Paapavimochana (Duritapahara) Stothram (with meaning)

SRI VIJAYEENDRA THEERTHARU (1575 - 1614)

ಭಕ್ತಾನಾಂ ಮಾನಸಾಂಭೋಜಭಾನವೇ ಕಾಮಧೇನವೇ |

ನಮತಾಂ ಕಲ್ಪತರವೇ ಜಯಯೀಂದ್ರಗುರವೇ ನಮಃ ||

భక్తానాం మానసాంభోజభానవే కామధేనవే |

నమతాం కల్పతరవే జయయీంద్రగురవే నమః ||

भक्तानां मानसांबोजभानवे कामधेनवे ।

नमतां कल्पतरवे जयीन्द्रगुरवे नमः ॥

Bhakthaanaam Maanasambhoja Bhaanave Kaamadhenave!

Namathaam Kalpatharave Vijayeendra Gurave Namaha!!

Sri Vijayeendra Theertharu was a prominent Madhwa Saint who lived in 15th century AD. He was Parama Guru of Saint Sri Raaghavendra Swamy of Mantralayam (Vijayeendra karaabjottha Sudheendra Varaputrakah) and was a disciple of Saint Sri Vyaasaraajaru.

His Moola Brundavana is at Kumbhakonam in Tamil Nadu. His Aaraadhana is held every year on the lunar day Jyeshta Bahula Trayodasi.

Durithaapahara Stothram also known as Paapa Vimochana Stothram composed by Saint Sri Vijayeendra Theertharu is a popular prayer is believed to act as a redressal for sins committed and whoever recites this with sincere devotion receive the divine Grace of the supreme Lord Sri Hari.

DURITAPAHARA STHOTHRAM.....

sukR^itaM tilamAtratulyamIsha kriyate naiva mayaikavatsare. api |
api tu kriyate hi doshapUgaH pratiyAmaM sakalendriyairmukun da || 1 ||

In a year one may not do Punya/acquire merits at least of the size of a sesame seed (Thila); instead, every yaama (One yAma = three hours; one ghaTikA = 24 minutes; one muhUrta = 48 minutes.), we will be doing sinful acts through our jnaanendriya and karmendriyaas.

na shirashchalatIsha me kadA.pi shrutijAnandabhareN a sadguNAnAM |
api tu prabhubandhudurguNA nAM shravaNArthaM chalitaM bhavatyashaMkaM || 2 ||

I must have listened to the countless auspicious qualities of Lord Srihari from Vedas/Shruti; puranaas and nodded my head in appreciation; instead, I simply wasted my time praising kings, and unworthy relatives’s durgunaas.

shravane shravaNAya satkathAyA na yatete tava puNyakIrtanasya |
api tu vyabhichAralokavArt AshravaNArthaM bhavataH suvistR^ite. addhA || 3 ||

My ears are not trying to listen the sin removing sathkatha/punya keerthanas of Lord Sri Hari instead it is showing interest in listening to the matters related to Anachara; durachara and vyabhichara that take place in the society.

na mamAxiyugaM pravartate shrIbhagavachchAstr akulAvalokanAya |
api tu dhruvapAla nartakInAM gaNikAnAM parinartanAdidR^ iShTyai || 4 ||

My eyes are not making an attempt to perceive Bhagavat Shastraas which describe the glory of Lord Srihari, instead would be charmed to witness the women dancers and their ugly movements;

na hi nAsikayA kadA.api viShNoH padapadmArpitapuShp agandhabuddhiH |
kamalesha bhavAmi kintu viShNoshcharaNAnarp itapuShpagandhab uddhiH || 5 ||

My nose never smelts the fragrance of nirmalya flowers that are offered at the lotus feet of Vishnu instead, I have been smelling such flowers that are unfit for your worship.

nR^ihare.achyuta mAdhavesha dAmodara kR^iShNetimukhAMsta vAbhidhaughAn. h |
na hi kIrtayatIha me kujihvA.api tu durli~NgabhagAMkitA n.h kushabdAn.h || 6 ||

My sinful tongue is not uttering the auspicious names of Lord SriHari like Narahari (Nrusimha); Krishna; Madhava; Govinda; Narahari, etc, instead it utters inauspicious and sinful words which are dancing on my tongue.

tava gehavarAvalepanAdiM na karau me kurutaH kaA.api bhaktyA |
api tUruguNArNa duShTavastugrahaNAy ai va mukunda kiM tu kurmaH || 7 ||

