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Traditional mantra

Om prajpate na tvad etany anyo visva jatano parita babhuva yat-kamas te juhumas tan no astu vayam syama patayo rayinam

Meaning

O Lord of all Creatures! None other than you excels all these and other created things. You are above all. You are supreme. My you fulfill our cherished desires and may we possess bounteous wealth and other things of the world

Traditional mantra

devanam ca rsinam ca gurun kancana - samnibham buddhi-butam trilokesam tam namai brihaspatim

Meaning

I bow down to brihaspati, god of the planet jupiter. He is the spiritual master of all the demigods and sages. His complexion is golden, and he is full of intelligence. He is the controlling lord of all three worlds

Traditional mantra

devanam ca rsinam ca gurun kancana - samnibham buddhi-butam trilokesam tam namai brihaspatim

Meaning

I bow down to brihaspati, god of the planet jupiter. He is the spiritual master of all the demigods and sages. His complexion is golden, and he is full of intelligence. He is the controlling lord of all three worlds

Traditional mantra

abagnam jamadagnyo vah prayacchatu jayodayam yat kuthara - katoragnau bhupalaih salabhayitam.

Meaning

May the son of Jamadagni, Parashuram, whose sharp ax was doom to the wicked kings , just as fire to the month,bring you endless victory.

Traditional mantra

dadhi-sankha-tusarbham ksirodarnava-sambhavam namami sasinam somam sambhor mukuta -bhushanam

Meaning

Salutations to the moon god , who adorns lord Shiva's crown. His complexion is the color of curd, conch shells and snow. Born of the ocean of milk, he is the bestower of the nectar of immortality.

Traditional mantra

dadhi-sankha-tusarbham ksirodarnava-sambhavam namami sasinam somam sambhor mukuta -bhushanam

Meaning

Salutations to the moon god , who adorns lord Shiva's crown. His complexion is the color of curd, conch shells and snow. Born of the ocean of milk, he is the bestower of the nectar of immortality.

Traditional mantra

Manojavam maruta - tulya -vegam jitendriyam buddhimatam varishtam vatatmajam vanara - yutha - mukhyam sri -rama dutam sirasa namami

Meaning

I bow down in homage to Hanuman, the general of the army of apes and Sri Rama's messenger , who travels with the speed of the mind and with the force of the wind , for he is the son of the wind god. He has conquered his senses and is the wisest of the wise.

Traditional mantra

he krsna karuna - sindho dina - bandho jagat - pate gopesa gopika - kanta radha - kanta namo stute

Meaning

O krishna! Ocean of compassion! O friend of the most fallen! Lord of the universe ! Lover of the gopis, O lover of Radha! I pay my obeisances to you.

Traditional mantra

he krsna karuna - sindho dina - bandho jagat - pate gopesa gopika - kanta radha - kanta namo stute

Meaning

O krishna! Ocean of compassion! O friend of the most fallen! Lord of the universe ! Lover of the gopis, O lover of Radha! I pay my obeisances to you.

Traditional mantra

siddhi-buddhi-prade devi bhukti-mukti-pradayini mantra-murte sada devi maha-lakshmi namo stute

Meaning

O Maha Lakshmi! Bestower of success and intelligence, worldly enjoyment and liberation, I bow down to you, O goddess, whorse form is the mystic syllable.

Traditional mantra

sarva - mangala -mangalye sive sarvartha-sadhike saranye try-ambike gauri narayani namo'stute

Meaning

O auspicious one , O partner of Lord Shiva! O golden one!You make all things possible. You are the refuge of all. You have the third eye of knowledge. I bow down to you.

Traditional mantra

apadam apahartaram Dataram Sarva-sampdam Lokabhiramam Sri-Ramam bhuyo bhuyo namamy aham

Meaning

I repeatedly bow down to the pleasing Form of Rama who destroys all dangers and bestwos all benedictions.

Traditional mantra

jaya devi bhakti-datri prasida paramesvari jaya devi subhadre tvam savesam bhadra - dayini

Meaning

Glories to you , subhadra,the bestower of bhakti! Be kind tp me. O ruler of the Universe! Please bestow auspiciousness on us all.

