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Daiva Dasakam: A Universal Prayer by Sree Narayana Guru

Daiva Dasakam (Ten Verses to God) is a prayer composed by Sree Narayana Guru, a saint, philosopher, and social reformer from Kerala, India. He wrote this prayer in Malayalam around 1914, and it has been translated into at least 100 languages and scripts. In 2009, the Kerala state government recommended that it should become the national prayer of India.

The prayer expresses the devotion and surrender of the seeker to the supreme reality, which is described as God, the Creator, the Subsistence, and the Value. The prayer also acknowledges the role of Maya, the power of illusion, in creating the diversity and multiplicity of the world. The seeker asks for God's protection, guidance, and grace to attain the state of bliss and union with God.

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The Text and Translation of Daiva Dasakam

The original text of Daiva Dasakam in Malayalam script and its transliteration in Roman script are given below, along with an English translation by Nataraja Guru.

Malayalam

Transliteration

Translation

ààµˆàµààµ! ààààµààµààµŠààµâàààµààµ ààµˆàµààŸàààààµààµ àžààµàààµ;

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àààµààµààµâààµàà ààààµââŒ àªàà.

Daivame! Kaathukolkangu kaividaathingungu njangale;

Naavikan nee bhavaabdikkoo-

Raavivantooni nin padam.

O God, as ever from there, keep watch on us here,

Never letting go your hand!

You are the great Captain

And the mighty steamship on the ocean

Of change and becoming is your foot.

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