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If you have $100.00, $1.00 is also included in it but $1.00 do not contain $100.00. Similarly, a devotee situated in Madhurya rasa some times enjoys serving the Lord in other 'rasa' like, Vatsalya, Sakhya, Dasya but the other devotees of three rasas, namely Vatsalya, Sakhya, Dasya have no 'adhicaara' and can not serve their Lord in the topmost 'Madhurya Rasa'. It is our experience also that a wife some times acts like a friend, takes orders as a servant and feeds like a mother but the friend, servant and mother can never have the right nor desire to make love as the wife. Another thing, 'Santa rasa' is the bliss experienced by Yogis and Jnanis through their meditation on Impersonal Brahman and it has no place in Vrindavan according to the Rasik Acaryas. Here is an excerpt from another site (Bhajan Kutir) about Santarasa: If you read the purports of C.C.2.8. 294 and C.C. 2.19. 183-184 by ACBVSP you can understand more about Santa rasa. <small><font color="white"> [This message has been edited by sha (edited 06-04-2002).]

India-Pakistan; Westerners Evacuate, Nuclear Threat Quite Real http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/06.03B.ind.pak.nuk.htm U.S. Advises Americans to Leave India S. Asia: As fears grow about a war along the Pakistan border, Britain, Canada and Australia also urge their citizens to evacuate voluntarily. By Robin Wright Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 1 2002 WASHINGTON -- In an ominous reflection of fears over war in South Asia, the United States on Friday urged more than 60,000 Americans to leave India immediately and authorized the departure of nonemergency U.S. personnel as soon as possible. The voluntary evacuation came as a classified Pentagon report estimated that as many as 12 million people would die and an additional 6 million would be injured in the first weeks of a war involving nuclear weapons on the volatile subcontinent. A war would be "somewhere between terrible and catastrophic," Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz predicted Friday at an Asian defense conference in Singapore. The State Department warning also urged any Americans considering travel to India to defer their plans. "Conditions along India's border with Pakistan and in the [indian] state of Jammu and Kashmir have deteriorated. Tensions have risen to serious levels and the risk of intensified military hostilities between India and Pakistan cannot be ruled out," the warning said. The warning called on Americans to avoid all border areas between India and Pakistan, including the Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Punjab and the disputed Kashmir region, because of military movements, heavy artillery fire and the presence of terrorists.

To me it looks like the 'upper garment', otherwise known as 'dupatta' that covers the bosom and stays over the blouse but it is extra long and wide. Mothers and other female relations usually use this extra long piece for fanning or giving protection to their loved ones in rain or sun heat. It does not look like the skirt of Srimatiji at all to me!!!

To me it looks like the 'upper garment', otherwise known as 'dupatta' that covers the bosom and stays over the blouse but it is extra long and wide. Mothers and other female relations usually use this extra long piece for fanning or giving protection to their loved ones in rain or sun heat. It does not look like the skirt of Srimatiji at all to me!!!

Good suggestion! Thanks for reminding the readers and the moderator.

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Thanks for your wise discretion though delayed. Even the name of the thread title was disgusting!

Poor taste and another kind of voyeurism! Secrecy is practiced by true, humble devotees. [This message has been edited by Jagat (edited 04-15-2002).]

When was his appearance day? I do not recall reading any celebration messages of his appearance day on these forums. Thanks for the article.

http://www.theonion.com/onion3803/judge_orders_god.html Judge Orders God To Break Up Into Smaller Deities WASHINGTON, DC—Calling the theological giant's stranglehold on the religion industry "blatantly anti-competitive," a U.S. district judge ruled Monday that God is in violation of anti-monopoly laws and ordered Him to be broken up into several less powerful deities. "The evidence introduced in this trial has convinced me that the deity known as God has willfully and actively thwarted competition from other deities and demigods, promoting His worship with such unfair scare tactics as threatening non-believers with eternal damnation," wrote District Judge Charles Elliot Schofield in his decision. "In the process, He has carved out for Himself an illegal monotheopoly."

