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    1. The document contains prayers, mantras and verses from Hindu scriptures. 2. It explores concepts like the true nature of self, non-attachment, and finding peace beyond outward identities. 3. Key ideas discussed include realizing the self as beyond the mind, senses and mortal limitations, and as the eternal, blissful essence of Shiva.

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    Diwali - Shlokas

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    1. The document contains prayers, mantras and verses from Hindu scriptures. 2. It explores concepts like the true nature of self, non-attachment, and finding peace beyond outward identities. 3. Key ideas discussed include realizing the self as beyond the mind, senses and mortal limitations, and as the eternal, blissful essence of Shiva.

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    1.

    Invocatory Verse Adithi

    vAgartAviva saMpRktau vAgartha pratipattaye


    jagataHpitarau vaMde pArvatIparameshvarau

    वागथार्िवव सं पृ�ौ वागथर् प्रितप�ये ।


    जगत:िपतरौ वं दे पावर्तीपरमे�रौ ॥
    I bow down to Parvati & Parameshwara (Goddess Shakti & Shiva)
    who are completely intertwined like sound & its meaning.
    Inorder to attain the capability of realizing the mutual relationship
    between sound & its meaning
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    2. Guru Shloka Abinaya

    GururBramha GururVishnu GururDevo Maheshwaraha


    Guru Saakshaat ParaBramha Tasmai Shri Gurave Namaha

    गु�ब्रर्ह्मा गु�िवर्�ु गुर्�द�वो महे�रः


    गु� सा�ात परब्रह्मा त�ै श्रीगुरवे नमः
    • “Gu” which means darkness and
    • “Ru” which means light

    Gu and Ru combine to form “Guru” which means the one who


    brings darkness to light.
    Guru is Brahma, Guru is Vishnu, Guru is the Maheshwara (Shiva) .
    Parbrahma considerd to be supreme god or Bhagwan. So, Guru is
    that Parbhrahma. We bow to *that Guru
    3. MahaaGanapati Dharshini

    वक्रतु� महाकाय सूयर्कोिट समप्रभ ।

    िनिवर्�ं कु � मे दे व सवर्काय�षु सवर्दा ॥


    VakratunDa mahAkAya sUryakOTi samaprabha
    Nirvighnam kuru mE dEva sarvakArEShu sarvada

    This is a prayer to Lord Ganesha..


    O Lord ! With a bent trunk & huge body, shining with the
    brightness of an array of suns, please make all my actions obstacle
    free all the time

    शु�ा�रधरं िव�ुं श�शवण� चतुभुर्जम् ।

    प्रस�वदनं �ायेत् सवर्िव�ोपशा�ये ॥


    O Lord, who is wearing White colored clothes, who is all pervading,
    who has four hands.
    Who has a peaceful, joyous face we meditate on you, to remove all
    the obstacles.
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    4. Saraswati Shloka Anviti

    सर�ित नम�ु�ं वरदे काम�िप�ण ।

    िवद्यार�ं क�र�ािम �सिद्धभर्वतु मे सदा ॥


    saraswati namastubhyam varade kAmarUpiNi
    vidyArambham kariShyAmi siddhir-bhavatu me sadA
    Saraswati ! I bow down to you, giver of boons , embodiment of
    desires.
    I’m going to start my pursuit of knowledge, May I always find
    attainment
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    5. Baala Mukundha Varshana

    करारिव�ेन पदारिव�ं मुखारिव�े िविनवेशय�म् ।

    वट� पत्र� पुटे शयानं बालं मुकु�ं मनसा �रािम ॥


    karAravindena padAravindaM
    mukhAravinde viniveshayantam
    vaTasya patrasya puTe shayAnaM
    bAlaM mukundaM manasA smarAmi

    I meditate upon child form of Mukunda – Baby Krishna, who is


    reclining in the sheath of a banyan leaf and who is placing his lotus
    like foot, with his lotus like hand onto his lotus like face.
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    6. Mahishaasura Mardini Anallika & Lakshana
    Mahishasura Mardini Stotram is said to bring peace to the devotee
    and removes all fear and sadness. The place where Sri Mahishasura
    Mardini Stotram is sung every day, I will always be present and
    never leave.” The Devi’s proclamation in the 12th chapter of the
    Devi Mahatmyam .
    ayi girinandini nanditamedini vishvavinodini nandinute
    girivaravindhyashirodhinivAsini viShNuvilAsini jiShNunute |
    bhagavati he shitikaNThakuTuMbini bhUrikuTuMbini bhUrikRte
    jaya jaya he mahiShAsuramardini ramya-kapardini shailasute
    7. Nirvaana Shatakam
    Intro – Anviti

    Nirvaana Shatakam - Vaana means form ; Nirvaana means


    formlessness ; Shat means षट 6 . This means we have 6 verses.
    Briefly says.. Formlessness is the true identity of each one of us.

