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The prayer library.

Explore prayers for everyday occasions, peace, devotional remembrance and ceremony, with original wording, English readings and source notes.

Research preview · translation and recitation review pending

These texts, translations and pronunciation aids await independent review. They are reading material, not approved recitation instructions.

Choose a prayer by occasion or devotional theme

Learning goal: read a prayer’s words, English meaning and source note together, then distinguish a scriptural verse, a devotional verse and a song.

Start with prayers through the day, evening and bedtime, peace prayers or bhajans. Deity-specific selections and the existing Vivāha readings remain available below.

About these readings: the supplied prayer collections have been retyped as clean reading entries. Their compiler and English translator have not been identified. Each new English reading is a provisional direct handbook translation, separate from the scans’ explanations. The Sanskrit selections have expandable Devanāgarī and Latin transliteration. The collected Gaṇapati chant and short bhajans retain their supplied transliteration; the longer Hindi song is shown in Devanāgarī. Spelling has been normalized for reading, with notable variants identified. Specialist transcription, translation and pronunciation review remains pending.

These are devotional reading resources. They do not prescribe one daily routine for all Hindu families. Keep a teacher’s recitation instruction distinct from the handbook’s reading text.

Choose a short reading path

Learning goal: identify whom a prayer addresses, what it says or asks, and how its source note differs from its English translation. These are reading paths, not a required sequence of worship.

1. Beginning the day

Read the waking verse, the salutation to the earth and the prayer before study. Notice the change from looking upon the hands to addressing the earth and then asking for accomplishment in learning.

Which of these readings asks forgiveness for the touch of the feet?

Answer: the salutation to the earth. The waking verse describes the hands; the study verse addresses Sarasvatī.

2. Offering and the close of a day

Read Brahmārpaṇam, Kāyena vācā and the bedtime remembrance. The first describes offering through the language of Brahman, the second dedicates actions to Nārāyaṇa, and the third names figures remembered at bedtime. The dedication is not restricted by its wording to an evening hour.

Which prayer explicitly names body, speech, mind and senses?

Answer: Kāyena vācā. Return to its complete English and original reading to check the list.

3. Peace and a change of direction

Read Sarveṣāṃ svastir bhavatu, Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ and Asato mā. The first two wish welfare for everyone; the third asks to be led from the unreal to the real, darkness to light and death to immortality.

Are the three petitions in Asato mā the same wording as the wishes for everyone’s health?

Answer: no. They are separate readings with different petitions. Their related themes do not make them one text.

4. Gaṇeśa through three forms of prayer

Read Vakratunda, Mūṣika-vāhana and Ekadantāya vidmahe. Identify the request concerning undertakings, the descriptive epithets, and the meditation and inspiration language respectively.

Which of these verses mentions the mouse and the modaka?

Answer: Mūṣika-vāhana. Vakratunda supplies a different set of epithets and a request concerning undertakings.

5. Hanumān: refuge and remembered qualities

Read Manojavaṃ beside Buddhir balaṃ. One identifies Hanumān through epithets and takes refuge; the other names qualities hoped for through remembrance. Keep the source’s word-ending note visible in the second reading.

Where does the speaker explicitly take refuge?

Answer: in Manojavaṃ, whose closing words include śaraṇaṃ prapadye.

6. A verse, a name chant and a Hindi song

Read the Gītā verse before eating, the supplied mahāmantra and the selected Hindi prayer song. Their source notes identify different kinds of material. A song’s devotional use does not make it a verse of the Gītā, and an English explanation of names is not a replacement for the chant’s wording.

Which entry has a modern film-song credit?

Answer: Itni Shakti Hamein Dena Data. Its note credits the lyricist and composer and identifies the supplied selection.

Optional review: later, choose one reading and recall its addressee, one phrase and its source status. Then reopen the entry to check. Reading these paths does not by itself certify pronunciation or ritual proficiency.

Reading the words, meaning and source notes

What is the difference between a translation and a reading note?

The labeled English reading renders the original wording. A reading note identifies context, variants or a source issue. Keep them separate: an explanation may add information that is not stated in the verse.

Why do some entries lack an exact scripture reference?

The supplied collections do not identify an early source for every verse or song. Where a specific passage has been identified, it is named. Elsewhere, the entry retains its supplied-source provenance rather than assigning an unsupported scripture citation.

Does the Devanāgarī text establish a certified recitation version?

No. It is a clean reading of the provisionally transcribed wording beside the transliteration. Source variants and review labels remain relevant. Learn accent, pronunciation, melody and community practice from an appropriate teacher.

Must I recite every entry each day?

These collections are organized for access and study. They do not establish a universal daily requirement. The source notes distinguish the booklet’s suggested occasion from what the wording itself specifies.

Can I choose a shorter first reading?

Yes. Begin with one complete entry, read its English and source note, and then open the original. The short paths above are optional ways to compare a few entries without reading the entire library.

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Prayers through the day

A reading path through waking, greeting the earth, bathing, study, food and the lamp. The guru salutation is included as a related prayer; these entries are options, not a compulsory schedule.

