २३ ॥
piṅgākṛtibhṛṅgārunibhāṅgāra dalāṅgāmala niṣkāsita duṣkāryagha
niṣkāvali dīpaprabha nīpa'cchavi tāpaprada kanakamālikā
piśaṅgitasarvāṅgaḥ .. 23 ..
Who is without any blemish; of immeasurable greatness; of true desire and true wisdom; the ocean of all auspicious qualities; the destroyer of all that is inauspicious.
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Verse 24
नवदलित दलवलित मृदुललित कमलतति मदविहति चतुरतर
पृथुलतर सरसतर कनकसर मयरुचिर
कण्ठिका कमनीयकण्ठः ॥ २४ ॥
navadalita dalavalita mṛdulalita kamalatati madavihati caturatara
pṛthulatara sarasatara kanakasara mayarucira
kaṇṭhikā kamanīyakaṇṭhaḥ .. 24 ..
Who is free from the influence of the three gunas; of self-luminous divine form; who is the inner controller of all; known only through the Vedas and Vedanta.
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Verse 25
वाताशनाधिपतिशयन कमनपरिचरण रतिसमेताखिल फणधरतति
मतिकर कनकमय नागाभरण परिवीताखिलाङ्गावगमित शयन भूताहिराज
जातातिशयः ॥ २५ ॥
vātāśanādhipatiśayana kamanaparicaraṇa ratisametākhila phaṇadharatati
matikara kanakamaya nāgābharaṇa parivītākhilāṅgāvagamita śayana bhūtāhirāja
jātātiśayaḥ .. 25 ..
Whose divine form is an ocean of beauty and charm that captivates the minds and eyes of all — from Brahma and Shiva down to the blade of grass; who cannot be adequately described.
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Verse 26
रविकोटी परिपाटी धरकोटिर वराटीकितवाटि रसधाटि धरमणिगण किरण
विसरण सततविधुत तिमिरमोहगर्भगेहः ॥ २६ ॥
ravikoṭī paripāṭī dharakoṭira varāṭīkitavāṭi rasadhāṭi dharamaṇigaṇa kiraṇa
visaraṇa satatavidhuta timiramohagarbhagehaḥ .. 26 ..
Who is the sole support of all the worlds; the refuge of all who have nowhere to go; the master of all; the inner soul of all beings.
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Verse 27
अपरिमित विविधभुवनभरिताखण्ड ब्रह्माण्डमण्डल पिचण्डिलः ॥ २७ ॥
aparimita vividhabhuvanabharitākhaṇḍa brahmāṇḍamaṇḍala picaṇḍilaḥ .. 27 ..
Who is the treasure-house of infinite compassion, grace, affection, generosity and all auspicious qualities; who is the Lord of Sri (Lakshmi) herself; the protector and nourisher of all.
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Verse 28
आर्यधुर्यानन्तार्य पवित्रखनित्रपात पात्रीकृत निजचुबुकगत व्रणकिण
विभूषणवहन सूचितश्रित जनवत्सलतातिशयः ॥ २८ ॥
āryadhuryānantārya pavitrakhanitrapāta pātrīkṛta nijacubukagata vraṇakiṇa
vibhūṣaṇavahana sūcitaśrita janavatsalatātiśayaḥ .. 28 ..
This is the Lord Sri Srinivasa — who is dear to Ramanuja and his tradition of Acharyas; who shines as the jewel crest of the Venkata hill; the supreme being adored by Brahma, Shiva and Indra.
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Verse 29
मड्डुडिण्डिम डमरुझर्झर काहली पटहावली मृदुमर्दलालि मृदङ्ग
दुन्दुभि ढक्किकामुख हृद्यवाद्यक मधुरमङ्गल नादमेदुर विसृमर
सरसगान रसरुचिर सन्ततसन्तन्यमान नित्योत्सव पक्षोत्सव मासोत्सव
संवत्सरोत्सवादि विविधोत्सव कृतानन्दः ॥ २९ ॥
maḍḍuḍiṇḍima ḍamarujharjhara kāhalī paṭahāvalī mṛdumardalāli mṛdaṅga
dundubhi ḍhakkikāmukha hṛdyavādyaka madhuramaṅgala nādamedura visṛmara
sarasagāna rasarucira santatasantanyamāna nityotsava pakṣotsava māsotsava
saṃvatsarotsavādi vividhotsava kṛtānandaḥ .. 29 ..
He is the sole means and the supreme goal; he is both the path and the destination; I am his servant in all my births; I seek refuge at his lotus feet.
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Verse 30
श्रीमदानन्दनिलयविमानवासः ॥ ३० ॥
śrīmadānandanilayavimānavāsaḥ .. 30 ..
O Lord, I have no other refuge; you are my father, mother, friend and guide; you alone are my protector and sustainer; O Venkatesha, be gracious to me.
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Verse 31
सततपद्मालयापदपद्मरेणुसञ्चित वक्षस्स्थलपटवासः ॥ ३१ ॥
satatapadmālayāpadapadmareṇusañcita vakṣassthalapaṭavāsaḥ .. 31 ..
I surrender myself completely at your feet; free me from the ocean of samsara; grant me eternal service at your feet — this is all I desire, O Srinivasa.
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Verse 32
श्रीश्रीनिवासस्सुप्रसन्नो विजयताम् ॥ ३२ ॥
śrīśrīnivāsassuprasanno vijayatām .. 32 ..
May I never forget you; may I always remember your lotus feet; may my mind be purified by constant devotion to you — O Srinivasa, be my eternal refuge.
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Verse 33
श्रीरङ्गसूरिणेदं श्रीशैलानन्तसुरिवंश्येन ।
भक्त्या रचितं हृद्यम् गद्यम् गृह्णातु वेङ्कटेशानः ॥
śrīraṅgasūriṇedaṃ śrīśailānantasurivaṃśyena .
bhaktyā racitaṃ hṛdyam gadyam gṛhṇātu veṅkaṭeśānaḥ ..
O Srinivasa, son of Vasudeva, dwelling on the beautiful Venkata hill together with Sri Padmavati — protect us always with your grace.
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Verse 34
॥ श्री श्रीनिवासगद्यं सम्पूर्णम् ॥
.. śrī śrīnivāsagadyaṃ sampūrṇam ..
Thus the Sri Srinivasa Gadyam is complete.
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