ଶ୍ରୀ ନୃସିଂହ କରୁଣାରସ ସ୍ତୋତ୍ରମ୍

A hymn of compassion from the Pāñcarātra Āgama, and almost entirely an argument rather than a description. Its second verse sets the terms: through beginningless and endless time I am the servant and you are my master, and whether you are pleased with me or angry with me, I have no refuge apart from you. The third then presses the point in both directions in the same words — if you are pleased, what need have I of anyone else to protect me; if you are angry, what use is anyone else to protect me. The fourth concedes the asymmetry honestly: in the bearing of faults there is none on earth equal to you, and in ingratitude and deceit there is none equal to me. Later verses ask what could possibly be difficult for a lord whose wishes are already fulfilled, and how small the thing asked for is, and why then the delay.