Tvam eva mātā

Canonical source text

त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव । त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव । त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव । त्वमेव सर्वं मम देव देव ॥

IAST transliteration

Close translation

You alone are mother, you alone father. You alone kin and friend. You alone learning and wealth. You alone are all of mine, O god of gods.

Reader-friendly meaning

A surrender-verse: every human relation is gathered into the one addressed.

Meenananda editorial explanation

Sung to Devī, to Śiva, to Kṛṣṇa — the addressee is the deity of the sitting. The Ashram uses it as a close of puja, a returning of the whole house.

Practice context

A closing pranāma, once or thrice.