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Kararavindena Padaravindam – Swami Pranavamritananda Puri
Swami Pranavamritananda Puri recites Kararavindena, the first stanza of Sri Bala-Mukunda Ashtakam
*karāravindena padāravindaḿ
mukhāravinde viniveśayantam*
With the lotus-like hand,
placing the lotus-like toes in the lotus-like mouth,*vaṭasya patrasya puṭeśayānaḿ
bālaḿ mukundaḿ manasā smarāmi*
Reclining on the banyan leaf
that young Mukunda (the one who grants Moksha),
I meditate upon You -
Matru Panchakam – Verse 1 – Praising Motherhood – Swami Pranavamritananda
आस्तां तावदियं प्रसूतिसमये दुर्वारशूलव्यथा
नैरुच्यं तनुशोषणं मलमयी शय्या च संवत्सरी ।
एकस्यापि न गर्भभारभरणक्लेशस्य यस्याक्षमः
दातुं निष्कृतिमुन्नतोऽपि तनयस्तस्यै जनन्यै नमः ॥ १॥āstāṃ tāvadiyaṃ prasūtisamaye durvāraśūlavyathā
nairucyaṃ tanuśoṣaṇaṃ malamayī śayyā ca saṃvatsarī .
ekasyāpi na garbhabhārabharaṇakleśasya yasyākṣamaḥ
dātuṃ niṣkṛtimunnato’pi tanayastasyai jananyai namaḥ .. 1..At the time of giving birth to me, O Mother!, you suffered from
unbearable pain. You did not speak about the suffering of your
body nor of your painful condition while lying in the bed for
almost a year. For even one of the sufferings that you underwent
during pregnancy, O Mother!, a son is unable to offer atonement.
To that mother I offer my salutations! (1)