My hands have never cleaned Your Pooja Mandira instead, they are collecting/procuring inauspicious and bad things that would increase my sins.

udaraM mama dhik.h shaThasya viShNvarpitapUtAnna vivarjitaM nitAntaM |
yadapUtatarAsamarpa NIyAdhamavR^ intAkapalANDupUr vabhAgghi || 8 ||

My stomach is filled with foods which are not offered (naivedya) to You, rather it is filled with impure (apavitra)/prohibited ones’;

khalajAravadhU gR^ihANi nityaM charaNAbhyAmanuyAmy ahaM kharAbhyAM |
na tu mAdhava tAvakAlayAni pratiyAmIsha mahattamAgraho. aham.h || 9 ||

My legs have never visited your temples instead, called upon/visited the houses of malicious (durjanaas), prostitutes and others.

mana eva hare.akhilendriyANA M varmitdhaM pramitaM shrutismR^itibhyAm. h |
sumanojayino. akhilendriyANAM jaya eveti janAnubhUtirasti || 10 ||

Sacred scripts (shruti/smruti) have established that our mind is the most important among the organs (indriyas) and it should be kept under our control.

manasA.achyuta kR^iShNa tAdR^ishenApyanuchi ntyaiva bhavantamAtmabhaktA n.h |
bhavavArinidheH sutArayantaM bhavavArdhiM na hi tartumasti yatnaH || 11 ||

My mind is not inspiring me to worship the supreme God Achyuta/Lord Sri Krishna the one who is imperishable; the one who can effortlessly make us sail through the ocean of samsara.

mama pApachayasya vAsudentakalokasthi tireva chet.h phalaM tu!
na sukhI sadR^isho.asti me trilokyAM phalabhAvena mahattamo.astiklR^ iptaM || 12 ||

Considering the sins that I have committed I am destined to the eternal Hell but, if my punishment is restricted to a stay in Yamaloka as a fruit of my sins, I would be the happiest person in the three worlds.

na sukhAnubhavAya pApakarmANyahamIshA nudinaM tanomi kintu |
aghanAshiyashaH parIxaNAyArthaM tava nAmnAmanutApasiddha ye vA || 13 ||

I am performing these abominable acts every day not to enjoy the happiness, rather to test the power of/eulogize the glory of your meritorious and divine names that have the capacity to eradicate (Paapa-Parihara) my sins;

nijavAsaruShA pradAtumArtiM hyadhikAM pApaniyAmakAsurebhy aH |
ashubhAnyapi kArayan.h mayA tvaM ramase sarvaniyAmaketi bhAti || 14 ||

Oh! Supreme Lord! being Sarvaniyaamaka (controller of everything in this universe) you are making (prerana) your devotees to commit sins only to give the respective fruits to the Asuras’ residing in their bodies and thereby punishing them;

yadi kR^iShNa kadAchanApi puNyaM ghaTate pApamayasya me.api tat.h tu |
pravalAghachayairvi hanyate vA duritadhvaMsakR^ itArthamIsha vA syAt.h || 15 ||

Oh! Lord Sri Krishna, if I ever do any meritorious deeds (punyakaarya) even that punya gets destroyed due to the powerful sins committed by me and there may not be any balance of punya left;

tadihobhayatha vipaNyamUrteH sukR^itaM no ghaTate manAgapIsha |
vada me puratastvatIva bhIrorbhagavan. h kAlabhayApahatyupAy am.h || 16 ||

Hey! Meritorious Supreme God Sri Hari! even the little merits (punya) that I have acquired is getting destroyed due to my sinful acts. Fear of death is haunting me as I have to face Lord Yama the Lord of Death. Please bestow me with a plan for removal of fear from Lord Yama (Kaalabhaya);

atulaM varavaiShNavaM sujanmAchyuta dattaM kR^ipayA tvayA.ahamApya |
xaNajIvyapi kalpagatvabuddhyA pashuchaNDAlavadeva sa~ncharAmi || 17 ||

Hey! Bhagawanta! even though You have blessed/granted me with an unlikely birth as a human being that too as Vaishnava, I am assuming myself as a permanent entity (kalpaayushi) knowing fully well that life is short; I am behaving like a cattle/chandala without making any attempt for a righteous living.

na tadasti sharIriNAM shatAbdAyushi shAstrapramite. api ki~nchideva |
bhagavan.h khalu tatra rAtrikAlo jalahomasya samanatAmupaiti || 18 ||

Although it is said that life span of a human being is hundred years everyone may not have that comfort. Half of it gets wasted as night as if one is performing Homa in water.

