Hindu Chants Journal

A collection of various mantras, shlokas, stuti, etc. with translation in eglish

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Guru Mantra

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः । गुरुरेव परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥१॥

Gurur-Brahmaa Gurur-Vissnnur-Gururdevo Maheshvarah Gurure[-I]va Param Brahma Tasmai Shrii-Gurave Namah

The Guru is Brahma, the Guru is Vishnu, the Guru Deva is Maheswara (Shiva), The Guru is Verily the Para-Brahman (Supreme Brahman); Salutations to that Guru.

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Purnamadah Purnamidam

ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते । पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om purnamadah purnamidam purnat purnamudachyate purnasya purnamadaya purnamevavashisyate Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaanti

Om, That (Visible outer world) is Full, This (Invisible inner world) is also Full, From Fullness comes that Fullness, Taking Fullness from Fullness, Fullness indeed Remains, Om, Peace, Peace, Peace

Note: full with divine consciousness.

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Sarva Swaroope Sarveshe

ॐ सर्व स्वरूपे सर्वेशे सर्वशक्ति समन्विते। भयेभ्यस्त्राहिनो देवी दुर्गे देवी नमोस्तुते एतत्ते वदनं सौम्यं लोचना त्रयभूषितम | पातुनः सर्वभीतिभ्यः कात्यायनी नमोस्तुते ||

Om Sarva Swaroope Sarveshe Sarvshakti Samanvite, Bhayebhyastrahino Devi Durge Devi Namostute. Etatte vadanam saumyam lochana trayabhushitam Paatu nah sarvabhiitibhyah kaatyaayani namostute.

You exist in everything, you possess infinite powers. Devi, please protect us from all fears, we salute to you O Durga Devi. O mother with a beautiful face, adorned with three eyes, protect me from all that exists, Maa Katyayani I bow to you.

(Note: Katyayani is just a form of Durga, part of the Navadurgas).

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Ugram Viram Mahavishnum

उग्रं वीरं महाविष्णुं ज्वलन्तं सर्वतोमुखम्। नृसिंहं भीषणं भद्रं मृत्युमृत्युं नमाम्यहम् ॥

Ugram Viram Maha Vishnum Jvalantam Sarvato Mukham Nirisimham Bhishanam Bhadram Mrutyur Mrutyum Namamy Aham

I bow down to Lord Narasimha who is ferocious and heroic like Lord Vishnu. He is burning from every side. He is terrific, auspicious and the death of death personified.

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Medha Suktam

ॐ-यँश्छन्द॑सामृष॒भो वि॒श्वरू॑पः । छन्दो॒भ्योऽध्य॒मृता᳚थ्सम्ब॒भूव॑ । स मेन्द्रो॑ मे॒धया᳚ स्पृणोतु । अ॒मृत॑स्य देव॒धार॑णो भूयासम् । शरी॑रं मे॒ विच॑र्​षणम् । जि॒ह्वा मे॒ मधु॑मत्तमा । कर्णा᳚भ्यां॒ भूरि॒विश्रु॑वम् । ब्रह्म॑णः को॒शो॑ऽसि मे॒धया पि॑हितः । श्रु॒तं मे॑ गोपाय ॥ ॐ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॑ ॥ ॐ मे॒धादे॒वी जु॒षमा॑णा न॒ आगा᳚-द्वि॒श्वाची॑ भ॒द्रा सु॑मन॒स्य मा॑ना । त्वया॒ जुष्टा॑ नु॒दमा॑ना दु॒रुक्ता᳚न् बृ॒हद्व॑देम वि॒दथे॑ सु॒वीराः᳚ । त्वया॒ जुष्ट॑ ऋ॒षिर्भ॑वति देवि॒ त्वया॒ ब्रह्मा॑ऽऽग॒तश्री॑रु॒त त्वया᳚ । त्वया॒ जुष्ट॑श्चि॒त्रं-विँ॑न्दते वसु॒ सा नो॑ जुषस्व॒ द्रवि॑णो न मेधे ॥ मे॒धां म॒ इन्द्रो॑ ददातु मे॒धां दे॒वी सर॑स्वती । मे॒धां मे॑ अ॒श्विना॑वु॒भा-वाध॑त्तां॒ पुष्क॑रस्रजा । अ॒प्स॒रासु॑ च॒ या मे॒धा ग॑न्ध॒र्वेषु॑ च॒ यन्मनः॑ । दैवीं᳚ मे॒धा सर॑स्वती॒ सा मां᳚ मे॒धा सु॒रभि॑-र्जुषता॒ग्॒ स्वाहा᳚ ॥ आमां᳚ मे॒धा सु॒रभि॑-र्वि॒श्वरू॑पा॒ हिर॑ण्यवर्णा॒ जग॑ती जग॒म्या । ऊर्ज॑स्वती॒ पय॑सा॒ पिन्व॑माना॒ सा मां᳚ मे॒धा सु॒प्रती॑का जुषन्ताम् ॥ मयि॑ मे॒धां मयि॑ प्र॒जां मय्य॒ग्नि-स्तेजो॑ दधातु॒, मयि॑ मे॒धां मयि॑ प्र॒जां मयीन्द्र॑ इन्द्रि॒यं द॑धातु॒, मयि॑ मे॒धां मयि॑ प्र॒जां मयि॒ सूर्यो॒ भ्राजो॑ दधातु ॥ [ॐ हं॒स॒ हं॒साय॑ वि॒द्महे॑ परमहं॒साय॑ धीमहि । तन्नो॑ हंसः प्रचो॒दया᳚त् ॥ (हंसगायत्री)] ॐ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॒ शान्तिः॑ ॥

