Litany to the Divine Mother -Swami Paramananda

(As mother is the most sacred of all human relations, so in India Divine Motherhood is regarded as the highest manifestation of the Personal God. No love is so tender and watchful, so enduring and all-forgiving as mother love; and when God becomes our Mother, then have we a sure refuge in all the varying conditions of life. Realizing this, the Hindus prefer to worship the Supreme Being as Mother and it is at Her feet that they pour out their most eloquent and touching hymns of praise and supplication. They see and bow down to Her in every form. Good and bad both are manifestations of Her glory. Nowhere is She absent. Her Divine power pervades the universe as the earthly mother’s influence pervades the household; and in whatever aspect She appears, whether good or evil, always is She to be worshipped as the loving Mother. This feeling is strikingly set forth in the following Litany, taken from the Sanskrit.)

© "Path of Devotion" by Swami Paramananda, published by Sri Ramakrishna Math, 16, Ramakrishna Math Road, Chennai 600 004. Reprinted with permission.

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