dvidashAbdayugaM divA.api pUrvottaramIsha sthavitvashaishavAb hyAm.h |
samayAMshcha nayAmi sarvaraugairbahulIl Abhirapi pramUDhabuddhyA || 19 ||

Even in the remaining span of 50 years after discounting the night time, initial 20 years is spent during childhood etc. and final 20 years as old age, disability, diseases etc. and we are left with only 10 years for saadhana.

parisheShita Isha madhyakAlaH sukR^ite bhAratabhUtale. avasiShTaH |
yadihAsa sadaiva pApachitte mayi pashvayantyajayoshc ha ko.aparAdhaH || 20 ||

This period of 10 years is the prime time suitable for saadhana. Having taken birth in this Punya bhoom Bharatha, even if this prime time is wasted and not utilized properly, always having evil mind, will there be any difference between us and the cattle/chandala?

iha bhAratabhUtale. atipuNye draviNastrIsutapUrv akeShu mAyAm.h |
alamekadinaM vimuchya vA me tava pAdAbjaratiM pradehi dehi || 21 ||

Having born on this meritorious land Bharatadesa, that too as a Vaishnava, Oh! God! Please release me at least for a day from the fetters of attachment towards samsara (money, wife, children, relatives etc.) and infuse in me interest to contemplate on your lotus feet.

ramayA.apyagaNeyava stujAtaM dvividhaM prAhuramandabuddhib hAjaH |
tava sadguNajAtamekamany anmama durvArashdurantapAp ajAtam.h || 22 ||

Learned (Jnaanees’) says that there are two things which are countless even by Goddess Lakshmi Devi viz. (1) innumerable number of auspicious qualities/attributes of Lord Sri Hari and (2) heap of our sins;

atisaukhyakarANyala M paratreha tu ki~nchit.h shramasAdhyasAdhanA ni |
shramabhIrurahaM tyajan.h paratrAmitasaukhyAn ubhavI kathaM bhaveyam.h || 23 ||

Obsessed with comforts/enjoyment I am scared and hesitant to perform even a little saadhana thereby becoming Karmabhrashta. How do I avoid the Hell?

bhuvi yadyapi pApino vasanti shramabhAjaH puruShAstathA. api ko.api |
mama pApasamAnapApakartA puruSho nAsti hi nAsti nAsti || 24 ||

There are several sinners in this world but, I am a storehouse for all evil deeds having committed several sins and there can be no one equal to me in this aspect;

natayo na kR^itAH pradaxiNAshcha stutayo.api dutakAmitArtadAtra yaH |
na guruH parisevitaH subhkyAshubhashAstr ashravaNaM kathaM tataH syAt.h || 25 ||

I have never performed obeisance to Lord Sri Hari prostrating before Him; never eulogized the glory/merits of the supreme God Vishnu; I have never served any Guru with devotion; in such a case how do I get the benefit of listening to the sacred scripts (Sattshaastras) that pave the way to Moksha?

vachanairbahubhirmu kunda kiM te shruNa me bIjavacho vadAmi tubhyaM |
bhuvanatrayasaMsthi tAni yAnIshvara pApAni vasanti mayyayogye || 26 ||

I have all the wickedness in me that is present in all the three lokas.

prakR^itestadaghesh cha kR^iShNa muttirna bhavet.h kairapi te dayAM vinA.adhya |
karuNAM kuru mayyato murAre natayaste kamalesha santvanantAH || 27 ||

Hey! Paramaatma! Lakshmi Naaraayana, in this precarious condition of mine only and only Your grace can protect me from the mountain of sins; hence, Oh! Kind hearted and compassionate God, please have abundant mercy on me;

vijayIndrayatIshvar o vyatAnIt.h stavamenaM duritApahaM murAreH |
paramAdarataH sadA paThedhyo nikhilaiH pApachayairbhavet. h sa muktaH || 28 ||

This divine stotra that takes away all sins has been authored by Sri Vijayeendra Theertha Yativarenyaru. Those who read this everyday with sincere devotion and proper understanding of the essence shall be liberated from the entire group of sins and will have the grace of Supreme God Sri ManNaaraayana.

iti shrIvijayIndratIrta shrIcharaNakR^ itaM 
pApamochanastotraM duritApahArastotraM sampUrNaM ||

bhAratIramaNamukhya prANA.ntargata

shrii kR^iShNArpanamastu

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DURITAPAHARA (PaaPaVimochana) STOTHRAM (PDF)

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(with meaning in English)

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