Guru-vandanā — respect for the teacher

English reading — provisional handbook translation

The guru is Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the divine Maheśvara; the guru is directly the supreme Brahman. Salutations to that revered guru.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

गुरुर् ब्रह्मा गुरुर् विष्णुर् गुरुर् देवो महेश्वरः ।
गुरुः साक्षात् परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥

Latin transliteration

gurur brahmā gurur viṣṇur gurur devo maheśvaraḥ |
guruḥ sākṣāt paraṃ brahma tasmai śrīgurave namaḥ ||

Reading note: A devotional salutation to the guru. Its exalted language should not be used to place a human teacher beyond accountability.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 1. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Upon waking — Karāgre vasate Lakṣmīḥ

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Lakṣmī dwells at the tips of the hands, Sarasvatī in their middle, and Govinda at their base. At dawn, look upon the hands.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः करमध्ये सरस्वती ।
करमूले तु गोविन्दः प्रभाते करदर्शनम् ॥

Latin transliteration

karāgre vasate lakṣmīḥ karamadhye sarasvatī |
karamūle tu govindaḥ prabhāte karadarśanam ||

Reading note: The supplied collection reads Govinda in the third phrase. Other recited versions name a different deity; this entry retains the supplied reading.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 2. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Before stepping onto the earth

English reading — provisional handbook translation

O goddess clothed in the ocean and adorned with mountains as your breasts, consort of Viṣṇu, salutations to you. Forgive the touch of my feet.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

समुद्रवसने देवि पर्वतस्तनमण्डिते ।
विष्णुपत्नि नमस् तुभ्यं पादस्पर्शं क्षमस्व मे ॥

Latin transliteration

samudravasane devi parvatastanamaṇḍite |
viṣṇupatni namas tubhyaṃ pādasparśaṃ kṣamasva me ||

Reading note: The prayer addresses the earth as a goddess through a poetic image. The booklet places it before stepping out of bed.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 3. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

While bathing — invocation of seven rivers

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Oṃ. Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Godāvarī, Sarasvatī, Narmadā, Sindhu and Kāverī: make your presence in this water.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

ॐ गङ्गे च यमुने चैव गोदावरि सरस्वति ।
नर्मदे सिन्धु कावेरि जले ऽस्मिन् सन्निधिं कुरु ॥

Latin transliteration

oṃ gaṅge ca yamune caiva godāvari sarasvati |
narmade sindhu kāveri jale ’smin sannidhiṃ kuru ||

Reading note: This is an invocation in the supplied collection, not a claim about the physical composition of the water.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 4. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Before study — Sarasvatī namas tubhyam

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Oṃ. Salutations to you, Sarasvatī, giver of boons, who takes the form desired. I shall begin learning; may accomplishment always be mine.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

ॐ सरस्वति नमस् तुभ्यं वरदे कामरूपिणि ।
विद्यारम्भं करिष्यामि सिद्धिर् भवतु मे सदा ॥

Latin transliteration

oṃ sarasvati namas tubhyaṃ varade kāmarūpiṇi |
vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhir bhavatu me sadā ||

Reading note: Kāmarūpiṇī is retained as an epithet rather than replaced with a promise that every wish will be fulfilled.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 8. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Before eating — Brahmārpaṇam

English reading — provisional handbook translation

The instrument of offering is Brahman; the oblation is Brahman, offered by Brahman into the fire of Brahman. Brahman alone is to be reached by one absorbed in action as Brahman.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर् ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम् ।
ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना ॥

Latin transliteration

brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havir brahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam |
brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā ||

Reading note: Bhagavad Gītā 4.24. The supplied booklet places this verse before eating; its scriptural setting discusses sacrifice and action.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 9. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

Compare Bhagavad Gītā 4.24 →

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

While lighting a lamp — Śubhaṃ karoti

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Salutations to you, light of the lamp, which brings auspiciousness, welfare, health and riches, and is for the destruction of hostile understanding.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

शुभं करोति कल्याणम् आरोग्यं धनसम्पदा ।
शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर् नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥

Latin transliteration

śubhaṃ karoti kalyāṇam ārogyaṃ dhanasampadā |
śatrubuddhivināśāya dīpajyotir namo ’stu te ||

Reading note: The compound śatru-buddhi admits interpretations concerning hostile or inimical understanding. The scan’s list of inner faults is an explanation, not a list stated in this verse.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 10. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Optional first reading: begin with the waking verse, the study verse and the food verse. Read their English before opening the original wording.

Evening and bedtime

A grandmother and two children sit with joined palms during an evening prayer at home. — **Evening prayer across generations.** Original AI-generated artistic interpretation for Hindu Handbook. A contemporary imagined family shares a quiet moment of prayer. The home and shrine are illustrative; this image does not prescribe a required bedtime arrangement. Read the supplied bedtime remembrance and its attribution notes below. Dress, setting, gestures and color are artistic choices, not a historical reconstruction.

The supplied bedtime remembrance and a dedication of actions. The dedication can also be read at other times.

Bedtime remembrance — Rāma, Skanda and companions

English reading — provisional handbook translation

For one who regularly remembers Rāma, Skanda, Hanumān, Vainateya and Vṛkodara at bedtime, [this remembrance] dispels bad dreams.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

रामं स्कन्दं हनुमन्तं वैनतेयं वृकोदरम् ।
शयने यः स्मरेन् नित्यं दुःस्वप्नं तस्य नाशयति ॥

Latin transliteration

rāmaṃ skandaṃ hanumantaṃ vainateyaṃ vṛkodaram |
śayane yaḥ smaren nityaṃ duḥsvapnaṃ tasya nāśayati ||

Reading note: Vainateya names Garuḍa and Vṛkodara names Bhīma. The verse expresses a traditional devotional assurance; it is not a measured guarantee about sleep. The supplied text reads nāśayati; other circulated versions read naśyati. The bracketed subject in English is editorial; grammatical and recitation review remains pending.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 1. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Kāyena vācā — dedication of actions

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Whatever I do with body, speech, mind or senses, with intellect or self, or from the disposition of nature, I offer it all to the supreme Nārāyaṇa.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर् वा बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतेः स्वभावात् ।
करोमि यद् यत् सकलं परस्मै नारायणायेति समर्पयामि ॥

Latin transliteration

kāyena vācā manasendriyair vā buddhyātmanā vā prakṛteḥ svabhāvāt |
karomi yad yat sakalaṃ parasmai nārāyaṇāyeti samarpayāmi ||

Reading note: A dedication of actions, placed here as an evening reflection. The verse itself is not restricted to a particular hour.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 11. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Peace and everyone’s welfare

Read the petitions separately. Wishing well-being for everyone and seeking movement from darkness to light are related themes, but not identical texts.

