An Earnest Prayer for Forgiveness

 

निःसङ्ख्या मम पूर्वजन्मसु मया ये केऽपराधाः कृता-​

स्तैर्जीवा विविधा बभूवुरनिशं सम्पीडिताः सत्यतः ।​

तान् सर्वानधुनाऽतिलज्जितमना याचे क्षमां नैकधा​

सर्वे ते शतशः क्षमेयुरिह मां निःशेषदुःखार्दितम् ॥ [शार्दूलविक्रीडितम्]​

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[Meter: śārdūla-vikrīḍitam (same as ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭakam)]:​

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niḥsaṅkhyā mama pūrva-janmasu mayā ye ke'parādhāḥ kṛtās​

tair jīvā vividhā babhūvur aniśaṁ sampīḍitāḥ satyataḥ​

tān sarvān adhunā'ti-lajjita-manā yāce kṣamāṁ naikadhā​

sarve te śataśaḥ kṣameyur iha mām niḥśeṣa-duḥkhārditam​

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Translation: In all my previous births, whatever countless transgressions of behaviour were committed by me, undoubtedly made various living entities constantly and exceedingly distressed.​

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Now, with a mind laden with extreme shame, I beg forgiveness in various ways to each and every one of those living entities. May they all forgive me hundreds of times, for I am tormented by unlimited distresses in this world.​

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— Composed by Hari Pārṣada Dāsa. 29 July 2022.