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Praṇāmavatā Purī Jī, dear brothers and sisters. My name is Karuṇā Devī. I am originally from Croatia, but I now live in Sweden. My story with Veda chanting began in 2017, when Viśvagurujī, in one of his lectures, said that we should learn the Yoga Sūtras by heart. He explained that only by learning to chant and memorizing them could we truly understand. So, I began to learn the Yoga Sūtras, and when I finished, I was automatically drawn to continue singing Veda mantras. I was blessed to find a Vedic teacher, and I have been practicing for the past six years. I chant in the Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda tradition. As we know, there are four Vedas. The second is the Yajur Veda, which has two partitions: one taught in the south and one in the north. These are the Kṛṣṇa Yajur Veda and the Śukla Yajur Veda. Two years ago, when Swāmī Avatārpurījī came here to Strilky, he chanted the Gaṇapati Atharva Śīrṣa on the first day. When I came to Strilky two years ago, on my first day, I also sang a mantra to Gaṇapati. This is an excerpt from the Atharva Veda about Gaṇapati, also called the Gaṇapati Upaniṣad. When Avatārpūrī Jī was chanting, I was chanting with him in the back. I would like to chant it together now. When we begin chanting the Vedas, we always do invocations first to the Guru, then to Gaṇapati and Sarasvatī. So, I will start with invocation mantras and then the Gaṇapati Atharva Śīrṣa. Drukakana Patevni So ’haṁ Mahā Harihi Om Pamāśravastamam Jeṣṭarājam Brahmaṇām Brahmanaspatiḥ Ānaśraṇpan Nodibhisidhasadanam Mahāgaṇapataye Namah Mahā Prāṇodevī Sarasvatī Vāje Bhirvājinīvatī Gantu Yaknyam Havan Devi Jujushana Ghratachi Vākdeva Yayinamaha Charaṇam Pavitram Vittatam Purāṇam Yena Pūtas Tarati Duṣkṛtāni Te Na Pavitre Na Śuddhe Na Pūtā Ha Śrī Sadguru Caraṇa Ravinda Praṇāma Namaha. And now the Gaṇapati Upaniṣad. Bhadraṃ paśyema akṣabhir yajatrāḥ sthirāṅgaiḥ svastu vāgam sastanubhiḥ vyasemadevahi tayyadāyuḥ Svastina Indro Vṛddhaśravāḥ Oṃ Laṃ Namaste Gaṇapataye Tvameva Pratyakṣam Tatvamasi Kartāsi, Tvameva Kevalam Kartāsi, Tvameva Kevalam Dhartāsi, Tvameva Kevalam Hartāsi, Tvameva Sarvam Khalvidam Brahmāsi, Tvam Sākṣāt Ātmā Sinityam, Hṛtam Vachmi, Satyam Vachmi, Avat Vammaam, Avat Vammaam,... Dvata ātā ava chhor, dvata ātā ava dharatā, ātā sarva dho mām pāhi pāhi samant ātā. Sarvam jagadidaṁ tvatto jāyate, sarvam jagadidaṁ tvatta sthiṣṭhati, sarvam jagadidaṁ tvai layameṣyati, sarvam jagadidaṁ tvai pratyeti, tvaṁ humira pona loni lona baha, tvaṁ chattvāri vāha akhpadāni. Tvāṃ yogino dhyāyanti nityaṃ tvaṃ brahma tvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ rudrastvaṃ indrastvaṃ agnistvaṃ vāyustvaṃ sūryastvaṃ chandramāstvaṃ brahma bhūr bhuvastvārom gaṇādīn pūrvam uccārya gaṇādīn tadanantaram Nāda Sandhānaṃ Sagam Hitā Sandhiḥ Saiṣā Gaṇeśa Vidyā Gaṇa Karṣiḥi Niścṛt Gāyā Trī Chandaḥ Śrī Mahāgaṇapatir Devatā Om Gaṅgaṇapataye Namaḥ Ekadantāya Vidmahe Vakratuṇḍāya Dhīmahi Danno Dantī Pracodayāt Raktaṃ Chavaradaṃ Hastair Vibhrāṇaṃ Mūṣa Kadvajaṃ Raktaṃ Lambodaraṃ Śūrpakarṇakaṃ Raktavāsasaṃ Rakta Gandhānu Liptāṅgaṃ Rakta Puṣpaisu Pūjitam Āvirbhūtaṁ cāśriṣṭyādau prakṛteḥ puruṣāt param evaṁ dhyāyati yo nityaṁ sa yogī yogī nāṁ varāha namoḥ prathāpathaye namoḥ gaṇapathaye namaḥ pramathapathaye namaste asthūlaṁ bodhārāya ekadantāya vighnavināśine śivasutāya Śrī Varadamūrtaye Namo Namaḥ Etadadharvaśīrṣayodhīte Sapramhabhūyāyakalpate Sasarvavighnairnabhadyate Sasarvatrasukhamedhate Sarvatra dhyāno pavikno bhavati, dharmārtha kāma mokṣa chāvindati. Idam atharva śīrṣa ma śiṣya yāna deyam, yo yati moha dasyati, sa bhaya piyan bhavati. Anena Gaṇapatiṃ āviśan chati sarvakarmī bhāvati caturthyāṃ anaśnan japati sa vīryavān bhavati iti atharvaṇa vākyam brahma dhyāvaraṇaṃ vīryam abhibheti kadācana iti Yolajair yajatīśa yaśovān bhavati samedhavān bhavati Yasajya Samitbhir Yajatisa Sarvallabhate Sarvallabhate Sūryagrahe mahānatyāṃ pratimāsannidhau vācaṃ ptvā siddha mantro bhavati Mahāpāpāt pramucyate, mahāpratyavāyāt pramucyate, sa sarvavid bhavati, sa sarvavid bhavati, ya evaṁ veda iti upaniṣat. Bhadraṁ karṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devāḥ, bhadraṁ paśyemākṣabhir yajatrāḥ, sthirair aṅgais tuṣṭuvāṁsas tanūbhiḥ, vyaśema devahitaṁ yad āyuḥ. Svastina Indro Vṛddhaśravāḥ Svastinaḥ Pūṣā Viśvavedāḥ Svastinastārkṣyo Ariṣṭanemiḥ Svastino Bṛhaspatirdadhātu Om Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... He Śrī Gurubhyo Namaḥa, Hari Om. We were singing "Svastina Indro," and then she was saying "Pūṣana" while I was saying "Pūkhāna." That is the difference between what we learn in Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda and what we learn in Śukla Yajurveda. They are the same mantras, only the teachings are slightly different; the pronunciation changes a little between the south and the north. So, after lunch, she is here for one week. Whoever is interested in basic mantra learning, she will let you know what time to come to her for half an hour or an hour. It is good practice for her, for her future school. She will not learn until she has students, so whether it is one, two, or three people, whoever wants to learn the basics—you will not go so advanced in one week—but whatever you can do, you help her, she helps you, and that is how you grow. She will be very nice and kind in teaching; you know, she is Balkān. But now, living in Sweden, so maybe that has changed. Now we will chant the Puruṣa Sūktam. We will start with the Śānti Mantra, "Tacchaiyoravṛṇīmahe..." Om Tachai Yoravarni Mahe Urdhvaṁ jigātu bheṣajaṁ śaṁ no astu dvipade śaṁ catuṣpade. Oṁ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ. He Atyatiṣṭaddaśāṅgulam yad bhūtai yac ca bhavyam utāmṛtatvasyāśānāḥ yad annenāti rohati etāvānasya mahimā ato jyāyāṁśca pūruṣaḥ pādo’sya viśvā bhūtāni tripādasya mṛtam divi tripādūrdhva udaitpuruṣaḥ pādo’syehābhavatpunaḥ Tato viśvaṁ vyakrāmata, śaśāna aśane abhi. Tasmād virāḍ ajāyata, virājo adhipūruṣaḥ. Sajāto atyaricyata, paścād bhūmi atho puraḥ. Yat puruṣeṇa haviṣā, devā yajñam atanvata. Vasanto asya siddha jammam, grīṣma ittma śarad haviḥ. Saptasya saṃparidhayaha, śrī saptasamidhakratā, devā yad yajñantan vanaha, avadhan puruṣam paśum, tai yajñam parhi śipraukṣan, puruṣan jātam agrataḥ, tena devā ayajanta satya harṣa yaśchaye Sambhṛtam