Sarveṣāṃ svastir bhavatu

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Oṃ. May there be well-being for everyone, peace for everyone, fullness for everyone and auspiciousness for everyone. Oṃ, peace, peace, peace.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

ॐ सर्वेषां स्वस्तिर् भवतु ।
सर्वेषां शान्तिर् भवतु ।
सर्वेषां पूर्णं भवतु ।
सर्वेषां मङ्गलं भवतु ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Latin transliteration

oṃ sarveṣāṃ svastir bhavatu |
sarveṣāṃ śāntir bhavatu |
sarveṣāṃ pūrṇaṃ bhavatu |
sarveṣāṃ maṅgalaṃ bhavatu |
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||

Reading note: Traditional devotional verse; exact early textual attribution has not been established for this entry.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Om Gan Ganapathaye; PDF page 3. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Oṃ. May everyone be happy; may everyone be free from illness. May everyone see what is good; may no one share in suffering. Oṃ, peace, peace, peace.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः ।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद् दुःखभाग् भवेत् ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Latin transliteration

oṃ sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ sarve santu nirāmayāḥ |
sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścid duḥkhabhāg bhavet |
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||

Reading note: A widely circulated welfare prayer. No specific Upaniṣad attribution is asserted here without a verified passage.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Om Gan Ganapathaye; PDF page 4. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Asato mā sad gamaya

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Oṃ. Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality. Oṃ, peace, peace, peace.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

ॐ असतो मा सद् गमय ।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर् गमय ।
मृत्योर् मा अमृतं गमय ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Latin transliteration

oṃ asato mā sad gamaya |
tamaso mā jyotir gamaya |
mṛtyor mā amṛtaṃ gamaya |
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||

Reading note: Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.28 contains the three petitions. The opening Oṃ and closing peace formula are retained from the supplied devotional arrangement.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Om Gan Ganapathaye; PDF page 5. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

Named teacher’s discussion citing Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.28 →

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Gaṇeśa: beginnings, names and form

The supplied invocations retain their different forms: a verse for undertakings, descriptive praise, a gāyatrī-form prayer and a collected name chant.

Vakratunda — before a new undertaking

English reading — provisional handbook translation

O curved-trunked, great-bodied deity, whose radiance equals ten million suns, always make all my undertakings free of obstacles.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभ ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा ॥

Latin transliteration

vakratuṇḍa mahākāya sūryakoṭisamaprabha |
nirvighnaṃ kuru me deva sarvakāryeṣu sarvadā ||

Reading note: Koṭi is retained as ten million in this provisional rendering. The solar comparison is poetic praise.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 7. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Mūṣika-vāhana — Gaṇeśa’s form

English reading — provisional handbook translation

O mouse-mounted one, holding a modaka, with ears like fans and a hanging sacred thread, of short stature, son of Maheśvara and destroyer of obstacles: salutations at your feet.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

मूषिकवाहन मोदकहस्त चामरकर्ण विलम्बितसूत्र ।
वामनरूप महेश्वरपुत्र विघ्नविनाशक पाद नमस्ते ॥

Latin transliteration

mūṣikavāhana modakahasta cāmarakarṇa vilambitasūtra |
vāmanarūpa maheśvaraputra vighnavināśaka pāda namaste ||

Reading note: The supplied reading uses cāmara-karṇa, ears compared to fans. Preserve its imagery rather than silently substituting another recited version.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 2. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Ekadantāya vidmahe — meditation on Gaṇeśa

English reading — provisional handbook translation

May we know the one-tusked one; we meditate on the curved-trunked one. May that tusked one inspire us.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

एकदन्ताय विद्महे वक्रतुण्डाय धीमहि ।
तन् नो दन्तिः प्रचोदयात् ॥

Latin transliteration

ekadantāya vidmahe vakratuṇḍāya dhīmahi |
tan no dantiḥ pracodayāt ||

Reading note: A Gaṇeśa gāyatrī-form prayer. It is distinct from the Sāvitrī verse of the Ṛgveda; the supplied version is retained.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 3. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Oṃ gaṃ gaṇapataye — supplied four-line invocation

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Oṃ gaṃ. Repeated salutations to Gaṇapati, to Śrī Siddhivināyaka and to Aṣṭavināyaka. “Gaṇapati Bāppā Moryā” is retained as the devotional acclamation.

Original reading in Latin transliteration — show the supplied wording

oṃ gaṃ gaṇapataye namo namaḥ |
śrīsiddhivināyaka namo namaḥ |
aṣṭavināyaka namo namaḥ |
gaṇapati bāppā moryā ||

Reading note: A collected invocation ending in a Marathi devotional acclamation. The seed syllable gaṃ is retained rather than assigned an invented English word. This is the supplied four-line chant, not a claim that the whole chant is one ancient scriptural verse.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Om Gan Ganapathaye; PDF page 1. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Continue to the Gaṇeśa guide →

Kṛṣṇa and Mādhava

Short devotional selections from the supplied collection, with names and poetic praise retained.