Traditional mantra

japa - kusuma - sankasam kasyapeyam maha - dyutim tamo'rim sarva - papa - ghnam pranato'smi divakaram

Meaning

Let us sing the gloris of the sun god, whose beauty rivals that of the hibiscus flower. I bow to him , the greatly effulgent son of Kashyapa, who is the enemy of darkness and destroyer of all sins.

Traditional mantra

japa - kusuma - sankasam kasyapeyam maha - dyutim tamo'rim sarva - papa - ghnam pranato'smi divakaram

Meaning

Let us sing the gloris of the sun god, whose beauty rivals that of the hibiscus flower. I bow to him , the greatly effulgent son of Kashyapa, who is the enemy of darkness and destroyer of all sins.

Traditional mantra

ya devi sarva-bhutesu sakti-rupena samsthita namas tasyai namas tasyai namas tasyai namo namah

Meaning

I bow down again and again to the goddess who is manifest in all creatures as strength and power

Traditional mantra

gajananam bhuta-ganadi-sevitam kapittha-jambu-phala-sara-bhaksitam uma-sutam soka-vinasa-karanam namami vigneshvara-pada-pankajam

Meaning

I pray to lotis feet of Ganesh, the remover of obstacles, the elephant-headed lord of all creatures, who drinks the jice of the kapittha and jambu fruits, the son of Uma who destroys all sorrows

Traditional mantra

om try-ambakam yajamahe sugandhim pusti-vardhanam urvarukam iva bandhanam mrtyor moksiya mamrtat

Meaning

I worship the fragrant three-eyed god. Lord Shiva, who nourishes all beings. May he liberate us from death for the snake of immortality,as easily as one separates a cucumber from its stalk.

Traditional mantra

deva - deva jagannatha prapannarti - vinasana trahi mam pundarikaksa patitam bhava - sagare

Meaning

O god of gods! O lord of the Universe! Destroyer of the ills of those who have taken refuge in you! O-lotus eyed one ! Please save me from the ocean of material existance into which I have fallen.

Traditional mantra

trivikramo'stu bhutyai vah prag - laghvi madhayama tatah yasya pascad anantabhut sat - sangatir ivakrtih.

Meaning

May the God who took three steps ever bring you opulence. After taking one step he was still small: with his next, he grew larger, and then he revealed his infinite form with his third and final step, expanding just like good deeds in the company of the pious.

Traditional mantra

Varunaya namas ie-stu jala-vasa hari- priya yado - natha raseana kalyanam delhi me sada.

Meaning

I bow down to Varuna , who lives in the oceans, is Lord over the aquatic creatures, the diety of all liquids. May he ever bring us auspciousness.

Traditional mantra

brahma - rupini gayatri divye sandhye sarasvati ajare amarecaiva brahma - yone namostute.

Meaning

O gayatri! You are the personification of Brahman. You are the goddess of knowledge,, the devine twilight. You are ageless and immortal. You are the mother of Vedic knowledge. I bow down to you.

Traditional mantra

mrytave kala-dandaya yamaya ca mahatmane namas te dharmarajaya sava-bhuta ksayaya ca.

Meaning

Salutations to you,Yama, the lord of death, the punisher who comes in the form of time. Salutations to the god of the law and the ultimate destroyer of all beings.

Traditional mantra

garuda vinata-suno tarasvin visnu-vahana vihagendra namas tubhyam namo bhujanga - bhaksine.

Meaning

O Garuda, son of Vinata, you fly through the skies carrying Sri Vishnu on your back . O king of the birds, I offer salutations to you, the eater of snakes.

Traditional mantra

prapanca -srsty-unmukha-lasyakayai samasta-samharaka-tandavaya jagaj-jananyai jagad-eka-pitre namah sivayai ca namah sivaya

Meaning

She dances to create the world, while he dances to wind it all up. She is the mother of the universe,he is its only fater . I bow down to Shiva and Shivani

Traditional mantra

ghantalankrata-kanthaya nilaknthasya vahine namas te dharma -rupaya kutasthaya kakudmine.

