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Govinda Jaya Jaya
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Govinda Jaya Jaya Gopala Jaya Jaya
Radha Ramana Hari Govinda Jaya
Krishna (here referred to by his other names Govinda and Gopala)
and Radha (the consort of Krishna, whose name means fortunate or successful) are symbolic of the unity of the world and the observer of the world, the lover and the beloved.
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Bhagavati
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The Mahishasuramardini Stotram (found in the Devi Mahatmyam) has twenty verses, of which I have selected the four I find most essential. The text is a prayer to the Goddess Durga, who slays the demon of the ego with the power of grace.
1. Ayi giri nandini, nandita medini, visva vinodini, nandinute
Giri vara vindhya shirodhini vasini vishnuvilaasini jishnunute
Bhagavati he shitikanthaku tumbini bhooriku tumbini bhoorikrute
Jaya jaya he mahishaa suramardhini ramya kapardini shailasute
2. Suravara varshini durdhara dharshini durmukha marshini harsharate
Tribhuvana poshini shankara toshini kilbisha moshini ghosharate
Danujani roshini ditisuta roshini durmada shoshini sindhusute
Jaya jaya he mahishaa suramardhini ramya kapardini shailasute
8. Dhanuranu sangara nakshana sanga parishphu radanga natatkatake Kanakapishanga prishatkanishanga rasadbhatasringa hataabayuke
Krutachaturanga balakshitiranga ghatadbahuranga ratadbatuke
Jaya jaya he mahishaa suramardhini ramya kapardini shailasute
16. Vijita sahasra karaika sahasra karaika sahasra karaikanute
Krutasura taaraka sangara taaraka sangara taaraka soonusute
Suratha samaadhi samaana samaadhi samaadhi samaadhi sujaatarate
Jaya jaya he mahishaa suramardhini ramya kapardini shailasute
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Shivaya Namah Om
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Shivaya Namah Om Namah Shivaya
A series of infinitely sustainable sounds that invoke the infinite being of Shiva, the Lord of dissolution. Shiva is the witness of the endless rise and fall of all transient forms. In chanting this mantra, one identifies with the still point around which the entire universe revolves.
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Gaja Nana
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Gaja Nana Hey Gaja Nana Gauri Manohara Priya Nandana
Pashupati Taneya Gaja Nana
Parama Niranjana Gaja Nana Hey
A song to Ganesha, who removes the obstacles of the mind. In yoga, what obstructs also contains within it the wisdom by which one finds the way through. The pure exists within what has become corrupted, and within heaviness are the seeds of liberation and light.
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Saraswati Intro Mantras
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Saraswati Ma
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Ya kundendu tushara hara dhavala ya shubhra vastravirta
Ya vinavara danda mandita kara ya shveta padmasana
Ya Brahmachyuta Shankara prabhirtibhir devaih sada vandita
Sa mam patu Saraswati bhagavati nihshesha jadyapaha
Saraswati Ma
Mahadevi Namo Namah
The name Saraswati means literally ‘she of the stream’. The Goddess of music and art and literature, she can also be thought of as the stream of ideas, the stream of the breath, of the movement of forms in time.
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Devakinandana Gopala
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Devakinandana Gopala Devakinandana Gopala
Gopala Govinda Govinda Gopala
Devakinandana, Gopala and Govinda are all names of Krishna, an expression of the longing to return to a state of union with love, at the source of all things.
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Universal Prayer
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Durjanah sajjano bhuyat sajjanah shantim-apnuyat
Shanto muchyeta bandhebhyo muktash-chanyan vimochayet
Sarve bhavantu sukhinah sarve santu niramayah
Sarve bhadrani pashyantu mas kashchid-dukha-bhag bhavet
Sarvas-taratu durgani sarvah kaman-avapnotu
Kale varshatu parjanyah sarvah sarvatra nandatu
May the wicked become good. May the good obtain peace. May the peaceful be freed from bonds. May the freed set
others free.
May all be happy. May all be healthy. May all see only
auspicious sights. May no one have a share in sorrow.
May everyone surmount his difficulties. May everyone have their desires fulfilled. May it rain at the right time. May everyone everywhere be glad.
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About Bhagavati
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About Gaja Nana
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About Govinda Jaya Jaya
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About Saraswati Ma
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About Universal Prayer
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Kirtan Roots
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Mantra Tools
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Dave Stringer Los Angeles
Grammy-nominated producer, singer, composer and innovative international Kirtan artist. Stringer’s sound connects the transcendent mysticism of East Indian ragas to the exuberant grooves of Gospel and the ringing harmonies of Appalachia.
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