This reminds me the two verses from 'Sri Krishna Karnamritam' by Sri Lilasuka Bilvamangala Thakura posted on another board: cintAmaNir jayatu somagirir gurur me zikSAguru zca bhagavAn zikhi piJchamauliH yatpAda kalpataru pallava zekhareSu lIlA svayaMvara rasaM labhate jayazrIH (SKK. 1.1) Here Bhagavan Krishna is declared as the 'Siksha Guru' by the Saint apart from his other two casual and formal gurus. zaivAvayam na khalu tatra vicAraNIyam paGcAkSarI japa parAn itarAM tadhApi ceto madIya matasI kusumAvabhAsaM smerAnanam smarati gopa vadhU kizoraM (SKK 2.24) I have always belonged to the 'Saiva Sect' and I have been sincerely CHANTING the "Siva Pancaakshari Mantra" - "Om Namah Sivaaya" all along. But I have NO IDEA WHY this Young Sweetheart of Gopis is following me and my heart is also enjoying the REMEMBERENCE of His Smiling, Beautiful Blue face!!! "

Caitanya Caritamritam. 2. 8. 185. <font color="red">EVEN LORD KRISHNA HIMSELF CANNOT REACH THE LIMIT OF THE TRANSCENDENTAL QUALITIES OF SRIMATI RADHARANI, HOW, THEN, CAN AN INSIGNIFICANT LIVING ENTITY UNDERSTAND THEM ?? </font> (never mind the saivite or vaishnavaite or caitanyaite or saktaite or neophyte and so on..)

ARTICLE | The 'Talibanization' of Bangladesh by RUTH BALDWIN - While the international community looks the other way, religious fundamentalists are terrorizing the people of Bangladesh. http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=baldwin20020517 <font color=ccccc><small> [This message has been edited by sha (edited 05-24-2002).]

Not only Brahman, Prema Bhakti (hlAdinI sAra aMsa tAra prema nAma- C.C.) is also said to be: anirvacanIyaM premasvarUpam, mUkAsvAdanavat, prakAzyate kvApi pAtre, guNa rahitaM kAmanA rahitaM prati kSaNa vardha mAnaM avicchinnaM sUkSmataraM anubhava rUpam (Narada Bhakti Sutra 51-54) The intrinsic nature of Prema Bhakti (Divine Love - Prema (Radha) Tattva) defies exact and precise analysis, definition, or description. <font color="red">It is like the experience of delightful taste, and joy which a dumb man has when he tastes something sweet.</font> The Divine Love, neverthless, manifests itself, in one - whosoever it be -when one has made oneself fit for such manifestation (being blessed by His Divine Grace). The self-less Supreme Love for Lord (Radha (Prema) tattva) is unmotivated, free from all chracteristic tendencies to selfish action, it is of the nature of an integral subjective experience, subtler than the subtlest, manifesting itself spontaneously and expanding every moment effortlessly!<font color="white"><small> [This message has been edited by sha (edited 05-24-2002).]

Those who are familiar with the Sastras can also recall these verses: anyadeva tad viditAd atho aviditAd adhi iti zuzruma pUrveSAM ye nastad vyAcacakSire (Kenopanishad 1.4) "That (Brahman) is surely different from the KNOWN; and again, It is ABOVE the UNKNOWN" - such was the utterence we heard of the ancient teachers who explained It to us. yasyAmatam tasya mataM mataM yasya na veda saH avijnAtaM vijAtaM vijnAtam avijAnatAm (Kenopanishad 2.3) "It is known to him to whom It is UNKNOWN; he does not KNOW to whom It is KNOWN. It is UNKNOWN to those who KNOW well, and KNOWN to those who DO NOT KNOW." yato vacho nivartante aprApya manasA saha-- (Taittireya upnishad 2.4.1. and 2.9.1) Speech and mind turn back from that which they are not supposed to express or understand or think.