oṃ yaśchanda’sāmṛṣabho viśvarū’paḥ | chandobhyo‌dhyamṛtā”thsambabhūva’ | sa mendro’ medhayā” spṛṇotu | amṛta’sya devadhāra’ṇo bhūyāsam | śarī’raṃ me vica’rṣaṇam | jihvā me madhu’mattamā | karṇā”bhyāṃ bhūriviśru’vam | brahma’ṇaḥ kośo’‌உsi medhayā pi’hitaḥ | śrutaṃ me’ gopāya | oṃ medhādevī juṣamā’ṇā na āgā”dviśvācī’ bhadrā su’manasya mā’nā | tvayā juṣṭā’ nudamā’nā duruktā”n bṛhadva’dema vidathe’ suvīrā”ḥ | tvayā juṣṭa’ ṛṣirbha’vati devi tvayā brahmā’‌gataśrī’ruta tvayā” | tvayā juṣṭa’ścitraṃ vi’ndate vasu sā no’ juṣasva dravi’ṇo na medhe || medhāṃ ma indro’ dadātu medhāṃ devī sara’svatī | medhāṃ me’ aśvinā’vubhā-vādha’ttāṃ puṣka’rasrajā | apsarāsu’ ca yā medhā ga’ndharveṣu’ ca yanmana’ḥ | daivī”ṃ medhā sara’svatī sā mā”ṃ medhā surabhi’rjuṣatāg svāhā” || āmā”ṃ medhā surabhi’rviśvarū’pā hira’ṇyavarṇā jaga’tī jagamyā | ūrja’svatī paya’sā pinva’mānā sā mā”ṃ medhā supratī’kā juṣantām || mayi’ medhāṃ mayi’ prajāṃ mayyagnistejo’ dadhātu mayi’ medhāṃ mayi’ prajāṃ mayīndra’ indriyaṃ da’dhātu mayi’ medhāṃ mayi’ prajāṃ mayi sūryo bhrājo’ dadhātu || oṃ haṃsa haṃsāya’ vidmahe’ paramahaṃsāya’ dhīmahi | tanno’ haṃsaḥ pracodayā”t || oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śānti’ḥ ||

May the Lord of all, pre-eminent among the Vedas and superior to the nectar contained in them, bless me with wisdom! May I be adorned with the knowledge of Brahman that leads to immortality! May my body become strong and vigorous! May my tongue always utter delightful words! May I hear much with my ears! Thou art the scabbard of Brahman hidden by worldly taints . May I never forget all that I have learnt! Om peace, peace, peace! Let the goddess of intellect come here with happiness, She is everywhere and has a happy frame of mind, May we who were grief stricken, before she came, Become greatly intelligent and know the ultimate. By your grace one becomes a saint, One becomes learned, one becomes rich, Showered by your grace one gets different kinds of wealth, And so goddess of wealth, give us wealth and intellect. Let Indra give me intelligence, Let Saraswathi give me intelligence, Let the Aswini Kumaras support my intelligence, For they wear the garlands of lotuses. Apsaras posses intelligence, Gandarwas possess intelligence,m Goddess of intelligence is Saraswathi, Let the intelligence spread like fragrance I offer you without any reservations. Svaha is the wife of fire God. We give offerings to her and she gives it to fire, who gives it to devas. The great seer who recognizes this "haMsa" and dwells in that "haMsa" is proclaimed as "paramahaMsa".

Om peace, peace, peace!

(Here the word "haMsa" may refer to "sOham" in one context, which refers to inhalation/exhalation cycles of breath.)