Vasudeva-sutam — salutation to Kṛṣṇa

English reading — provisional handbook translation

I bow to Kṛṣṇa, the divine son of Vasudeva, who crushed Kaṃsa and Cāṇūra, the supreme joy of Devakī and teacher of the world.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम् ।
देवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम् ॥

Latin transliteration

vasudevasutaṃ devaṃ kaṃsacāṇūramardanam |
devakīparamānandaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ vande jagadgurum ||

Reading note: This verse is also the opening of a circulated Kṛṣṇāṣṭakam. That connection does not identify this booklet’s translator.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 6. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Acyutaṃ Keśavam — names of Kṛṣṇa and Rāma

English reading — provisional handbook translation

I worship Acyuta, Keśava, Rāma-Nārāyaṇa, Kṛṣṇa-Dāmodara, Vāsudeva, Hari, Śrīdhara, Mādhava, the beloved of the gopīs, and Rāmacandra, lord of Jānakī.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

अच्युतं केशवं रामनारायणं
कृष्णदामोदरं वासुदेवं हरिम् ।
श्रीधरं माधवं गोपिकावल्लभं
जानकीनायकं रामचन्द्रं भजे ॥

Latin transliteration

acyutaṃ keśavaṃ rāmanārāyaṇaṃ
kṛṣṇadāmodaraṃ vāsudevaṃ harim |
śrīdharaṃ mādhavaṃ gopikāvallabhaṃ
jānakīnāyakaṃ rāmacandraṃ bhaje ||

Reading note: Selected opening stanza as supplied, not the complete Acyutāṣṭakam. The names refer to more than one devotional form; this entry does not replace them with one name.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 4. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Mūkaṃ karoti — praise of Mādhava’s grace

English reading — provisional handbook translation

I bow to Mādhava, supreme bliss, by whose grace the mute becomes eloquent and the lame crosses a mountain.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

मूकं करोति वाचालं पङ्गुं लङ्घयते गिरिम् ।
यत्कृपा तम् अहं वन्दे परमानन्दमाधवम् ॥

Latin transliteration

mūkaṃ karoti vācālaṃ paṅguṃ laṅghayate girim |
yatkṛpā tam ahaṃ vande paramānandamādhavam ||

Reading note: A devotional statement about grace. Its imagery is preserved without presenting it as a medical promise.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 5. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Rāma: salutations and remembrance

Two short selections praising Rāma. Their devotional statements are not instructions to replace every community’s established practice.

Rāmāya Rāmabhadrāya — salutation to Rāma

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Salutations to Rāma, Rāmabhadra, Rāmacandra, the creator, lord of the Raghu lineage, the Lord and husband of Sītā.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

रामाय रामभद्राय रामचन्द्राय वेधसे ।
रघुनाथाय नाथाय सीतायाः पतये नमः ॥

Latin transliteration

rāmāya rāmabhadrāya rāmacandrāya vedhase |
raghunāthāya nāthāya sītāyāḥ pataye namaḥ ||

Reading note: Traditional devotional verse; exact early textual attribution has not been established for this entry.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 6. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Śrī Rāma Rāma Rāmeti

English reading — provisional handbook translation

I delight in Rāma, the pleasing one, saying “Śrī Rāma, Rāma, Rāma.” O beautiful-faced one, the name of Rāma is equal to the thousand names.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

श्रीराम राम रामेति रमे रामे मनोरमे ।
सहस्रनाम तत्तुल्यं रामनाम वरानने ॥

Latin transliteration

śrīrāma rāma rāmeti rame rāme manorame |
sahasranāma tattulyaṃ rāmanāma varānane ||

Reading note: The supplied verse expresses a devotional comparison with the thousand names. Identification of its larger dialogue should accompany any fuller contextual treatment.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 7. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Hanumān: refuge and remembered qualities

Distinguish a salutation of refuge from a prayer naming hoped-for qualities.

Manojavaṃ — salutation to Hanumān

English reading — provisional handbook translation

I take refuge in the messenger of Śrī Rāma: swift as the mind, equal to the wind in speed, master of his senses, foremost among the intelligent, son of the wind and chief among the vānaras.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

मनोजवं मारुततुल्यवेगं जितेन्द्रियं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठम् ।
वातात्मजं वानरयूथमुख्यं श्रीरामदूतं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥

Latin transliteration

manojavaṃ mārutatulyavegaṃ jitendriyaṃ buddhimatāṃ variṣṭham |
vātātmajaṃ vānarayūthamukhyaṃ śrīrāmadūtaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye ||

Reading note: Traditional devotional verse; exact early textual attribution has not been established for this entry.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 8. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Buddhir balaṃ — remembrance of Hanumān

English reading — provisional handbook translation

May intelligence, strength, fame, courage, fearlessness, freedom from illness, alertness and skill in speech arise through remembrance of Hanumān.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

बुद्धिर् बलं यशो धैर्यं निर्भयत्वम् अरोगताम् ।
अजाड्यं वाक्पटुत्वं च हनुमत्स्मरणाद् भवेत् ॥

Latin transliteration

buddhir balaṃ yaśo dhairyaṃ nirbhayatvam arogatām |
ajāḍyaṃ vākpaṭutvaṃ ca hanumatsmaraṇād bhavet ||

Reading note: A devotional verse naming hoped-for qualities; it is not a guarantee of health or performance. The supplied scan reads arogatām; some circulated versions read arogatā. The supplied ending is retained here rather than silently harmonized; grammatical review is pending.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 9. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Viṣṇu: a contemplation of the divine form

A descriptive contemplation. Imagery and epithets are preserved in the provisional English.

Śāntākāram — contemplation of Viṣṇu

English reading — provisional handbook translation

I bow to Viṣṇu, whose form is peaceful, reclining on a serpent, lotus-naveled, lord of the gods, support of the universe, like the sky, cloud-colored and auspicious in form; beloved of Lakṣmī, lotus-eyed, approached by yogis in meditation, remover of fear of worldly existence and sole lord of all worlds.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं
विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यं
वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥

Latin transliteration

śāntākāraṃ bhujagaśayanaṃ padmanābhaṃ sureśaṃ
viśvādhāraṃ gaganasadṛśaṃ meghavarṇaṃ śubhāṅgam |
lakṣmīkāntaṃ kamalanayanaṃ yogibhirdhyānagamyaṃ
vande viṣṇuṃ bhavabhayaharaṃ sarvalokaikanātham ||

Reading note: Traditional devotional verse; exact early textual attribution has not been established for this entry.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 10. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Śiva and Bhavānī

A salutation naming the pair and the lotus of the heart.

Karpūra-gauram — salutation to Śiva and Bhavānī

English reading — provisional handbook translation

I bow to Bhava together with Bhavānī: white as camphor, the embodiment of compassion, the essence of worldly existence, wearing the lord of serpents as a garland, always dwelling in the lotus of the heart.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम् ।
सदा वसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि ॥

Latin transliteration

karpūragauraṃ karuṇāvatāraṃ saṃsārasāraṃ bhujagendrahāram |
sadā vasantaṃ hṛdayāravinde bhavaṃ bhavānīsahitaṃ namāmi ||

Reading note: Traditional devotional verse; exact early textual attribution has not been established for this entry.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 12. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

The Goddess: Gaurī and Nārāyaṇī

Retain the full address of the verse rather than narrowing it to only one name.

Sarva-maṅgala-māṅgalye — salutation to the Goddess

English reading — provisional handbook translation

O auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, benevolent one, accomplisher of every aim, refuge, three-eyed Gaurī, Nārāyaṇī: salutations to you.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्ये शिवे सर्वार्थसाधिके ।
शरण्ये त्र्यम्बके गौरि नारायणि नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥

Latin transliteration

sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalye śive sarvārthasādhike |
śaraṇye tryambake gauri nārāyaṇi namo ’stu te ||

Reading note: Devī Māhātmya, chapter 11, commonly numbered verse 10. The supplied page titles it “Mother Parvati”; retain the verse’s address Nārāyaṇī as well.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Bedtime Prayer; PDF page 13. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

Compare the original Nārāyaṇī-stuti text →

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

A prayer of devotional relationship

The speaker addresses the divine through family, friendship, knowledge and dependence.

Tvam eva mātā — You alone are my mother

English reading — provisional handbook translation

You alone are my mother and my father; you alone are my relative and friend. You alone are knowledge and wealth; you alone are everything to me, O God of gods.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

त्वम् एव माता च पिता त्वम् एव ।
त्वम् एव बन्धुश् च सखा त्वम् एव ।
त्वम् एव विद्या द्रविणं त्वम् एव ।
त्वम् एव सर्वं मम देव देव ॥

Latin transliteration

tvam eva mātā ca pitā tvam eva |
tvam eva bandhuś ca sakhā tvam eva |
tvam eva vidyā draviṇaṃ tvam eva |
tvam eva sarvaṃ mama deva deva ||

Reading note: Traditional devotional verse; exact early textual attribution has not been established for this entry.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, The Guru; PDF page 5. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Name chanting: the mahāmantra

The supplied order is preserved. Pronunciation and tradition-specific instruction should come from the community in which the chant is used.

Hare Rāma, Hare Kṛṣṇa — supplied mahāmantra order

English reading — provisional handbook translation

An invocation repeating the divine names Hare, Rāma and Kṛṣṇa. The names are retained rather than replaced with an explanatory sentence.

Original wording — Devanāgarī and transliteration

Clean Devanāgarī reading — transcription review pending

हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे ।
हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे ॥

Latin transliteration

hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare |
hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare ||

Reading note: The supplied collection begins with Hare Rāma. Other communities recite the Kṛṣṇa line first. This entry preserves the supplied order without prescribing one universal order.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Om Gan Ganapathaye; PDF page 2. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Bhajans and devotional songs

These songs and short chants are kept distinct from scriptural verses. The Hindi song selection has its own authorship note.

Gaurī-nandana Gajānana

English reading — provisional handbook translation

O elephant-faced son of Gaurī, son of Girijā, stainless one, son of Pārvatī, auspicious-faced one: protect me, Lord; protect me, gracious one.

Original reading in Latin transliteration — show the supplied wording

gaurī-nandana gajānana |
girijā-nandana nirañjana |
pārvatī-nandana śubhānana |
pāhi prabho māṃ pāhi prasanna ||

Reading note: Short Gaṇeśa bhajan as supplied. The composer has not been identified; the three maternal names are retained in the reading.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Gauri-Nandana Gajanana; PDF page 1. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Raghupati Rāghav Rājārām — supplied version

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Lord of the Raghu lineage, Rāghava, King Rāma; Sītā-Rāma, purifier of the fallen. Sītā-Rāma, Sītā-Rāma: dear one, sing Sītā-Rāma. Īśvar and Allāh are your names; God, grant good understanding to everyone.

Original reading in Latin transliteration — show the supplied wording

raghupati rāghav rājārām |
patita pāvan sītārām |
sītārām sītārām |
bhaj pyāre tū sītārām |
īśvar allāh tero nām |
sabko sanmati de bhagavān ||

Reading note: Hindi devotional song in the supplied wording. The Īśvar–Allāh line belongs to this version; do not silently present it as wording shared by every version or as a Sanskrit scripture quotation.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Gauri-Nandana Gajanana; PDF page 2. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Hari Hari Bol — supplied name chant

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Say “Hari, Hari”; say “Hari.” Say Mukund, Mādhav, Govind; say Keśav, Mādhav, Govind. By saying “Hari, Hari,” obtain Hari as your treasure.

Original reading in Latin transliteration — show the supplied wording

hari hari bol, bol hari bol |
mukund mādhav govind bol |
keśav mādhav govind bol |
hari hari bol ke le hari mol ||

Reading note: Hindi name chant with devotional names retained. The final phrase is figurative devotional language, not a literal purchase or a promise of a transaction.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Gauri-Nandana Gajanana; PDF page 3. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Oṃ maṅgalam — auspicious salutation

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Oṃ is auspicious; Oṃkār is auspicious. The guru is auspicious; the guru’s feet are auspicious.

