Wednesday, April 23, 2025
RASHTRA SUKTAM (राष्ट्रसूक्तम् )
ॐ आ ब्रह्म॑न्ब्राह्म॒णो ब्र॑ह्मवर्च॒सी जा॑यता॒मा राष्ट्रे रा॑ज॒न्यः॒ शूर॑ इष॒व्यो॒ऽतिव्या॒धी म॑हार॒थो जा॑यतां॒ दोग्ध्र्॑ ध्॒एनुर्वोढा॑न॒ड्वाना॒शुः सप्त॒इः पुर॑न्धि॒र्योषा॑ जि॒ष्णू र॑थे॒ष्ठाः स॒भेयो॒ युवाऽस्य॒ यज॑मानस्य वी॒रो जा॑यतां निका॒मे नि॑कामे नः प॒र्जन्यो॑ वर्षतु॒ फल॑वत्यो न॒ ओष॑धयः पच्यन्तां योगक्षे॒मो नः॑ कल्पताम् ।
जय जय श्रीराधे
Friday, January 5, 2024
VEDIC PRAYERS FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE AND WELL-BEING
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
GO MATA (SACRED COW) (गोमाता) ENJOYS LISTENING TO SUKLA YAJUR VEDA CHANTING
It is an amazing thing to watch the sacred cow (aptly named Surabhi) sitting in the midst of the Vidyarthis of the Sukla Yajurveda Pathasala at Maheshmal, Aurangabad. It is really touching to see the matchless devotion of the Veda Students. It demonstrates the greatness of the Vedacharya who is teaching the nuances of Vedic recitation to the young students. The Veda students are chanting and also showing the hasta vinyasa in terms of movement of the hand according to the Veda Svaras. It is an awesome visual delight to watch the (गोमाता) moving its head, ears and tail in a rhythmic pattern and appreciating the Vedic chanting. We feel as if the divine Veda Mata (वेदमाता) herself is present in the form of (गोमाता) to bless all to pursue Vedic studies. It is an ecstatic experience which takes us to a different world altogether . It symbolizes the divine presence of Sri Radha and Krishna who manifest in the form of Veda Varnasvaras.
जय जय श्रीराधे
Thursday, December 31, 2020
VEDIC PRAYER FOR UNIVERSAL WELL-BEING
VEDIC PRAYER FOR UNIVERSAL WELL-BEING
भ॒द्रं
कर्णे॑भिः शृणु॒याम॑ देवाः ।
भ॒द्रं
प॑श्येमा॒क्षभि॒र्यज॑त्राः ।
स्थि॒रैरङ्गैस्तुष्टु॒वास॑स्त॒नूभिः॑
।
व्यशे॑म
दे॒वहि॑तं॒ यदायुः॑ ।
स्व॒स्ति
न॒ इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒द्धश्र॑वाः ।
स्व॒स्ति
नः॑ पू॒षा वि॒श्ववे॑दाः ।
स्व॒स्ति
न॒स्तार्क्ष्यो॒ अरि॑ष्टनेमिः ।
स्व॒स्ति
नो॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र्दधातु ॥
ओं शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति: ॥
O Gods! Let us hear auspicious words through our ears.
Let us see auspicious things through our eyes in the sacrifices.
Let us enjoy a life that is beneficial to Gods.
Let us praise the Gods with bodies having strong limbs.
Let Indra of
ancient fame be propitious to us.
May the all-knowing Pusha be auspicious to us.
Let Garuda, who destroys evils, be favorably
disposed towards us.
Let Brhaspati grant us welfare.
This Shanti (Peace) invocation appears in the Mundaka,
Mandukya and Prasna Upanishads.
This Peace Chant ends with the prayer for protection from the Tapatrayas (Threefold
miseries) in terms of Adhyatmika (Body, Mind), Adhi Bhautika (Animals,
other living Beings) and Adhi Daivika (Natural calamities like
Earthquake, Flood, Tsunami, etc.).
जय जय श्रीराधे