Contains a selection of choicest prayers of universal appeal from Sanskrit scriptures, together with their English translation. For those who want to know why they should pray and what they ought to pray for, it gives the necessary guidance through its Introduction. These selections from Vedas, Puranas, Tantras and Sanskrit hymns are all expressive of the deep spiritual longings and realizations of the Hindu race.
I do not want to get material life. I do not want sense-life but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
-Swami Vivekananda