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Kshama Prarthana

क्षमा प्रार्थना

4 lines · Traditional; said at the close of every puja

आवाहनं न जानामि न जानामि विसर्जनम्।

āvāhanaṁ na jānāmi na jānāmi visarjanam.

I do not know how to invite you, nor how to bid you farewell;

पूजां चैव न जानामि क्षमस्व परमेश्वर॥

pūjāṁ caiva na jānāmi kṣamasva parameśvara.

nor do I truly know how to offer puja — forgive me, O Supreme One.

मन्त्रहीनं क्रियाहीनं भक्तिहीनं सुरेश्वर।

mantrahīnaṁ kriyāhīnaṁ bhaktihīnaṁ sureśvara.

Whatever was lacking in mantra, in the act, or in devotion, O lord of the gods,

यत्पूजितं मया देव परिपूर्णं तदस्तु मे॥

yatpūjitaṁ mayā deva paripūrṇaṁ tadastu me.

may the puja I have offered, O god, be made complete.