ଶ୍ରୀ ରାଘଵେନ୍ଦ୍ର ଦାରିଦ୍ର୍ଯମୋଚନ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରମ୍

Ten verses from the ninth section of the Raghavendra Tantra by Krishnavadhuta, and the one addressed is not Rama but the teacher: the verse-initial syllables, read down the margin, spell out a salutation to Shri Raghavendra, and every verse calls him guru. What is asked for is money, and it is asked without ornament — grant me of your own accord wealth that carries no debt, tender teacher, and grant that I may enjoy it always with wife and household. The second verse makes the case for asking at all: does a mother abandon her son even when he is attached to what is wicked, or a father? So show grace to me too, who have done great wrong for the sake of the belly. Two more hymns of the same section stand in this corpus.