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சரணு சித்தி விநாயகா சரணு வித்ய பிரதாயகா 
சரணு பார்வதி தனைய மூர்த்தி சரணு மூஷிக வாகனா (சரணு)
மோட்சத்தை, கல்வியை கொடுப்பவனே விநாயகா, உன்னை வணங்குகிறேன்
பார்வதியின் மைந்தனே, மூஞ்சுறு வாகனனே, உன்னை வணங்குகிறேன் (சரணு)
நித்தில நேத்ரனே தேவி சுதனே நாகபூஷண பிரியனே 
கடிகடாங்கத கோமளாங்கனே கர்ண குண்டல தாரணே (சரணு)
நெற்றியில் கண் இருப்பவரின் (சிவனின்) மனைவியின் புதல்வனே,
பாம்பை ஆபரணமாக அணியப் பிரியப்படுபவனே,
பெரிய பானையைப் போல் வயிறு உடையவனே,
குண்டலங்கள் அணிந்த காது உடையவனே (சரணு)
பட்ட முத்தின பதக ஹாரனே பாஹு ஹஸ்த சதுஸ்தனே 
இட்ட தோடுகயா ஹேம கங்கண பாஷாங்குஷ தரனே 
குக்ஷி மகா லம்போதரனே இக்ஷு சாப கேளிதனே
பக்ஷி வாகன ஸ்ரீ புரந்தர விட்டலன நிஜ தாசனே (சரணு)
வட்டமான முத்துமாலையை அணிபவனே,
நான்கு கரங்கள் உடையவனே,
தங்க வளையல்கள், ஆபரணங்கள் அணிந்தவனே,
கயிறு, அங்குச ஆயுதங்களை தரித்தவனே,
பெரிய வயிறு உடையவனே,
இக்‌ஷு சாபனை (என்னும் அரக்கனை) வென்றவனே
கருட வாகனான ஸ்ரீ புரந்தர விட்டலனின்
நிஜமான தாசனே (சரணு)

Sharanu Siddhi Vinayaka - Carnatic  Vocal (purandaradasa Songs)

Background of Dashavatara Stuti:

Sri Vadirajaru on his regular periodic victory travel (digvijaya) visited famous Pandarapura. at that time, one fine morning when he opened his box of worshipping idols (devara pettige, which contains worshipping idols and saligramas) he could not see his diety Sri Hayagriva idol, but through his vision he could realise what has happened and started walking towards the Bhimarathi River. At the same time one farmer came running towards him and told him that swamiji's horse has eaten his plants of Bengal gram (khadale) resulted him huge loss and look to be depressed about the happening. Then Sri Vadiraja told him not to worry about it and assured him that he will compensate the loss. And also told him to show the place where his horse has eaten his plants in the morning.
On telling this the saint started walking towards the farmers farm. On seeing the swamiji's calmness the farmer also accompanied him. While going towards the farm Sri Vadiraja started composing Sri Dashavatara Stotra in Ashwa Dhati (raga of horse footsteps) with utmost devotion. During that time one white horse came near to them with dancing, laughing and putting the footsteps according to the swamiji's stotra's tune. On seeing the horse the farmer pointed swamiji towards the horse and told the swamiji it is the same horse which has eaten his farm plants.
Then Swamiji assured him that he will take care of the horse and started going near to the horse, suddenly the horse disappeared from the scene. The farmer was surprised and astonished about the happening, then the farmer and swamiji went and saw the place where the horse has eaten the bengal gram plants, there they could see where ever the horse has eaten the plants they saw golden bengal grams. The farmer was very surprised about it and recollected that the horse which he could see for the second time also disappeared and he could see the golden bengal grams in his farm, made him very astonished, then swamiji told him that the horse which he saw was none other than God and it is not normal horse and he has been blessed with the wealth and he can take those and live happily. Then farmer has decided to take the golden wealth which was blessed by the God and give all his lands as donation to the temple.
Since that time this Stotra is considered to be initative to get love from Sri Hari and it has been a custom among the devotees to pray or worship through this stotra while concluding daily pujas or devara pooja. This practice is continuing in all vaishnas groups, temples, mutts etc. even today.

Dashavatara Stuti - Prostisha Vigraha

ShreeVishnu Nandagudi

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