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Karpura Gauram

कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारम् भुजगेन्द्रहारम् । सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि ॥

karpūragauraṃ karuṇāvatāraṃ saṃsārasāram bhujagendrahāram . sadāvasantaṃ hṛdayāravinde bhavaṃ bhavānīsahitaṃ namāmi ..

Pure white like camphor, an incarnation of compassion, the essence of worldly existence, whose garland is the king of serpents, always dwelling inside the lotus of the heart. I bow to Shiva and Shakti together.

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Mahamrityunjay Mantra

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥

Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushti-Vardhanam Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityormukshiya Mamritat॥

Let us adore with sacrifice the three-eyed God, fragrant like incense, increaser of earthly growth. Like the cucumber fruit from its stalk released, let me be freed from death, and find freedom unto immortality.

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Shani Maha Mantra

नीलांजनसमाभासं रविपुत्रं यमाग्रजम्‌। छायामार्तण्ड सम्भूतं तं नमामि शनैश्चरम्‌।

Nilanjana samabhasam raviputram yamagrajam, Chaya martanda sambhutam tam namami shaishcharam.

Looking like a blue cloud, the sun of the Sun, he is the foremost of those who has control. He can even put his shadow over the glorious sun. To that Saturn, the emblem of control, we bow down in devotion.

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Gayatri Mantra

ओम भूर्भव: स्व: तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं ।     भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो न: प्रचोदयात्।। 

Om bhur bhuvaha svaha  Tat savitur varenyam   Bhargo devasya dhimahi   Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat  

We meditate on the glory of the Creator; Who has created the Universe; Who is worthy of Worship; Who is the embodiment of Knowledge and Light; Who is the remover of all Sin and Ignorance; May our Intellected be Enlightened.

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Om Jayanti Mangala Kali

जयंती मंगला काली भद्रकाली कपालिनी दुर्गाक्षमा शिवा धात्री स्वाहा स्वधा नमोऽस्तु‍ते।

Om Jayanti Mangala Kali, Bhadrakali Kapalini, Durga Kshama Shiva Dhatri, Svaha Svadha Namostuthe.

Salutations to Kali who is ever-victorious, who is the bestower of auspiciousness, who is the controller of death and life, who wears a garland of skulls. Salutations to Durga, embodiment of forbearance, who supports of all sentient beings, receiver of oblations and sacrifices, salutations to you.

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Sarva Mangala Mangalye

सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके । शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalye śive sarvārthasādhike śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo’stu te

Salutations to you Oh Narayani, who is the auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, the consort of Lord Shiva, who is the means of accomplishing all desires, and who is the refuge of all, the consort of the three eyed Shiva, salutations to you Oh Narayani.

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Durge Smrita

दुर्गे स्मृता हरसि भीतिमशेष जन्तोः स्वस्थैः स्मृता मतिमतीव शुभां ददासि। दारिद्र्यदुःखभयहारिणि का त्वदन्या सर्वोपकारकरणाय सदार्द्रचित्ता ॥

Durge Smrita Harasi Bheetim Ashesha Janthoho Swasthai Smrita Matimateeva Subhaam Dadaasi || Daaridrya Dukha Bhaya Haarini Kaa Twadanyaa Sarvopakaara Karanaaya Sadaarda Chittaa |

Durga, it is remembered (that) you carry away the fear of all living creatures, you give auspiciousness and comfort, as you are wise. Oh destroyer of fear, sadness and poverty, who else other than you is the cause of all boons? This is what those who are full of honest truth think.

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Ya Kundendu

या कुन्देन्दुतुषारहारधवला या शुभ्रवस्त्रावृता या वीणावरदण्डमण्डितकरा या श्वेतपद्मासना । या ब्रह्माच्युतशंकरप्रभृतिभिर्देवैः सदा पूजिता सा मां पातु सरस्वति भगवती निःशेषजाड्यापहा ॥१॥

yā kundendutuṣārahāradhavalā yā śubhravastrāvṛtā yā vīṇāvaradaṇḍamaṇḍitakarā yā śvetapadmāsanā . yā brahmācyuta śaṃkaraprabhṛtibhirdevaiḥ sadā pūjitā sā māṃ pātu sarasvati bhagavatī niḥśeṣajāḍyāpahā

Sarasvatī, Bhagavatī, you are of fair complexion like the necklace which is as white as the jasmine, moon and snow, dressed in white clothes, whose hands adorn the divine vīņā, who is seated on a white lotus, who is always worshipped by the Gods Brahmā, Vişnu, Śankara. May she, who removes the darkness of ignorance, protect me.