Original reading in Latin transliteration — show the supplied wording

oṃ maṅgalam oṃkār maṅgalam |
guru maṅgalam guru pad maṅgalam ||

Reading note: A short chant in the supplied wording. Its form combines Sanskrit terms with a vernacular form pad; no ancient verse attribution is claimed.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Gauri-Nandana Gajanana; PDF page 4. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

Itni Shakti Hamein Dena Data — selected Hindi prayer song

English reading — provisional handbook translation

Giver, grant us such strength that our faith does not weaken. May we walk a good path and not make a mistake even inadvertently. May the darkness of ignorance depart; give us the light of knowledge. May we keep away from wrongdoing; whatever life you give, give a good life. May no one bear hostility toward another, and may there be no wish for revenge in the mind.

Hindi original — show the supplied wording

इतनी शक्ति हमें देना दाता
मन का विश्वास कमज़ोर हो ना।
हम चलें नेक रास्ते पे हमसे
भूलकर भी कोई भूल हो ना॥

दूर अज्ञान के हों अन्धेरे
तू हमें ज्ञान की रौशनी दे।
हर बुराई से बचते रहें हम
जितनी भी दे भली ज़िन्दगी दे।
बैर हो ना किसी का किसी से
भावना मन में बदले की हो ना॥

Reading note: Modern Hindi song from Ankush (1986): lyrics credited to Abhilash, music to Kuldeep Singh. Only the selection present in the user-supplied scan is included, with a new provisional English translation; this is not scripture.

Source: Supplied prayer collection, Gauri-Nandana Gajanana; PDF page 5. Compiler and original English translator have not been identified.

Song credit record →

English newly prepared by the handbook from the supplied original; it is not attributed to a scholar or guru. Transcription, translation and recitation review remain pending.

The same collection also supplies the Gaṇapati chant and Hare Rāma–Hare Kṛṣṇa chant. Each has one complete entry here.

Ṛgveda, Śākala Saṃhitā 10.85.36 · Draft

Taking the hand — Ṛgveda 10.85.36

Meaning in context

The speaker connects taking the bride's hand with a lasting household. Reading this as a reflection on shared commitment is interpretation; the literal rendering retains the verse's gendered voice.

General handbook guidance · translation review pending

General reading guidance: identify the speaker, the action or blessing, and the relationships named in the original passage supplied with this prayer. Keep gendered and offspring-oriented terms visible. A separately labeled provisional English translation is provided for this prayer. This reading guidance is not the translation or newly composed vows.

Original Sanskrit & IAST

Sanskrit · Reading text

गृभ्णामि ते सौभगत्वाय हस्तं मया पत्या जरदष्टिर्यथासः । भगो अर्यमा सविता पुरंधिर्मह्यं त्वादुर्गार्हपत्याय देवाः ॥

IAST transliteration

gṛbhṇāmi te saubhagatvāya hastaṃ mayā patyā jaradaṣṭir yathāsaḥ | bhago aryamā savitā puraṃdhir mahyaṃ tvādur gārhapatyāya devāḥ ||

Easy pronunciation · Partial aid

Draft aid for the opening only: gri-bhnaa-mi tay sow-bha-gat-vaa-ya has-tam. Full pronunciation and Vedic accent instruction await review.

Recordings are not yet available.

Literal translation & word meanings

General handbook guidance · translation review pending

Word and phrase meanings · Draft
Word / phrase	Meaning
gṛbhṇāmi	I take / grasp
te	your
saubhagatvāya	for good fortune
hastam	hand
mayā	with me
patyā	as husband
jaradaṣṭiḥ	reaching old age
yathā asaḥ	so that you may be
bhagaḥ	Bhaga
aryamā	Aryaman
savitā	Savitṛ
puraṃdhiḥ	Puraṃdhi
mahyam	to me
tvā	you
aduḥ	gave
gārhapatyāya	for household life
devāḥ	the gods

Ritual placement & source notes

Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra 1.7.3 cites the opening at hand-taking. This establishes that textual placement, not a universal contemporary wedding script.

The source form gṛbhṇāmi is retained; do not silently replace it with gṛhṇāmi. Devanāgarī here omits accent marks; the accented source snapshot is stored separately. The two English renderings are unreviewed drafts.

Ṛgveda, Śākala Saṃhitā 10.85.36 ↗
Ṛgveda 10.85 — Śākala text, Vedic Heritage Portal
Vedic Heritage Portal / IGNCA
10.085.36a–d ↗
Ṛgveda 10 — University of Texas metrical edition
University of Texas Linguistics Research Center; edition based on van Nooten and Holland
Āśvalāyana 1.7.3 ↗
Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra 1.7 — original Sanskrit witness
Sanskrit transcription witness; handbook guidance is separate

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Ṛgveda, Śākala Saṃhitā 10.85.33 · Draft

An auspicious greeting — Ṛgveda 10.85.33

Meaning in context

This verse addresses onlookers. The readable version's 'good wishes' explains the gesture of bestowing good fortune; it is not a claim that the text describes any one modern blessing custom.

General handbook guidance · translation review pending

Original Sanskrit & IAST

Sanskrit · Reading text

सुमङ्गलीरियं वधूरिमां समेत पश्यत । सौभाग्यमस्यै दत्त्वायाऽथास्तं वि परेतन ॥

IAST transliteration

sumaṅgalīr iyaṃ vadhūr imāṃ sameta paśyata | saubhāgyam asyai dattvāyā'thāstaṃ vi paretana ||

Easy pronunciation · Partial aid

Draft opening aid: su-mang-ga-leer i-yam va-dhoor. This covers only the opening; it does not teach Vedic accents.

Recordings are not yet available.