Meaning

I offer salutations to the humped wite bull, nandi,whose neck is decorated with bells.He is the carrier of the blue-throated Shiva, the embodiment of dharma , as unshakable as the Himalayas.

Traditional mantra

Vande dhanvantarim visnum ayur-veda-pravartakam piyusa-purna-kalasam smrta-matrati-nasanam

Meaning

I offer homage to Dhanvantri, the portion of Vishnu who initiated the practice of medicine. He holds a container full of ambrosia , and simply remebering him removes all physical suffering.

Traditional mantra

jayanti mangale kali bhadrakali kapalini durge ksme sive dhatri svadhe svahe namo'stu te

Meaning

Victorious one, auspicious one, kali! Bhadrakali! Wearer of the skull garland! O mother ! All -forgiving protector and nurse! Sacred syllable of the sacrifice , I bow down to you.

Traditional mantra

namas tubhyam suresaya visnave prabhavisnave purusaya puranaya nirgunaya gunaya ca.

Meaning

I offer homage to you. O master of all Gods O Sri Vishnu. O supremly powerful one. You are the original Concious being. You are beyond the material Qualities and yet you possess all the eternal virtues.

Traditional mantra

Sivaya natarajaya namas te visva - murtaye nupura - jhana - jhankaraiah pada - khandita - mrtyave.

Meaning

I Salute Shiva , the form of the universe and lord of the cosmic dance.With his ankle bells tinkling,he crushes death under his feet.

Traditional mantra

kalkih kaleh kala - malat prapatu dharmavanaya krtavatarah

Meaning

O Vishnu in the form of Kalki! Please raise up like the morning sun and pierce the darkness that has been brought on the world by the faithless and impure in this age of Kali.

Traditional mantra

ito nrsimhah parato nrsimho yato yato yami tato nrsimhah bahir nrsimho hrdaye nrsimho nrsimham adim saranam prapadaye.

Meaning

The man - lion is here, the man - lion is there. Wherever I go,there is the man - lion. He is outside of me,yet he dwells in my heart. I take refuge in Narasingha,the man -lion , for he is the ultimate shelter.

Traditional mantra

agne naya supatha raye'sman visvani deva vayunani vidvan yuyodhyasmaj juhur anameno bhuyishtam te nama uktim vidhema

Meaning

O fire! O self- effulgent,omniscient lord, cast out from us all debasing and sinful desires and habits, and lead us by the path of righteousness to the attainment of all true knowledge and worldly riches.For this we offer unto you profound obeisance and praise.

Traditional mantra

ya kundendu-tusara-hara-dhavala / ya subhra-vastravrta ya vina-vara-dhanda-mandita-kara / ya sveta-padmasana ya brahmacyuta-sankara-prabhrtibhir/ devaih sada vandita sa mam patu sarasvati bhagavati/nihsesa-jadyapaha.

Meaning

May Saraswati , the goddess of learning , who is pale like garland of kunda flowers, the moon of frost who is dressed in white , whose hands play the lute, who sits on a white lotus flower and is always adored the gods brahma, vishnu and shiva, protect me by completely removing teh dullness of my intellect.

Traditional mantra

yasyaika - sirse prithvi grhita siddharthavad dhy eva sahasra- murdhnah ananta-murteh pahani-nayakasya sesaya nagaya namo stu tasmai.

Meaning

I bow down to Sesha Naga, the leader of all the hooded serpents, who takes an infinity of forms and who holds this earth like a mustard seed on just one of his thousands heads.

Traditional mantra

sad-ananam kunkuma-rakta-varnam maha-matim divya-mayura-vahanam rudrasya sunum sura-saniya-natham guham sadaham saranam prapadye.

Meaning

I take refuge in Kartikeya (Skanda), the son of Shiva, who is the god of six faces that are as red as kunkum. This greatly wise diety leads the army of the gods while riding on the back of his divine peacock.