Radhika's gesture..... - Page 3

Originally posted by: rajsri

Gardes and Misti ... wonderful explanations both of you ... 😊

Even I have wondered why she did that

Originally posted by: colours

Actually, there is slight confusion here... The shlok was quoted as follows but it is not quite accurate... I say the mantra daily and have been saying it for many years now. Also, confirmed through multiple reliable sources.

ORIGINAL QUOTE:

The prayer:

Karaagre vasate Lakshmi karamadhye Saraswati
Karamoole tu Govindah prabhaate karadarshanam

Literal translation:

Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, resides in the fore-most part of the hands, Saraswati, the Goddess of learning, resides in the palm, and Govinda, the Lord Narayana, resides at the root, near the wrist.

THE CORRECT VERSION:

The prayer:

Karaagre vasate Lakshmi karamoolee Saraswati
Karamadhye tu Govindah prabhaate karadarshanam

Literal translation:

Kar = Hands

aagare = front

madhye = center

Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, resides in the fore-most part of the hands, Saraswati, the Goddess of learning and knowledege, resides in the root near the wrist that provides knowledge for the fingers (Laxmi) to work and generate, and Govinda, the Lord Narayana, resides in the center in the palm.

Originally posted by: shinyclassic

gardes lovely post dear,,when i visited one ashram with my family,,the saint present there adviced me to practice this bcoz i was depressed at that time,,I regularly try to practice thisand when i saw CB and rad doing it i felt very happy and felt that in a way she got connected to me,,,whenever me and my family sees her such gesture ,we start recalling the ashram incident and also advice our near ones to do this,,this practice really adds a great degree of positivity in our lives and when we try to do any negative work,this prayer reminds us that we should not use our hands to do any kind of bad deeds,,,

Originally posted by: Anamika100

This is a lovely topic and concept. I learned something new and valuable. Thank you!!!!!

Originally posted by: radev_66

thanks gardes for the explanation......

Originally posted by: nandanie

Awesome Gardes! Thank you very much for posting this. I always wondered what was the mantra behind it. And seeing it again from that episode, I wanted to post a topic asking about it, but it slipped my mind....thanks once again!👏

Originally posted by: bee5

Gardes,
My dad used to do this everyday and when I was a kid I tried to imitate him for sometime.... :-)

Thanks for the detailed explanation Gardes and Mishti.

Originally posted by: samia siddiqui

thanks guardes, you explained this very nicely!