Ramnaresh

“My Mother - Amma

Her touch was my solace,
Her smile did encourage,

Her love was my strength,
Her stare, I fully decant,

Her care was my power,
Her joy was my shower,

Her anger corrected my path,
Her laughter filled my heart,

Her silence made me ponder,
Her glare was my reminder,

Her scorn corrected my track,
Her embrace I never did lack.”
― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“May the sunshine ever greet you
and sorrows flow away,
May the knowledge flow within you
and darkness fade away.”
― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“कंदर्प अगणित अमित छवी नव नील नीरज सुन्दरम।
पट्पीत मानहु तडित रूचि शुचि नौमी जनक सुतावरम॥

To Sri Ram, whose beauty is incomparable, I am bowing,
His body like a newly formed dense blue cloud I am seeing,
His shining yellow robes over his body are like lightening,
He is the consort of Janak’s daughter his beauty is gleaming.”
― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

“A prayer from Shri Vishwanatha Suprabhata

Morning Salutations to Shiva

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

tvameva mata cha pita tvameva,
tvameva bandhush-cha sakha tvameva
tvameva vidya dravinam tvameva
tvameva sarvam mama deva deva

You my mother and father be,
You are kin and friend to me;
You my knowledge, wealth be,
God of gods! You my all do be.”
― Munindra Misra, Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme