Morning Prayer /Sloka

Sloka is a powerful prayer derived from the Sanskrit language. It describes different powers of Gods and when recited these slokas/Prayers it gives immense peace and a steady mind. I will be updating this category with known prayers / Slokas. 


Early Morning prayer/Sloka:
When you wake up in the morning, turn on to your right side before sitting up. After sitting up, hold both palms before your eyes, and chant the following mantra:


Karagre Vasate Lakshmi Karmadhye Saraswati
Karmule Tu Govindaha Prabhaate Karadarshanam 


Meanings:
Karagre means on the tip of our  fingers; vasate = dwells; Lakshmi- the Goddess of Prosperity, Lakshmi; karamule = on the base of our hands; Saraswathi- the Goddess of Knowledge Saraswathi; karamadhye = in the middle of our hands; tu =whereas; Govindah = the Lord Govindah; prabhate = in the morning; karadarshanam- = look at our palm. 


Translation
On the tip of your fingers is Goddess Lakshmi; on the base of your fingers is Goddess Sarasvati; in the middle of your fingers is Lord Govinda. So by placing the three divine powers on the tips, in the middle and at the base of the hand, this sloka suggests that all the divinity lies in human effort. Thus this sloka supports the need of human effort and self confidence.

Explanation
This is a Morning Prayer called “karadarshana”. One begins the day with this prayer. ‘kara” means the palm of the hand and it stands for the five karmendriyas, or the organs of action. While looking at the palm, one invokes the Lord in the form of various deities, thus sanctifying all the actions that will be done during the day. By acknowledging the Lord as the giver of the capacity to perform actions and as the giver of the fruits of those actions, one sanctifies the actions. Thus, one prays in the morning to reinforce the attitude that all actions are performed as a service to the Lord.