Devotional · Traditional prayer (Pandava Gita)

Twameva Mata

~15 second read · suited to calm, devotion

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव । त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव त्वमेव सर्वं मम देव देव ॥

tvameva mata cha pita tvameva tvameva bandhushcha sakha tvameva . tvameva vidya dravinam tvameva tvameva sarvam mama deva deva ..

Meaning

You are my mother and my father, my kin and my friend. You are my knowledge and my wealth — you are everything to me, my Lord.

Practice it daily

In Niyam, this mantra can stand between you and your most distracting apps — it appears for 15 seconds, in your script with its meaning, each time you open them. Read, breathe, continue. Fourteen days of those pauses become a sadhana.

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