SRI RADHA--THE DIVINE MYSTERY By SRI SWAMI KRISHNANANDA http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/religions/radha.htm Sri Radhashtami is a joyous occasion observed throughout the country, especially in the North, bringing to one's hallowed memory the advent of Radha, a name familiar to every religious historian and devotee. But, there is nothing in religious history which is so little understood as the particular spiritual significance which is the theme of the observance of this sacred day, the eighth day in this bright half of the month of Bhadrapada(August-September), the birthday of Radha. The word 'Radhakrishna' is a reputed compound name, and devotees generally run into mystical contemplation and even fly into ecstasies in their moods in an attempt to understand the relationship between Sri Krishna and Radha. But, as is the case with almost everything in the world, this relationship which is deeply spiritual and mystical, is hard for the human mind to understand, because God, and everything that is connected with God, cannot become an object of human understanding. The human mind is not expected to understand God, and to 'understand' Him would be a blasphemy on the part of the human reason. As a straw would try to carry fire on its body, the intellect of man tries to apprehend the divine mysteries in creation. Devotees of Sri Krishna relate a lot about Radha, the Divine Mystery. I can call her only a Divine Mystery and there is no other designation suitable. Even today, it is a mystery, and it has remained ever a mystery, because God's relation to the world, His relation to devotees, His relation to human beings, His relation to anything, is a Divine Mystery in itself. But the specific significance that is attached to the relationship between Sri Krishna and Radha is the supernal love that operates in this mysterious relation between God and the world. The world is ruled by love, which is the quintessence of God. The basic stuff of God's Being may be said to be Love, Joy, Delight, Bliss, Ananda. But man, being what he is, can interpret this joy or delight, this satisfaction or love, this affection or pull, only in terms of his experiences. There are only men and women in this human world, and we do not see a third thing. Therefore, when men and women contemplate the mystery of God, they cannot think in any other way, except in terms of men and women. This is a travesty of religious mystery and a demonstration of the human incapacity to equal the requirement on the part of man by the Law of God. Read any Purana or any Epic, still you will never be able to understand the relation between Krishna and Radha. On the one hand, it has been a theme for a divine upsurge and ecstasy of devotion in the case of pure minds and devotees, while, on the other hand, it has become a theme for sarcastic interpretations of the mysterious relation between the Supreme Male we call God, and the Supreme Female we name Shakti. Two extremes meet in the concept of God's Glory, and in the mediocre approaches of devotees on the path of divine love, these extremes are not felt. Most of us, may we say all of us, are mediocre followers of the path of God. The extreme steps are not intended for fragile minds, weak bodies, impure emotions and tarnished intellects or prejudiced reasons. The vehicle that can contain the divine mystery has to have the capacity to bear the fire which is God's Glory. Many times it is said that the embrace of God is an embrace of fire, and no man has lived as man after having seen and embraced God. These are some of the statements we hear from the adepts on the path. The Radhakrishna mystery is a secret, even as God Himself is a secret. What can be a greater secret than God's Existence! You cannot know where God is, or what God is doing, or why God has created the world. You cannot say what His relation is to us, or, our relation is to Him. You cannot say anything about Him, and the less said the better. Thus it is that when we read the Srimad Bhagavata Purana, the Brahma-vaivarta Purana and certain other texts where such extreme forms of divine relation are expounded, we retrace our steps and turn back