स्वल्पायुषां कलियुगेऽत्र नृणां शमिच्छन्
शब्दानुशासनमहाजलधिं विमथ्य ।
नामामृतं समददाद्य इदं कृपालुः
स श्रीलजीवचरणः शरणं ममास्तु ॥
svalpāyuṣāṁ kali-yuge’tra nṛṇāṁ śam icchan
śabdānuśāsana-mahājaladhiṁ vimathya |
nāmāmṛtaṁ samadadād ya idaṁ kṛpāluḥ
sa śrīla-jīva-caraṇaḥ śaraṇaṁ mamāstu ||
(Amṛta-ṭīkā to Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇam 1)
“May he,
This gracious Śrīla Jīva-caraṇa,
Who, desiring the welfare of short-lived human beings
Here in the Age of Kali,
Churned the vast ocean of grammar
And presented the Nāmāmṛta
[i.e., his Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa grammar],
Be my shelter.”