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Mantra · Shri Krishna

The prayer to the cows

गौ प्रार्थना

2 lines · about 1 min to say · Gita Press, Vrat Parichay, and the Skanda Purana, Kartik Mahatmya

Shri Krishna

Shri Krishna

The flute, the butter, the Gita

लक्ष्मीर्या लोकपालानां धेनुरूपेण संस्थिता।

lakṣmīryā lokapālānāṁ dhenurūpeṇa saṁsthitā.

The Lakshmi of the guardians of the world, who stands here in the form of a cow

घृतं वहति यज्ञार्थे मम पापं व्यपोहतु॥

ghr̥taṁ vahati yajñārthe mama pāpaṁ vyapohatu.

and gives the ghee for the yajna — may She take away my wrongs.