This popular hymn sung by queen Gāndhāri to Krishnā, appears in the Prapanna Gita or Pāndava Gita, a collection of 80 exquisite devotional hymns from different sources that is one long paean to Krishna, the Supreme. Unsurpassed in its beauty and composition, the hymn’s approach to God is of ‘sharanāgati’, or total surrender.

Lyrics:
Twameva mata cha pita twameva
Twameva bandhush cha sakha twameva
Twameva vidya dravinam twameva
Twameva sarvam mama deva deva

You alone are my mother, you alone my father;
You alone are my kinsman, you alone my friend;
You alone are my knowledge, you alone my wealth!
You are everything to me, Oh Lord of Lords, you alone!

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