Prayer To The Mother

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Salutations to the Divine Mother who exists in all beings in the form

of intelligence, mercy and beauty. Salutations, O Sweet Mother the

consort of Lord Siva! O Mother Parvati! Thou art Lakshmi. Thou art

Sarasvati. Thou art Kali, Durga and Kundalini. Thou art the

embodiment of all power. Thou art Para Sakti. Thou art in the form of

all objects. Thou art the sole refuge of all. Thou hast enchanted the

world. The whole universe is the play of Thy three Gunas. How can I

praise Thee? Thy glory is indescribable. Thy splendour is ineffable.

Protect me. Guide me, O Loving Mother!

 

O Adorable Mother! Thou hast generated this great illusion by which

all people walk deluded in this world. All sciences have come from

Thee. Without Thy grace no one can get success in spiritual Sadhana

and salvation in the end. Thou art the seed for this world. Thou hast

two aspects, viz., the unmanifested aspect or Avyaktam and the

manifested aspect or the gross universe. The whole world gets

dissolved in Avyaktam during Pralaya. Give me the divine eye. Let me

behold Thy real majestic form. Help me to cross over this illusion, O

Kind Mother!

 

O Compassionate Mother! I bow to Thee. Thou art my saviour. Thou art

my goal. Thou art my sole support. Thou art my guide and the remover

of all afflictions, troubles and miseries. Thou art the embodiment of

auspiciousness. Thou pervadeth the whole universe. The whole universe

is filled with Thee. Thou art the storehouse of all qualities. Do

Thou protect me. I again and again salute Thee; O glorious Mother!

Salutations to Thee. All women are Thy parts. Mind, egoism,

intellect, body, Prana and senses are Thy forms. Thou art Para-

Prakriti and Apara-Prakriti. Thou art electricity, magnetism, force,

energy, power and will. All forms are Thy forms only. Reveal to me

the mystery of creation. Bestow on me the divine knowledge.

 

O Loving Mother! Thou art the primal energy, Thou hast two aspects,

viz., the terrible and the peaceful. Thou art modesty, gentleness,

shyness, generosity, courage, forbearance and patience. Thou art

faith in the heart of devotees and nobility in noble people, chivalry

in warriors and ferocity in tigers. Give me strength to control the

mind and the Indriyas. Make me worthy to dwell in Thee! Salutation

unto Thee!

 

O Mother Supreme! When shall I have equal vision and a placid state

of mind? When shall I be established in Ahimsa, Satyam and

Brahmacharya? When shall I get deep abiding peace and perennial joy?

When shall I enter in deep meditation and Samadhi?

 

O Radiant Mother! I have not done any spiritual Sadhana or service of

teachers. I have not practised any Vrata, pilgrimage, charity, Japa

and meditation or worship. I have not studied religious scriptures. I

have neither purity nor a burning yearning for liberation. Thou art

my only refuge. Thou art my only support. My silent adoration unto

Thee! I am Thy meek supplicant. Remove the veil of ignorance.

 

Gracious Mother! Prostrations unto Thee. Where art Thou? Do not

forsake me. I am Thy child. Take me to the other shore of

fearlessness and joy. When shall I behold Thy lotus-feet with my own

eyes? Thou art the boundless ocean of mercy. When the philosopher's

stone turns iron into gold by contact, when the Ganga turns impure

water into pure water, can'st Thou not turn me, O Mother Divine, into

a pure Soul? May my tongue repeat Thy Name always!

 

(Source: Essence of Yoga by Sri Swami Sivananda)