Simple Slokas - Upon waking up (Tamil and English)

Simple Sloka to recite upon waking up - look at the palm side of your right hand (or both hands) and recite the sloka.

 

 

Tamil:

 

கராக்ரே வஸதே லக்ஷ்மி : கரமத்தயே சரஸ்வதீ:

கரமூல து கோவிந்த : ப்ரபாதே காரா தர்சனம்.

English:

Karaagre Vasate Lakshmi Kara-Madhye Saraswati |

Kara-Muule Tu Govindah Prabhaate Kara-Darshanam ||

Meaning:

1: At the Top of the Palm dwell Devi Lakshmi, and at the Middle of the Palm dwell Devi Saraswati,

2: At the Bottom of the Palm dwells Sri Govinda; Therefore one should Look at one's Palms in the Early Morning and contemplate on them.

Occassionally, the last line is modified in some versions to "Sitaa" or "Durga" instead of "Govindah"