dumbfounded: "Yato vacho nivartante aprapya manasa saha"-- Speech and mind turn back from that which they are not supposed to express or understand or think. The reason behind this difficulty is that we are, as human beings, not prepared to shed the human way of thinking. We have a reservation always, secretly maintained in our own minds, a secret which we wish to hide even from God's eyes. There is a fear in the human individual, a fear, on the one hand, of losing the meaning that one attaches to the laws operating in human society and, on the other hand, the fear of losing oneself in what devotees call Love of God. The term 'Love of God' may mean either love that a devotee evinces in regard to God, or the love that God has for a devotee. Either way, we can take this term, 'Love of God'. There is no half-hearted and mediocre attitude in respect of God. Either it is a whole-souled dedication or it is a nothing. There is no partiteness or reserved attitude towards God. It is a completion and a fulfilment which requires on our side also a fulfilled and a complete approach. But we are, as I told you, always men and we can think only as men. We are women, and we can think only as women. These prejudices do not leave us and they cannot leave us. Apart from the idea of male and female, there are other shackles by which we are bound to this earth, all of which are, as it were, steel chains with which we are bound to our own personalities and prejudices, which have to melt into a liquefied form before God, the all-encompassing, super-legalistic Existence, super-relational Being. The very thought of it will melt the human individual. This melting of the human individuality is called Love of God. Even in ordinary intense forms of worldly love, our individuality tends towards a melting, though it does not actually melt. We rarely experience intense love in our lives. Often we are like broken glass pieces with no worth or value in us. We are parading empty shells with no substance in ourselves. This is human life today. But this will not work before the realities of life. We can never entertain true affection and true love in regard to anything in this world, because we are mostly hypocrites. We are never true to ourselves and, therefore, we can never be true to others. This predicament is a tremendous danger before man's future. And this illness has come upon man right from the very beginning of his birth itself, and attaches itself to him wherever he goes in every incarnation. Perhaps this is the original sin that people speak of in theological circles. Unless we shed this completely and stand naked before the glory and fire of God as pure Spirit and not as men and women, we cannot understand, appreciate and feel what divine love is. This is why we cannot understand the relationship between Radha and Krishna, in the Radhakrishna compound. We go on reading about it but understand nothing. The attempt on the part of the soul to understand this mystery, is an attempt to dissolve one's personality, and no one is ever prepared for it. Such a sacrifice we cannot do. We have always a reservation, as I mentioned to you, and we approach God with a tremendous fear and a hidden purpose behind our own personal existence. We are not supposed to understand this mystery of Radha-Krishna. We are unfit. Man today is unfit for this sacrifice. The other aspect of this mystery is what is called the Rasalila, very magnificently, gloriously and touchingly described in the Rasa-Panchadhyayi of the Srimad Bhagavata, odious to impure minds but glorious to pure minds. Man himself is an odious existence. Nothing can be worse than his own individuality. He carries this impurity before God and refuses to understand superhuman operations in this divine world, the Kingdom of God which is this very earth. I do not know whether you are able to make any sense out of what I am saying, because it is difficult to express in language what is not supposed to be expressed. My humble obeisance to the Almighty Lord whose mystery is this creation. Our blessedness and well-being consist in realising that we cannot understand Him and in expecting His divine grace for our uplift.