Literal translation & word meanings

General handbook guidance · translation review pending

Word and phrase meanings · Draft
Word / phrase	Meaning
sumaṅgalīḥ	auspicious / of good omen
iyam	this
vadhūḥ	bride
imām	her / this one
sameta	come together
paśyata	look / behold
saubhāgyam	good fortune
asyai	to her
dattvāya	having given
atha	then
astam	home
vi paretana	go away / depart

Ritual placement & source notes

No universal 'closing blessing' placement is assumed. Reading text omits the source's accent marks. English and pronunciation remain unreviewed.

Ṛgveda, Śākala Saṃhitā 10.85.33 ↗
Ṛgveda 10.85 — Śākala text, Vedic Heritage Portal
Vedic Heritage Portal / IGNCA
10.085.33a–d ↗
Ṛgveda 10 — University of Texas metrical edition
University of Texas Linguistics Research Center; edition based on van Nooten and Holland
Āśvalāyana 1.8.7 ↗
Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra 1.8 — original Sanskrit witness
Sanskrit transcription witness; handbook guidance is separate

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Ṛgveda, Śākala Saṃhitā 10.85.47 · Draft

A prayer for joined hearts — Ṛgveda 10.85.47

Meaning in context

The prayer asks for the two people's hearts to be brought together. How a particular community interprets that union needs to be distinguished from the words themselves.

General handbook guidance · translation review pending

Original Sanskrit & IAST

Sanskrit · Reading text

समञ्जन्तु विश्वे देवाः समापो हृदयानि नौ । सं मातरिश्वा सं धाता समु देष्ट्री दधातु नौ ॥

IAST transliteration

sam añjantu viśve devāḥ sam āpo hṛdayāni nau | saṃ mātariśvā saṃ dhātā sam u deṣṭrī dadhātu nau ||

Easy pronunciation · Partial aid

Draft opening aid: sam an-jan-tu vish-vay day-vaah. This covers only the opening; it does not teach Vedic accents.

Recordings are not yet available.

Literal translation & word meanings

General handbook guidance · translation review pending

Word and phrase meanings · Draft
Word / phrase	Meaning
sam	together
añjantu	may they unite / anoint; interpretation needs review
viśve	all
devāḥ	gods
āpaḥ	waters
hṛdayāni	hearts
nau	of us two / us two
mātariśvā	Mātariśvan
dhātā	Dhātṛ
u	emphatic particle
deṣṭrī	Deṣṭrī; identification to review
dadhātu	may [the deity] place / bring

Ritual placement & source notes

Āśvalāyana 1.8.9 links this verse to the household rite involving curds or an alternative involving ghee. It is not identified here as a Saptapadī formula.

Brackets in the literal rendering show supplied English. The interpretation of añjantu and the identification of Deṣṭrī need specialist review; deity names are retained rather than replaced by an unsupported explanation.

Ṛgveda, Śākala Saṃhitā 10.85.47 ↗
Ṛgveda 10.85 — Śākala text, Vedic Heritage Portal
Vedic Heritage Portal / IGNCA
10.085.47a–d ↗
Ṛgveda 10 — University of Texas metrical edition
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Āśvalāyana 1.8.9 ↗
Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra 1.8 — original Sanskrit witness
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Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra 1.7.19 · Draft

Saptapadī — Āśvalāyana 1.7.19 source passage

Meaning in context

Friendship is explicit at the seventh step. A modern explanation may explore shared responsibilities, but it must not present a contemporary set of mutual promises as a literal translation of this passage.

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Original Sanskrit & IAST

Sanskrit · Reading text

अथैनामपराजितायान्दिशि सप्तपदान्यभ्युत्क्रामयतीष एकपद्यूर्जे द्विपदी रायस्पोषाय त्रिपदी मायोभव्याय चतुष्पदी प्रजाभ्यः पञ्चपद्यृतुभ्यः षट्पदी सखा सप्तपदी भव सा मामनुव्रता भव पुत्रान्विन्दावहै बहूंस्ते सन्तु जरदष्टय इति १९

IAST transliteration

athaināmaparājitāyāndiśi saptapadānyabhyutkrāmayatīṣa ekapadyūrje dvipadī rāyaspoṣāya tripadī māyobhavyāya catuṣpadī prajābhyaḥ pañcapadyṛtubhyaḥ ṣaṭpadī sakhā saptapadī bhava sā māmanuvratā bhava putrānvindāvahai bahūṃste santu jaradaṣṭaya iti 19

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Draft selected phrase only: sa-khaa sap-ta-pa-dee bha-va. The displayed Sanskrit also contains the sūtra's narrative framing; it is not all a recitation script.

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Literal translation & word meanings

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Seven-step formula and concluding words; introductory sūtra prose is not fully parsed.

Word and phrase meanings · Draft
Word / phrase	Meaning
iṣa ekapadī	first-step phrase: nourishment Sandhied source form; segmentation to review
ūrje dvipadī	second-step phrase: vigor / sustenance
rāyaspoṣāya tripadī	third-step phrase: increase of wealth
māyobhavyāya catuṣpadī	fourth-step phrase: wellbeing / comfort Exact reading and derivation require edition review
prajābhyaḥ pañcapadī	fifth-step phrase: offspring
ṛtubhyaḥ ṣaṭpadī	sixth-step phrase: seasons
sakhā saptapadī bhava	at seven steps, be a friend
sā mām anuvratā bhava	be devoted / faithful to me
putrān vindāvahai bahūn	may we obtain many sons
te santu jaradaṣṭayaḥ	may they reach old age Gloss normalizes word ending; the base passage keeps the source's sandhi before iti

Ritual placement & source notes

Āśvalāyana 1.7.19 places the seven steps after the hair-binding rite and before water sprinkling. The three circuits in 1.7.6 belong to an earlier repeated group.

Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra 1.7.19 ↗
Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra — Sanskrit transcription
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Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra 1.7 — original Sanskrit witness
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Ṛgveda 10.85.24–27, 32–33, 36, 43–47

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10.85.24. I release you from Varuṇa’s bond, with which kindly Savitṛ bound you. In the abode of sacred order, in the world of good action, I place you unharmed together with your husband.

10.85.25. I release you from here, not from there; I make you firmly bound there, so that, generous Indra, she may be fortunate and have good sons.

10.85.26. May Pūṣan lead you from here, taking your hand; may the Aśvins carry you in their chariot. Go to the house to become its mistress; having authority, address the household assembly.

10.85.27. Here may what is dear to you prosper through offspring. In this house, be watchful over household life. Unite your body with this husband; then, growing old, both of you shall address the assembly.

10.85.32. May the waylayers who lie in wait for the married pair not find them. By easy paths may the pair cross the difficult place; may hostile powers run away.

10.85.33. This bride is auspicious. Gather and look upon her. Having given her good fortune, then go separately to your homes.

10.85.36. I take your hand for good fortune, so that with me as your husband you may reach old age. Bhaga, Aryaman, Savitṛ and Puraṃdhi—the gods—have given you to me for household life.

10.85.43. May Prajāpati produce offspring for us; may Aryaman join us until old age. Free from ill fortune, enter your husband’s household. Bring well-being to our two-footed and four-footed beings.

10.85.44. Be without a fearsome look; do not bring death to your husband. Be kind to the animals, good-minded and radiant, bearing strong sons, devoted to the gods and bringing comfort. Bring well-being to our two-footed and four-footed beings.

10.85.45. Generous Indra, make her fortunate and the mother of good sons. Place ten sons in her; make her husband the eleventh.

10.85.46. Be a queen with your father-in-law; be a queen with your mother-in-law; be a queen with your husband’s sister; be a queen over your husband’s brothers.

10.85.47. May all the gods join our hearts; may the waters join our hearts. May Mātariśvan, Dhātā and Deṣṭrī bring us together.

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General reading orientation: the selected verses belong to the Sūryā wedding hymn. Keep departure, arrival, hand-taking, household relationships and divine invocations in their own verse settings.

Verse 36 joins hand-taking with an address concerning married life and named deities. Verse 47 invokes the joining of hearts. Gendered and offspring-oriented expressions elsewhere in the selection remain part of the original, not universal obligations imposed by this handbook.

Ancient source text. English below is general handbook guidance, not a certified translation or a guru’s teaching. Specialist review remains pending.

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Ṛgveda 10.85.24 · Sanskrit in transliteration

prá tvā muñcāmi váruṇasya pā́śād
yéna tvā́badhnāt savitā́ suśévaḥ
r̥tásya yónau sukr̥tásya loké
áriṣṭāṃ tvā sahá pátyā dadhāmi

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Ṛgveda 10.85.25 · Sanskrit in transliteration

prétó muñcā́mi nā́mútaḥ
subaddhā́m amútas karam
yátheyám indra mīḍhuvaḥ
suputrā́ subhágā́sati

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Ṛgveda 10.85.26 · Sanskrit in transliteration

pūṣā́ tvetó nayatu hastagŕ̥hya
aśvínā tvā prá vahatāṃ ráthena
gr̥hā́n gacha gr̥hápatnī yáthā́so
vaśínī tváṃ vidátham ā́ vadāsi

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Ṛgveda 10.85.27 · Sanskrit in transliteration

ihá priyám prajáyā te sám r̥dhyatām
asmín gr̥hé gā́rhapatyāya jāgr̥hi
enā́ pátyā tanúvaṃ sáṃ sr̥jasva
ádhā jívrī vidátham ā́ vadāthaḥ

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Ṛgveda 10.85.32 · Sanskrit in transliteration

mā́ vidan paripanthíno
yá āsī́danti dámpatī
sugébhir durgám átītām
ápa drāntu árātayaḥ

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Ṛgveda 10.85.33 · Sanskrit in transliteration

sumaṅgalī́r iyáṃ vadhū́r
imā́ṃ saméta páśyata
saúbhāgyam asyai dattvā́ya
áthā́staṃ ví páretana

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Ṛgveda 10.85.36 · Sanskrit in transliteration

gr̥bhṇā́mi te saubhagatvā́ya hástam
máyā pátyā jarádaṣṭir yáthā́saḥ
bhágo aryamā́ savitā́ púraṃdhir
máhyaṃ tvādur gā́rhapatyāya devā́ḥ

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Ṛgveda 10.85.43 · Sanskrit in transliteration

ā́ naḥ prajā́ṃ janayatu prajā́patir
ājarasā́ya sám anaktu aryamā́
ádurmaṅgalīḥ patilokám ā́ viśa
śáṃ no bhava dvipáde śáṃ cátuṣpade

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Ṛgveda 10.85.44 · Sanskrit in transliteration

ághoracakṣur ápatighnī edhi
śivā́ paśúbhyaḥ sumánāḥ suvárcāḥ
vīrasū́r · devákāmā siyonā́
śáṃ no bhava dvipáde śáṃ cátuṣpade

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Ṛgveda 10.85.45 · Sanskrit in transliteration

imā́ṃ tvám indra mīḍhuvaḥ
suputrā́ṃ subhágāṃ kr̥ṇu
dáśāsyām putrā́n ā́ dhehi
pátim ekādaśáṃ kr̥dhi

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Ṛgveda 10.85.46 · Sanskrit in transliteration

samrā́jñī śváśure bhava
samrā́jñī śvaśruvā́m bhava
nánāndari samrā́jñī bhava
samrā́jñī ádhi devŕ̥ṣu

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Ṛgveda 10.85.47 · Sanskrit in transliteration

sám añjantu víśve devā́ḥ
sám ā́po hŕ̥dayāni nau
sám mātaríśvā sáṃ dhātā́
sám u déṣṭrī dadhātu nau

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