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Hymn for Forgiveness to Mother

Mother is more dear to the child than the father. Mother is gentle, soft, sweet, tender and
affectionate. She is full of smiles. Father is stiff, harsh, rude, rough and hard-hearted. The child runs
towards the mother for getting presents, sweets, fruits and other gifts. The child can open the heart
more freely towards the mother than to the father.
Even so, poets and saints also are more familiar with the Divine Mother than with the Divine
Father. They open their heart more freely towards the Divine Mother. They have found much more
intimate cries of the heart when they speak of the Deity as their Mother, than when they address
themselves to God as Father. Go through the following hymn to Mother by Sri Sankara. You will
feel and realise the truth of the above statement.
By my ignorance of Thy commands
By my poverty and sloth
I had not the power to do that which I should have done
Hence my omission to worship Thy feet
But O Mother, auspicious deliverer of all
All this should be forgiven,
For, a bad son may sometimes be born, but a bad mother never.
O Mother! Thou hast many sons on earth
But I, Thy son, am of no worth
Yet it is not meet, that Thou shouldst abandon me
For, a bad son may sometimes be born, but a bad mother never.
O Mother of the world! O Mother!
I have not worshipped Thy feet

Nor have I given abundant wealth to Thee
Yet the affection which Thou bestowest on me is without compare
For, a bad son may sometimes be born, but a bad mother never.