MARSHAL LAW UNDER THE GUISE OF PUBLIC HEALTH http://sitreponline.com/ The Emergency powers proposal would usher in martial law under the guise of “public health”. (Research, www.publichealthlaw.net/MSEHPA/MSEHPA.pdf. The text of the MEHPA give public health officials, state governors and state officials serving as “emergency judges” the power to arrest, transport, isolate, intern and quarantine any individual. The Act also gives public health officials the power to drug, examine, vaccinate and detain any individual. Forced inoculations may either cause death or other types of disease in certain individuals. These officials will have the authority to control, restrict and regulate, food, fuel, clothing, transportation, and housing. They will have the power to confiscate all firearms, as well as separating families by isolating children from their parents. The State will confiscate personal and commercial bank accounts as needed to fund the declared emergencies. The Federal Government will not have the manpower, social services or funding to meet a “public health emergency”. The governor will have the authority to declare an emergency for not only a bioterrorist attack, but also for epidemics, pandemic disease or natural disasters. The terms “epidemic disease” “pandemic disease” and “natural disaster” are not defined, leaving public health officials ample room for their own interpretation.

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Govinda Ashtakam by Adi Shankaraacarya Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss, real, knowledge, infinite, and eternal, who is free from Ákáùa (and other upádhis), who is the highest light, who was eager as a child to crawl in the cow-pen, who is really free from difficulties, but who appears to be in difficulties (or who is the abode of máyá, cause of all), who appears manifold due to máyá, who appears as the world, who is the Lord of the earth and Ùri, and who has no Lord to control him. (1) Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss, who showed the fear of a child when beaten by Yashodá saying, ``You are eating earth'', and in whose opened mouth was seen the row of fourteen worlds, visible and invisible, who is the support of the three worlds (vis., Svarga, prithvi, pátála), who is in the form of the worlds, visible and invisible, who cannot be seen, who is the controller of the universe and who is the supreme Lord. (2) Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss, who killed the mighty enemies of the Devas and reduced the weight of the world, who removes the disease of birth (from his devotees), who is one, who had butter for his food, though not requiring food at all, who swallowed the world (during pralaya), who shines brilliantly in the pure and clear mental mode, who cannot be revealed by anything else, who adores Ùiva, and who is wholly auspicious. (3) Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss, who is the protector of the world, who made his advent in the world as Gopála through his lilá, who is the protector of the race (of Yádavas) and of cows, who made the cowherds happy by lifting up through his lilá the Govardhana mountain were the gopès used to play, whose name ``Govinda'' is uttered clearly by the cows (or scriptures), who has may names, and who is beyond the reach of the ignorant. (4) Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss, who was present in each of the different groups of gopis, who appears in different forms, who is one and nondual, whose beautiful form was covered by the dust raised always by the hooves of the cows, whose blissful nature is realized by sraddhá and bhakti, who is unimaginable, whose existence is known to the wise, and whose greatness is like that of the gem cintámaïi. (5) Worship Govinda s supreme bliss, who climbed up the tree carrying the clothes of women busily engaged in their bath and who made them come close to him for the purpose of giving the clothes to them who desired to get back their clothes, who is free from duality, grief and delusion, who is wise, who dwells in the intellect, and who is pure-existence. (6) Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss, who is beautiful, who is the ultimate cause, who is the source of everything, who is without beginning whose colour is like that of the dark cloud, which often danced excessively on the hood of the serpent Kálindè inhabiting the river Kálindè (Yamuna), who manifests as time, who transcends the measures of time, who knows everything, who is the destroyer of the evil of kali, and who is the controller of the motion of the three dimensions of time (7) Worship Govinda who is supreme bliss who is in the land of Brindávan which is worshipped and saluted by many groups of Gods, whose nectar-bliss of spotless smile resembles kunda flower, who is infinite bliss, whose feet are praised and worshipped by the minds of all great sages adored by all, and who is the ocean of praiseworthy qualities. (8) He who recites this Govindáaúûakam by fixing his mind on Govinda and uttering the names of Govinda, Acyuta, Mádhava, Vishnu, Gokulanáyaka and Krishna, and gets all his sins washed off by the nectar of meditation on the lotus-feet of Govinda, attains the indwelling Govinda, the nectar of the supreme bliss. (9) ~ Jagadguru Adi Shankaraacarya courtesy : http://www.kamakoti.org

Sri Shankara Jayanti (appearance day) was celebrated on May 17, 2002. There was a nice article posted on another board by harshanand. Interested devotees can read at: spiritualecstasyandmeditation/message/3670

I too received this in e-mail from another Krishna devotee. Posting this for others to enjoy:

"One should have a conscience which is clean and candid, as the Apostle says: 'I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men (Acts 24:16); for we are confident that we have a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably (Heb. 13:18).' For just as it is impossible for rain to fall without clouds, so too without a good conscience is it impossible to be well pleasing to the Lord. What is made manifest is light, and what is not made manifest is dark; therefore let us reveal to our father not only what we say, but also what we think. And there will come a time when we shall be judged not according to the book of knowledge and understanding, but according to the book of conscience." ~ Abbot Nazarius