    These beautiful 6 verses are composed by Adi Shankaracharya,


    which is a mantra by itself and has deep sense of meaning and
    potent sounds.

    Shankarawhile wandering in a forest in search of a Guru, met sage


    Govindapada….
    Who are you ? Asks the Sage …
    Shankaracharya comes up with 6 stanzas, demonstrating the
    understanding of the true nature of self which is this
    NirvaanaShatakam
    Letz sing this beautiful composition..

    manO-buddhy-ahankAra-chittAni-nAham
    naca shrOtra-jihvE-naca ghrANa-nEtrE
    naca vyOma-bhUmir-na-tEjO-na-vAyuH
    chidAnanda rUpaH-shivOham shivOham 1

    na cha prANasanjno na vai panchavAyuH


    na vA saptadhAturnavA panchakoshaH
    na vAk pANipAdam na chopasthapAyU
    chidAnandarUpaH shivoham shivoham 2
    na me dveSharAgau na me lobhamohau
    mado naiva me naiva mAtsaryabhAvaH
    na dharmo na chArtho na kAmo na mokShaH
    chidAnandarUpaH shivoham shivoham 3

    na puNyaM na pApaM na saukhyaM na duHkhaM


    na mantro na tIrthaM na vedA na yajnAH
    ahaM bhojanaM naiva bhojyaM na bhoktA
    chidAnandarUpaH shivoham shivoham 4

    na me mRtyushankA na me jAtibhedaH
    pitA naiva me naiva mAtA na janma
    na bandhurna mitraM gururnaiva shiShyaH
    chidAnandarUpaH shivoham shivoham 5

    ahaM nirvikalpo nirAkArarUpo


    vibhutvAchcha sarvatra sarvendriyANAm
    na chAsangatam naiva muktirnameyaH
    chidAnandarUpaH shivoham shivoham 6
    Verse 1 & 2 – Dharshini
    Verse 1 explains - False identification of self with faculties of mind,
    sense organs & panchabhootas
    I am not my mind, my intellect or my identity;
    Neither am I my senses of hearing, taste, smell and sight;
    I am not the space, earth, fire or air;
    I am the embodiment of eternal bliss. I am Shiva. I am Shiva.

    Verse 2 explains - False identification of self with Praana, Sapta


    Datuh, PanchaKosha and Karmendriya
    I am neither the prana, nor it's five components of air.
    I am neither the seven basic elements of the body, nor the five
    layers it is manifest in.
    I am not my organs of speech, locomotion, procreation or excretion.
    I am the embodiment of eternal bliss. I am Shiva. I am Shiva

    Verse 3 & 4 – Varshana


    Verse 3 explains - False identification of self with emotions and
    attainments that humans seek.
    I have neither aversion and attachment, nor greed and delusion;
    I have no sense of possession or vanity;
    I am not bound by the pursuits of duty, acquisition, consumption or
    liberation;
    I am the embodiment of eternal bliss. I am Shiva. I am Shiva.
    Verse 4explains - False identification of self with various
    experiences, tools to transcend one’s limitations, and the
    Subject/Object & Verb
    I am neither the acts of virtue and vice, nor the states of happiness
    and sorrow;
    I am not the holy sound, the holy place, the holy word, or the holy
    act;
    I am neither the act of cosumption, the consumed, nor the
    consumer;
    I am the embodiment of eternal bliss. I am Shiva. I am Shiva.

    Verse 5 & 6 Abinaya


    Verse 5 explains – False identification of mortality &
    caste/difference in birth and relations.
    I do not have doubts about my mortality,
    and do not discriminate between the differences in birth;
    I have no father, Mother or the process of birth and death;
    I have no relations, no acquaintances, no Guru and no Disciples;
    I am the embodiment of eternal bliss. I am Shiva. I am Shiva.

    Verse 6 explains
    I am Changeless and Formless;
    I rule over, and permeate All Senses;
    I am neither attachment and detachment, nor liberation;
    I am the embodiment of eternal bliss. I am Shiva. I am Shiva.

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    7. Shanti Mantra Aditi

    ॐ पूणर्मदः पूणर्िमदं पूणार्�ूणर्मुद�ते ।

    पूणर्� पूणर्मादाय पूणर्मेवाव�श�ते ॥

    ॐ शा��ः शा��ः शा��ः ॥


    Om Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Puurnnam-
    Udacyate |

    Puurnnasya Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||


    Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

    That (source of creation-God) is complete and this (your own self)


    is complete as well.
    From the completeness, rises another completeness.
    If completeness is taken away, from the original completeness, only
    completeness remains.
    Om, peace, peace, peace.”

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