Prabhu teri daya hai apaar
Lyrics and meaning.
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Complete lyrics, transliteration and meanings
| Section | Original script | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sthayi | प्रभु तेरी दया है अपार | Prabhu teri daya hai apaar | Lord, your compassion is boundless. |
| Sthayi | तु अगम अगोचर अविकल चर अचर | Tu agam agochar avikal char achar | You are beyond reach and sight, complete and unchanging, in all that moves and all that is still. |
| Sthayi | सकल क तु धाओ पतितन को उद्धार | Sakal ka tu dhaao patitan ko uddhaar | ‘Sakal ka’; hurry to deliver the fallen. |
| Antara | दीन अनाथ पतीत रु दुरबल | Din anaath patit ru durabal | The poor, the helpless, the fallen, and the weak, |
| Antara | महद पराधी शरणागत हूँ | Mahad paraadhi sharanaagat hun | A great offender, I seek your shelter. |
| Antara | चतुर तिहा मोंहे पार उतार | Chatur tiha monhe paar utaar | Chatur appeals to you: carry me across. |
Word notes
Agam and agochar place the divine beyond ordinary reach and perception. Char achar embraces the moving and the unmoving. Sharanaagat describes someone seeking shelter; the appeal asks to be carried safely across worldly suffering.