Meaning- hari smarane mado

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rasikapriya21
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Could someone kindly provide the word to word meaning of "Hari smarane", a composition by Purandaradasa? I have rpovided the general translation, but I would need to be sure of the words meanings for vakhyarta abhinaya..

Many Thanks for Your Kind Help,
R.

Pallavi:
hari smarane mado nirantara paragatige idu nirdhAra
1 carana:
durita gajakke kaNThIrava nenisida sharaNAgata rakSaka pAvana nI
2 carana:
smarane kaida prahlAdana rakSisida duruLa hiraNyakanudarava sILIda
3 carana:
taruNi draupadi moreyiDalAkSaNa bharadinda-kSayavitta mahAtmana
4 carana:
andu ajAmiLa kandana kareyalu bandu salahi Anandava tOrida
5 carana:
shrIsha purandara viTTala rAyana shrSTi koDeyana muTTi bhajisi nI

genral translation:

Always remeber the name of the Lord
This is the sole support to attainment
God is a lion to the elephant of sins
prevailing and protecting those who seek refuge; always..
Lord, you protected prahlada and
you are the one who tore hiranyakashipus' belly; always..
when draupadi in her distress appealed to you
you granted the boon of an endless sari; always..
ajamila called his son, your namesake
and you mercilfully came and saved him; always..
worship the cosmos Lord , Purandhara Vithala
Touch his holy feet, yes worship Shri's Lord
Always remember the name of Hari

from "Songs of Three Great South Indian Saints" by William J Jackson

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