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Here is more to back up your statement regarding the worship of Bhagavan Shankar: 1. Puranas have described that the consort of Lord Vishnu, Lakshmi devi herself worshipped Lord Shiva, even offering her own bosom in place of lotus flowers, and thus the 'bael' fruit and tree had become very dear to Shiva. 2. Lord Rama also worshipped Shiva at Ramesvara and saints wrote that he too offered his lotus eyes to Shiva as a substitute for lotus flowers. 3. Mother Sitadevi worshipped the consort of Lord Shiva, Gauridevi and Shiva before the 'bow breaking' at her 'Swayamvara'. 4. Queen Rukmini worshipped Gauridevi, the consort (Svarupa shakti) of Lord Shiva prior to Lord Krishna's arrival at her wedding. 5. So did the Gopis of Vraja at Katyayani (Consort of Lord Shiva) Vrata. 6. Lord Caitanya had also met his consort Lakshmipriya devi and other maiden performing worship to Lord Shiva on the banks of Ganges and blessed them accordingly proving the oneness of their Lordships. 7. Saint Vidyapati also wrote in his poems that Sri Radha herself prayed to Lord Shiva for protection from the 'cupid' and for blessings offering her lotus hands and bosom as a substitute for flowers and fruits. 8. In 'Vidagdhamadhavam', Sri Roopa wrote Radhaji going to Gauridevi (consort of Lord Shiva) temple for worship. 9. The favorite saint of Mahaprabhu, Jayadeva kaviraja himself prayed to Lord Shiva in 'mangalacarana' of his compositions. Worship of Lord Shiva is a 'bhushana' for all Vaishnavas, so let us not indulge in 'dushana' of Lord Shiva.<small><font color="fefefe"> [This message has been edited by sha (edited 05-11-2002).]

