Shloka 38

Gajendra's Deliverance — Gajendra’s Deliverance and the Protective Power of Remembrance (Japa)

Devanagari script

नमो नमः कारणवामनाय नारायणायामितविक्रमाय श्रीशार्ङ्गचक्रासिगदाधराय नमो ऽस्तु तस्मै पुरुषोत्तमाय

Transliteration

namo namaḥ kāraṇavāmanāya nārāyaṇāyāmitavikramāya śrīśārṅgacakrāsigadādharāya namo 'stu tasmai puruṣottamāya

Translation

कारण-वामनास वारंवार नमस्कार; अमित पराक्रम असलेल्या नारायणास नमस्कार. श्रीशार्ङ्ग धनुष्य, चक्र, खड्ग व गदा धारण करणाऱ्या त्या पुरुषोत्तमास नमस्कार.

Speakers

• Unnamed eulogist/narrator voice continuing the stuti
• addressing Viṣṇu in Vāmana/Trivikrama resonance.

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Vamana/Trivikrama/Narayana)

Key Themes

• Vamana–Trivikrama theology
• Supreme causality (kāraṇa)
• Vaishnava iconography (weapons)
• Stuti as merit-generating act

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What is meant by “Kāraṇa-Vāmana”?

It identifies the Vāmana form not merely as a historical avatāra episode but as the causal principle itself—the Supreme who is the source (kāraṇa) of the cosmos, choosing to appear in a humble dwarf-form for līlā and dharma-restoration.

Does “amita-vikrama” point to Trivikrama even though “Trivikrama” is not named?

Yes. “Immeasurable stride” is a hallmark of the Trivikrama act—measuring the worlds in three steps. The epithet compresses the Vāmana narrative’s climax into a single theological descriptor.

Why list the bow, discus, sword, and mace in a tīrtha hymn?

The weapons function as iconographic identifiers and as symbols of divine protection: cakra (cosmic order), gadā (strength), asi (discriminating power), and śārṅga (sovereign mastery). In a pilgrimage setting, such stutis ritually ‘install’ the deity’s presence through remembered form (dhyāna) and praise.