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Twameva Mata Cha Pita Twameva

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव

Twameva Mata Cha Pita Twameva, Twameva Bandhushcha Sakha Twameva: the prayer of complete surrender, with meaning.

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Twameva Mata Cha Pita Twameva · त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव

By Pandava GitaLanguage Sanskrit1 verse

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.

You alone are my mother and my father; You alone are my kin and my friend; You alone are my knowledge and my wealth. You are my everything, O God of gods.

About the Twameva Mata Cha Pita Twameva

This verse from the Pandava Gita (Prapanna Gita), a collection of prayers attributed to great devotees, offers the Lord every relationship at once: mother, father, kin, friend, knowledge and wealth. It is sung at the end of the aarti in many homes, and in Maharashtra as part of the Ghalin Lotangan prayer.

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