Kriyasiddhih Sattve Bhavati
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- verse 1क्रियासिद्धिः सत्त्वे भवति महतान्नोपकरणे ।सेवादीक्षित ! चिरप्रतिज्ञ !मा विस्मर भो सूक्तिम् ॥kriyāsiddhiḥ sattvē bhavati mahatānnōpakaraṇē ।sēvādīkṣita ! chirapratijña !mā vismara bhō sūktim ॥meaning
Success in action comes from the quality of sattva in great ones, not from equipment alone — O you who are dedicated to service, O you of long resolve, do not forget this maxim.
word by wordभवतिBhavatiBe, Exist · Becomes · Is · Is, Exists · (Under Your Refuge, one's Life indeed cannot go Astray and) become (afflicted with Fear) · Being, Becoming · Comes into beingमाMaaTo Sound, Bellow, RoarभोBhoO, a particle used in addreesing - verse 2न धनं न बलं नापि सम्पदा न स्याज्जनानुकम्पासिद्धा न स्यात् कार्यभूमिका न स्यादपि प्रोत्साहःआवृणोतु वा विघ्नवारिधिस्त्वं मा विस्मर सूक्तिम् ॥ 1 ॥na dhanaṃ na balaṃ nāpi sampadā na syājjanānukampāsiddhā na syāt kāryabhūmikā na syādapi prōtsāhaḥāvṛṇōtu vā vighnavāridhistvaṃ mā vismara sūktim ॥ 1 ॥meaning
Though wealth be absent, though strength be absent, though prosperity be lacking, though the compassion of people be absent, though the ground for action be absent, though encouragement be absent — even if an ocean of obstacles engulfs you, do not…
word by wordनNaNot · Us, Our · [There are] no [Mantras or Medicine available, even a trace which can accomplish Uccatana etc.] · Us, of us, to us · The letter Nna · Not, Us · Not, No, Nor, NeitherधनDhanaWealthबलBalaPower, StrengthनापिNa-Api[If Your Grace do not descend] Even at this momentस्यात्SyaatIs there · Is, Perhaps, Becomes · Should be · Perhaps · BecomesवाVaaOr · Just · Nevertheless · As, Like · Or, IndeedमाMaaTo Sound, Bellow, Roarधनम्DhanamWealthबालंBaalamBoy childसम्पदSampadaWealthसिद्धSiddhaSiddha, Accomplished in Yoga - verse 3आत्मबलं स्मर बाहुबलं धर परमुखप्रेक्षी मा भूःक्वचिदपि मा भूदात्मविस्मृतिः न स्याल्लक्ष्याच्च्यवनम् ।आसादय जनमानसप्रीतिं सुचिरं संस्मर सूक्तिम् ॥ 2 ॥ātmabalaṃ smara bāhubalaṃ dhara paramukhaprēkṣī mā bhūḥkvachidapi mā bhūdātmavismṛtiḥ na syāllakṣyāchchyavanam ।āsādaya janamānasaprītiṃ suchiraṃ saṃsmara sūktim ॥ 2 ॥meaning
Remember your inner strength, bear your physical strength, do not look to others' faces; let there be no self-forgetfulness anywhere, let there be no falling away from the goal — win the affection of people's minds, and long remember this maxim.
word by wordस्मरSmaraKama Deva, the god of love, Remembering, RecollectingधरDharaHolding, BearingमाMaaTo Sound, Bellow, RoarभूःBhuuhBhu Lokaक्वचिदपिKvacid-ApiSometimes evenनNaNot · Us, Our · [There are] no [Mantras or Medicine available, even a trace which can accomplish Uccatana etc.] · Us, of us, to us · The letter Nna · Not, Us · Not, No, Nor, Neither - verse 4अरुणसारथिं विकलसाधनं सूर्यं संस्मर नित्यंशूरपूरुषान् दृढानजेयान् पदात्पदं स्मर गच्छन्सामान्येतरदृग्भ्यस्सोदर, सिध्यति कार्यमपूर्वम् ॥ 3 ॥aruṇasārathiṃ vikalasādhanaṃ sūryaṃ saṃsmara nityaṃśūrapūruṣān dṛḍhānajēyān padātpadaṃ smara gachChansāmānyētaradṛgbhyassōdara, sidhyati kāryamapūrvam ॥ 3 ॥meaning
Constantly remember the sun who has the defective charioteer Aruna yet drives forward — remember steadfast unconquerable heroes step by step as you move; O brother of uncommon vision, the unprecedented work will succeed.
word by wordसूर्यंSuuryamSurya Deva, The Sun Godनित्यNityaAlwaysस्मरSmaraKama Deva, the god of love, Remembering, Recollectingगच्छन्GacchanGoingनित्यम्NityamWho is Eternal · The Eternal [underlying Reality] · (Those who recite with one-pointed Devotion), everydayसिद्ध्यतिSiddhyati[By reciting this Stotra, O Deveshi, what not] is Accomplished [on Earth ?] - verse 5रचन: श्री जनार्दन हेग्डेrachana: śrī janārdana hēgḍēmeaning
Attribution marker: Composed by Sri Janardana Hegde.
word by wordरचनRacanaCreation, Preparationश्रीShriiBeauty, Splendour, Lustreजनार्दनJanaardanaO Janardhana · Vishnu · Janardhana, a name of Sri Vishnu
Primary text from vignanam.org