The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Ṣaṭpadīstotram

Verse 1

अविनयमपनय विष्णोदमय मनः शमय विषयमृगतृष्णाम् ।भूतदयां विस्तारयतारय संसारसागरतः ॥ १ ॥

In plain words

Take away my arrogance, Viṣṇu. Tame this mind. Put out the thirst that chases sense-pleasure the way a deer runs at a mirage. Widen my compassion until it reaches every living thing. And carry me across — out of this ocean of saṃsāra.

Close to the Sanskrit

Remove my want of discipline, O Viṣṇu; tame the mind, quench the mirage-thirst for sense-objects; spread wide compassion for all beings; carry me across, out of the ocean of saṃsāra.