तदेकं स्मरामस्तदेकं जपामः तदेकं जगत्साक्षिरूपं नमामः । सदेकं निधानं निरालम्बमीशं भवाम्भोधिपोतं शरण्यं व्रजामः ॥ ६३ ॥
tadēkaṁ smarāmastadēkaṁ japāmaḥ tadēkaṁ jagatsākṣirūpaṁ namāmaḥ | sadēkaṁ nidhānaṁ nirālambamīśaṁ bhavāmbhōdhipōtaṁ śaraṇyaṁ vrajāmaḥ || 63 ||
Translation
That One we remember, that One we repeat in japa, that One, witness of the world, we salute; to the One Real, the support, self-sustained, the Lord, the boat across the ocean of existence, we go for refuge.
Word by word
- tadēkaṁ
- that One
- smarāmastadēkaṁ
- we remember; that One
- japāmaḥ
- we repeat
- jagatsākṣirūpaṁ
- whose form is the witness of the world
- namāmaḥ
- we salute
- sadēkaṁ
- the One Real
- nidhānaṁ
- the support
- nirālambamīśaṁ
- self-sustained, the Lord
- bhavāmbhōdhipōtaṁ
- the boat over the ocean of existence
- śaraṇyaṁ
- the refuge
- vrajāmaḥ
- we go to
Meaning
Nidhāna is glossed as that in which the world is held; nirālamba, without any support.