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    This three line sloka composed by Adi Shankaracharya calls for forgiveness of any mistakes or crimes committed through the hands, feet, speech, physical actions, senses of hearing and seeing, or mind, whether knowingly or unknowingly. It asks the ocean of compassion that is Lord Shiva to forgive all.

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    This three line sloka composed by Adi Shankaracharya calls for forgiveness of any mistakes or crimes committed through the hands, feet, speech, physical actions, senses of hearing and seeing, or mind, whether knowingly or unknowingly. It asks the ocean of compassion that is Lord Shiva to forgive all.

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    Kara Charana Krutham Sloka

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    This three line sloka composed by Adi Shankaracharya calls for forgiveness of any mistakes or crimes committed through the hands, feet, speech, physical actions, senses of hearing and seeing, or mind, whether knowingly or unknowingly. It asks the ocean of compassion that is Lord Shiva to forgive all.

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    KARA CHARANA KRITAM 

    – Forgiveness Sloka
    Composed By Sri Adi Shankaracharya

    कर चरण कृतं वाक् कायजं कर्मजं वा

    श्रवण नयनजं वा मानसं वापराधम्

    विहित मविहितं वा सर्वमे तत् क्षमस्वा

    जय जय करुणाब्धे श्री महादे व शंभो


    Meanings:  kara = hands; charaNa = feet/legs; kritam = done; vaak = voice/saying (refers
    to the organ of speech); kaaya = of the physical body; jam = borne or borne out
    of; kaaya-jam = originating from the body; karma = actions; karma-jam = born of the
    actions; vaa = or; shravaNa = hearing/listening (ears); nayanam = eye; shavaNa-nayana-
    jam = born of ears and eyes; maanasam = mind; aparaadham = mistake/crime; vihitam =
    known/knowingly; avihitam = unknowingly; sarvam = all; tat = these; kshamasva = to
    forgive; jaya = glory/victory; karuNa = mercy/compassion (daya); abde = ocean
    (saagar); karunaabde = ocean of compassion (dayasaagar); mahaadEva = greatest of the
    Gods; ShambhO = Lord Shiva. 

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