Contemplation on presiding deities of Kashi Om vishvEsham maadhavam DHuNDHim daNDapaaNim cha bhairavam I vandE kaasheem guhaam gangaam bhavaaneem maNikarNikaam II 1 bow down to God Vishveshwara, Madhava, Ganesha (the one with big belly), Dandapani, Kalabhairava, the sacred Kashi, the Ganga river flowing through the cave, Goddess Bhavani and the…
Om asatO maa sadgamaya tamasO maa jyOtirgamaya I mRtyOrmaa amRtan gamaya II Please lead me from the Unreal to the Real; lead me from darkness to light; lead me from death to immortality. lOkaah samastaaha sukhinO bhavantu I Om shaantihi shaantihi shaantihi May all the people be healthy and happy.…
Expressing Gratitude to Lord karacharaNcfkRtam vaak – kaayajam karmajam vaa shravaNanayanajam vaa maanasam vaasparaadham 1 vihitamavihitam vaa sarvamEtat kSHamasva jaya jaya karuNaabdhE shree mahaadEva shambhO II May Sri Mahadeva Shambhu (Shiva) the ocean of compassion he victorious! You may kindly pardon me for all faults committed by me’knowjngly or unknowingly,…
yaani kaani cha paapaani janmantara kRtaani cha I taani taani vinashyanti pradakSHiNa padE padE II On circumambulation of the Lord whatever sins have been committed including those in other births perish at every step taken. 1 aakaashaat patitam tOyam yathaagachCHati saagaram I sarvadEva namaskaaraha kEshavam pratigachCHati II Even as the…
Prayer for Peace dhyau shaantir antarikSHa shaantihi pRthvee shaantir aapaha shaantir OSHadhayaha shaantihi I vanaspatayaha shaantir vishvEdEvaaha shaantir brahma shaantihi sarva shaantihi shaantir Eva shaantihi sa shaantir Edhi II May there be Peace in Space, may there be peace on earth, may the herbs have peace, may the plants and…
Prayer for Appeasement of one’s village deity seeking protection suranaathEti vikhyaataa nagarEtaradEvataa I graamadEvee hyadhiSHTHaatree karOtu mama chintanam II May village deity who is the establisher of my fortune and who reins over the heavens reside ever in my thoughts.
Prayer for Appeasement of one’s family deity rOgaa shOkaashcha daaridryam daurbalyam chittavikriyaa I nashyantu kuladEvasya shaktimantrENa taaDitaaha II May the diseases, greif, poverty, weakness and fragility of mind be destroyed by the mantra and powers of my family deity.
Prayer for Attainment of suitable bride raktaangaraagaaruNabhooSHaNaaDHyaam veeNaadharam veeTikathOllasantam I gandharvakanyaajanageeyamaanam vishvaavasum sadbRhateem namaami II I bow to the Gandharvaraja Vishvavasu who holds the Vina by name Bruhati, who is bedecked with garments and ornaments of reddish hue resembling embers, whose mouth in fragrant with betal leaves and is surrounded…
Meditation on Ashtadikpalakas for protection in all directions Shree Indra Stutihi daityadarpavinaashaaya sahasraakSHaaya dheematE I kulishavyagrahastaaya namastEsstu shatakratO II Salutations to Indra, the destroyer of the pride of the demons, the hundred eyed one, who holds thunder in his hands and who is the performer of hundred sacrifices. Shree Agni…
Prayer to Vastu Purusha for creating positive vibrations in the house suraarchitapadaabjam tam samastabhuvanEshvaram I svapantam sarvadaa bhoomau mahaabhootam namaamyaham I sunikSHipta madhOvaktram dEvairbhoomaavajaajnyayaa sarvamangaladaataaram vaastudEvam namaamyaham II I bow to vastupurusha, The Lord of the entire earth, who is ever asleep in the ground and who is of expansive…
Prayer to Kaartaveeryarjuna for retrieving lost property Om kaartaveeryarjunO nama raajaa baahu sahasravaan tasya smaraNa maatrENa hRdyam (gatam) naSHtam cha labhyatE Kaartaveeryaarjuna the King with thousand arms, by just remembering you I can regain the lost.
Prayer to Sri Andal for attainment of Devotion neeLaatungastanagiritaTee suptam udbOdhya krishNam paaraarthyam svam shrutishataha shiras siddamadhyaapayantee I svEchCHiSHTHaayaam srajinigalitam yaabalaatkRtya bhunktE gOdaa tasyai nama idamidam bhooya Evaastu bhooyaha II You wake up Krishna who has slept on the voluptuous breast O! Neela! You teach hundreds of Scriptures which convey Supreme…
