Mananam

maha saṅkalpam (reflection via free translation) mamopātta-samasta-durita-kṣaya-dvārā śrī-parameśvara-prītyarthaṃ For the sake of pleasing (prītyarthaṃ) śrī-parameśvara , as a means (dvārā) for the destruction (kṣaya) of all (samasta) accumulated (upātta) sins (durita). (This is the essence of Karma Yoga – Doing vaidika karma with īśvarārpaṇa buddhi and īśvara-prasāda buddhi.) tad-eva lagnaṃ sudinaṃ tad-eva, tārā-balaṃ candra-balaṃ tad-eva, That indeed (tad-eva) is the auspicious moment (lagnaṃ), that indeed is the good day (sudinaṃ), that indeed is the strength (balaṃ) of the stars (tārā) and the strength of the moon (candra). vidyā-balaṃ daiva-balaṃ tad-eva, lakṣmī-pateḥ aṅghri-yugam smarāmi. That indeed is the strength (balaṃ) of knowledge (vidyā) and the strength of fortune (daiva); when I remember (smarāmi) the pair of feet (aṅghri-yugam) of the Lord of Lakṣmī (lakṣmī-pateḥ). (The idea is tithi, vāram, etc. become indeed auspicious, when we hold on to the feet of Swāmi.) apa...