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Karagre Vasate Lakshmih

Said on waking, looking at the open palms.

MantraLakshmi, Saraswati, Govinda

Quick facts

Type
Mantra
Deity
Lakshmi, Saraswati, Govinda
When it is sung
Said on waking, looking at the open palms.
Languages
Roman and Devanagari here; ten scripts in the app

Verse (Devanagari)

कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः करमध्ये सरस्वती करमूले तु गोविन्दः प्रभाते करदर्शनम्

Transliteration

Karagre vasate lakshmih kara-madhye sarasvati kara-mule tu govindah prabhate kara-darshanam

What it means

Lakshmi lives at the fingertips, Saraswati in the middle of the palm, Govinda at its base — so look at your palms in the morning.

Read it in your language

In the Muhurtha app you can read Karagre Vasate Lakshmih in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil and Telugu, count it on a japa mala, and open a link to hear it sung — all offline, with no account and no ads.

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