Happy Mother's day to all! Sri Annapurnadevi Stotram nityánandakarè varábhayakarè saundaryarathákarè nirdhütákhila doúpávanákari pratyaqkúamáheùvarè práleyácalavamùapávanakarè káùèpurádhèùvarè bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(1) Oh! Mother Annapurna! renderer of the support of compassion, the bestower of eternal happiness, the donor of gifts and protection, the ocean of beauty, the destroyer of all sins and purifier, the great goddess, the purifier of the family of Himavan, and the great deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. nánáratnavicitrabhüúaïkarè hemámbaráãambari muktáháravilambamánavilasadvakúojakumbhántarè káùmèrágaruvásitá rucikari káùèpurádhèùvarè bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(2) Oh! Mother Annapurna! renderer of the support of compassion, one who is adorned with ornaments made up of different kinds of gems, wearer of golden-laced dress, the space, in between whose breasts shines with the pendant garland of pearls, the beautiful - bodied, rendered and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. yogánandakarè ripukúayakarè dharmaikanistçákari candrárkünalabhásamánalaharè trailokyuarakúákari sarvaiùvaryakari tapaç phalakari kásèpurádhiùvari bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(3) Oh! Mother Annapurna! the renderer of the support of compassion, the giver of happiness obtainable through yoga, the destroyer of the enemies, the cause of (men) getting deep-rooted in righteousness, the possessor of the waves of splendour of the three worlds, the donors of all riches, the bestower of the fruits of penance, and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. kailásácalakandarálayakari graurè hyumá ùáñkari kaumárè nigamárthagocarakarè hyoñkárábèjákúarè mokúadvárakaváûanakarè káúèpurádhèùvarè bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(4) Oh! Mother Annapurna! the renderer of the support of compassion, the resident of the caves of the Kailasa mountains, golden-complexioned, Oh! Uma! the consort of Sankara, endowed always with maidenhood, the cause of our comprehension of the purport of the Vedas, whose basic syllable is the syllable `Om', the opener of the doors of emancipation and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. døyádøùyavibhütèvá hanakarè brahmáïãabháïã odarè lèlánáûakasütrakhelanakarè vijòánádèpáñkurè ùrèviùveùamanaç prasádanakarè káùèpurádhèùvari bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(5) Oh! Mother Annapurna! the renderer of the support of compassion, the conveyor of the visible and invisible prosperity, the container of the primordial egg, the directress of the sportive drama (of the world), the flame of the lamp of true knowledge, the source of the mental happiness of Sri Visvanatha, and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. ádikúántasamastavarïankari ùambhostribhávákari káùmirá tripureùvri trinayani viùveùvari ùarvaè svargadvárakaváûanakarè káùèpurádhèùvarè bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(6) Oh! Mother Annapurna! the renderer of the support of compassion, the maker of the letters 'a' (‚) to 'ksha' (®¸), he cause of the three acts of Sambhu, namely, the creation, protection and destruction, the wearer of saffron, the consort of the destroyer of the three cities, the consort of the three-eyed lord, the governess of universe, the form of the goddess of night, the opener of the gates of heavens, and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. urvi sarvajaneùvarè jayakarè mátá køpáságarè veïinilasamána kuntaladharè nètyánnadáneùvarè sákúánmokúakarè sadá ùubhakarè káúèpurádhèùvarè bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(7) Oh! Mother Annapurna! the renderer of the support of compassion, the form of the earth, the governess of all men, the cause of victory, the mother, the ocean of compassion, the possessor of beautiful and dark braid of hari resembling the flower of the indigo plant, the giver of food daily, the direct bestower of emancipation and eternal welfare, and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. devè sarvavicitraratnaracitá dákúáyaïè sundarè vámá svádupayodhará priyakari# saubhágyamáheùvarè bhaktábhèùûakarè sadá ùubhakarè káùèpurádhèùvarè bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(8) Oh! Mother Annapurna! the renderer of the support of compassion, Oh! Goddess! adorned with different kinds of gems, the daughter of Daksha, the most beautiful, bearer of benign breasts, doer of good to all, endowed with good fortune, fulfiller of the desires of the devotees, doer of auspicious acts, and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. candarárkánalakoûikoûisadøùi candrámùubimbádharè candrákágnidamánakuïãaladharè candrárkavarïeùvarè málápustakapáùasáñkuùadhari káùèpurádhèùvarè bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(9) Oh! Mother Annapurna! the renderer of the support of compassion, one who resembles crores and crores of suns, moons and fires, endowed with lips resembling the red pearl and the bimba fruit, bearer of ear- ornament resembling the moon, sun and fire (in radiance), having a complexion of the goad, and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. Kúatraráïakari mahábhayaharè mátá køpáùgari sarvánandakarè sadá ùivakarè viùeùvari ùridhari dakúakrandakari nirámaykari káùipuradhèùvarè bhikùám dehi krpávalambanakarè mátánnapürïùvari(10) Oh! Mother Annapurna! the renderer of the support of compassion, the protector of the dominion remover of great fear, the mother, the ocean of compassion, the cause of the happiness of all, the eternal doer of good, the consort of Visvesvara, the form of Lakshmi, the destroyer of the sacrifice of Daksha, one who makes us free from diseases, and the presiding deity of Kasi, (thou) grant us alms. annapürïe sadápürïe ùañkarapráïavallabhe jòánavarágyasiddyartham bhikúám dehi ca párvati(11) Oh! Parvati! Annapurna! always full, the dear consort of Sankara, grant us alms for the sake of securing knowledge and detachment. mátáf ca párvatè devè pitá devo maheùvaraç bándhavaáç sivabhaktáùca swadeùo bhuvanatrayam Goddess Parvati is my Mother, Lord Mahesvara is my Father, the devotees of Lord Siva are my relatives; and the three worlds are my own country. Composed by Adi Shankarabhagavatpada courtesy kamakoti.org