{"id":219,"date":"2012-05-13T19:55:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T19:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sudlatnid.com\/apps\/wp\/?p=219"},"modified":"2012-05-13T19:55:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T19:55:33","slug":"maatrustaavanam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/?p=219","title":{"rendered":"Maatrustaavanam  (In praise of mother),  by Pujya Guruji Swami Tejomayananda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tMaaturaasishaa vandita bhuvi, santhi hi naro nandita divi<br \/>\nOne becomes respected in this world and happy in the other world only by gaining Mother\u2019s blessings.<\/p>\n<p>dhaarithosmyaham svodare tvayaa, paalithosmyaham svasthanae tvayaa<br \/>\nYou maintained me in the womb and nourished me with your milk.<\/p>\n<p>sisuraham yadaa kaelilampataahaa, na srutham mayaa tae tadaa vachaahaa<br \/>\nIn my childhood, being attracted to toys, I didn\u2019t pay attention to your words.<\/p>\n<p>sikshanae mama na cha kadaa rucheehi, saa tvayaa kruthaa vardhitaa mateehi<br \/>\nI had no interest in learning, but you created the interest in me and developed my intellect.<\/p>\n<p>baalavartanam kashtadaayakam, manyasae tu tad harshakaaranam<br \/>\nEven though a child\u2019s actions cause much pain, you look upon these as a source of joy!<\/p>\n<p>rogapeeditho yatkadaapyaham, saevasae tadaa maamaharnisham<br \/>\nWhenever I am sick, you nurse me day and night.<\/p>\n<p>vismaraamyaham tae katham krutham, matkruthae sadaa praemasamyutham<br \/>\nHow can I ever forget all that is done by you with so much affection?<\/p>\n<p>pashyasi gunam sarvadaa mama, avagunam tu mae naekshasae katham<br \/>\nYou always see my virtues (good qualities), but how come you never see my vices (bad ones)?<\/p>\n<p>iyamudaarataa tvayi cha vartatae, naetharatra saa jagati drusyate<br \/>\nThis large-heartedness exists only in you, and is not seen anywhere else in the world.<\/p>\n<p>durlabhaa na hi baandhavaa bhuvi, janani durlabhaa tvatsamaa ayi<br \/>\nRelatives and friends are easy to find in the world, but it is indeed difficult to get a mother like you.<\/p>\n<p>maatrudaevo yad bhava sruthischa tat, braveetyaadaraad bhaavayepyaham<br \/>\nI have heard \u201cBe devoted to mother like you would to God\u201d, and I do follow the same.<\/p>\n<p>maatari naro daevameekshatae, sarvatopi tam sa hi nireekshatae<br \/>\n(S)He who sees God in (her) his own mother, (s)he alone sees God everywhere as well.<\/p>\n<p>atha mayaarchanam vandanam krutham, tava cha keertanam paadasaevanam<br \/>\nHence, I worship and salute you now, sing your glories and serve your feet.<\/p>\n<p>janani taepyaham sarvadaa runee, bhaktirastu nae nischala tvayee<br \/>\nO mother, I remain forever indebted to you. May my devotion to you be firm and deep!<\/p>\n<p>amba tvaamaham pranatavaansadaa, aasishascha tvam daehi mae mudaa<br \/>\nO mother, I remain forever prostrated before you. Give me your blessings gladly.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maaturaasishaa vandita bhuvi, santhi hi naro nandita divi One becomes respected in this world and happy in the other world only by gaining Mother\u2019s blessings&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sudlatnid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}