Word

Tvameva matha mantra

Sanskrit

त्वंमेव मातः

In General

This is a popular saranagati mantra chanted as a salutation to Guru Parambara.

Gandhari uvacha:

Tvameva matha cha pita tvemeva

tvamdeva bhandhushcha sakha tvameva

tvameva vidya dravinam tvameva

tvameva sarvam mama deva deva

Gandhari said: You are my Mother, you are my Father, you are my Friend, you are my Eternal Companion, you are my Wealth, You are everything to me, Oh God of my Gods, you alone.

This sharangati mantra is from Pandava Gita ( Prapanna Gita) which is a collection of 82 beautiful verses dramatized in the way it was sung by various characters from Mahabharata.