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Kshama Prarthana: Aavahanam Na Janami (Prayer for Forgiveness after Puja)

क्षमा प्रार्थना — आवाहनं न जानामि

Aavahanam Na Janami, Mantrahinam Kriyahinam, Aparadha Sahasrani and Kayena Vacha: the prayers that close every puja, asking forgiveness for any mistake, with meaning.

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Kshama Prarthana: Aavahanam Na Janami (Prayer for Forgiveness after Puja) · क्षमा प्रार्थना — आवाहनं न जानामि

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आवाहनं न जानामि न जानामि विसर्जनम्। पूजां चैव न जानामि क्षम्यतां परमेश्वर॥

Aavahanam na janami na janami visarjanam, Poojam chaiva na janami kshamyatam Parameshvara.

I do not know how to invite You, nor how to bid You farewell, nor how to worship You. Forgive me, O Supreme Lord.

मन्त्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं भक्तिहीनं सुरेश्वर। यत्पूजितं मया देव परिपूर्णं तदस्तु मे॥

Mantra-heenam kriya-heenam bhakti-heenam Sureshvara, Yat-poojitam maya deva paripoornam tad-astu me.

O Lord of the gods, whatever worship I have offered, lacking in mantra, in ritual and in devotion, may it become complete.

अपराधसहस्राणि क्रियन्तेऽहर्निशं मया। दासोऽयमिति मां मत्वा क्षमस्व परमेश्वर॥

Aparadha-sahasrani kriyante-aharnisham maya, Daso-ayam iti mam matva kshamasva Parameshvara.

Day and night I commit a thousand faults. Knowing me to be Your servant, forgive me, O Supreme Lord.

समर्पण · Bhagavatam 11.2.36

कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतेः स्वभावात्। करोमि यद्यत्सकलं परस्मै नारायणायेति समर्पयामि॥

Kayena vacha manasendriyair va buddhyatmana va prakriteh svabhavat, Karomi yad yat sakalam parasmai Narayanayeti samarpayami.

Whatever I do with my body, speech, mind or senses, with my intellect or my heart, or by the force of my nature, I offer it all to the Supreme, to Narayana.

About the Kshama Prarthana

No puja is perfect, and Hindu worship ends with humility. After the aarti, the devotee admits that they do not know the right way to invoke or bid farewell to the deity, and asks that whatever was lacking in mantra, ritual or devotion be made complete by grace. Kayena Vacha, from the Shrimad Bhagavatam, then offers every action of body, speech and mind to Narayana.