MORNING PRAYER :

KARA DARSHANAM PRABHATA SHLOKAM

THE FORCE IS IN YOUR HANDS

 Ka-raa-gre Var-ta-te Lakshmihi,

Ka-ra Madh-ye Sa-ra-swa-tee

Ka-ra Moo-lay to Gau-reesh-yaat

Pra-bhaa-te  Ka-ra Dar-sha-nam

On the tip of your fingers is Goddess Lakshmi;

At the center of the palm is Goddess Saraswati;

At the base of it all resides the primal creative force.

At the dawn I remind myself that at the base of all activities and prosperity lie spiritual realization

Brief Explanation

This is a Morning Prayer called “karadarshana”. You begin the day with this prayer.

‘kara” means the palm of the hand and it stands for the five organs of action (SIGHT, HEARING, SPEECH, SMELL AND TOUCH).

While looking at the palm, you ask the Lord in the form of various Divine Energies, to reside in the palms so all the actions that will be done during the day will be good.

By acknowledging the Lord as the giver of the capacity to perform actions and as the giver of the fruits of those actions, you sanctify (make holy) the actions.

 Thus, you pray in the morning to reinforce the attitude that all actions are performed as a service to the Lord. All human progress lies in effort