prāśadājyam paśukstha ghaśca kreva yavyāna āraṇyān grāma yaścaye tasmā āt yajñāt sarvahutaḥ ṛcaḥ sāmāni yajñire chandāṃsi yajñire tasmā āt yajus tasmāda jāyatā tasmāda śvā jāyantā ye ke cobhā yādātaḥ Mukhato’sya mukhamāsīd bāhū rājanyaḥ kṛtaḥ, ūrū tadasya yadvaiśyaḥ padbhyāṃ śūdro ajāyata. Candramā manaso jātaḥ, cakṣoḥ sūryo ajāyata, mukhādindraścāgniśca prāṇādvāyurajāyata. Nābhyā āsīdantarikṣaṃ śīrṣṇo dyauḥ samāvartata. Dhātā purastādyamudhājahāra Tamevam vitvān amṛta iha bhavati, nānyav panthā ayanāya vidyate. Tāni dharmāṇi prathamāni sanna. Yatra pūrve sādhyāḥ santi devāḥ, adbhyaḥ sambhūtāv pṛthivyai rasācca, viśvakarmaṇasamavartatādhi, tasya tvaṣṭā vidadhadrūpameti, tatpuruṣasya viśvamājānamagre, vedāhametaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāntam, ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt. Tam evaṁ vidvān amṛta iha bhavati, nānyaḥ panthā vidyate’yanāya. Prajāpatiścarati garbhe antaḥ, ajāyamāno bahudhā vijāyate. Yodhe vephya ātapati yodhe vanaham purohitaha purvo yodhe vephya jātaha namu ruchaya pramhaye Yastvaivaṁ Brahma Hanu Vidyāt Tasya Devā Asanvaśe Akhorātre pārśve nakṣatrāṇi rūpam aśvinau vyātam iṣṭam manīṣaṇā amum manīṣaṇā, sarvam manīṣaṇā, Om śānti śānti... Śānti Mantra. See, this is something I like. This, I can go the whole day long. Śanno mitraḥ śaṁ varuṇaḥ śanno bhavatvaryamā śanna indro bṛhaspatiḥ śanno viṣṇururukramaḥ namo brahmaṇe namaste vāyo tvameva pratyakṣaṁ brahmāsi tvāmeva pratyakṣaṁ brahma vadiṣyāmi ṛtaṁ vadiṣyāmi satyaṁ vadiṣyāmi Om̐ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ... She will now show you Namak Chamak, that also I don’t know, but she knows. Chamakam. Chamakam, but it’s wrong. Chamakam only. Rudram, whatever. What do you prefer? Rudram, but it’s 20 minutes. We’ll do Rudram now and Camakam in the evening. Okay. How do you like it? So, who’s going to her after lunch? One, good. Two, three, four. Here, you have four people already. I don’t know. Four people, okay. We can meet at one o’clock because I have anuṣṭhānayāt too. One, because Anuṣṭānāyat starts at two. Maybe here. Rudram is also very special. Rudra is an old Vedic name for Śiva. We have been chanting kīrtans for Śiva the whole week, and this is also dedicated to Śiva from Vedic times. Śivā śaravyā yatavya dayānur uttara mṛdaya yate uttara śivatā nura ghora pāpakāśinī dayānas tanuvā śāntamayagiri śāntābhicakāśihi yamiśuṅgiri śāntahaste vibharṣya stave Śivena vacasā tvaṁ girīśaṁ cāvadāmaḥ, yathā naḥ sarvam it jagat āyakṣmakaṁ sumanasaḥ. Pāhi gāśca sarvān śambhayan sarvāśca yad udhanyāḥ asau yas tāmro paruṇauta vapruṣu maṅgalāḥ ye ce magam rudrā abhito dikṣu śritāḥ sahasraśo paiśāgam heḍa īmahe Uthāyināṃ gopā adṛśan adṛśan udahāryaḥ, uthāyināṃ viśvabhūtāni satraṣṭom ṛdayātinahā. Namo astu nīla kṛvāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍuṣe. Avatatyadanustvagam sahasrākṣate śuddhe Anēśān nasyē śavābhūrasyani śaṅkathihi yatē hē tirmi dhuṣṭa mahastē babhūvatē dhanuhu tayasmān viśvatastvamayakṣmayā paribhujāha namastē Parite dhanvano hetirasman varṇaktu viśvataha adhoya iṣudistavare asmannidhe hitam śambhave namaḥa namaste astubhagavan viśveśvarāya mahādevāya triyambakāya tripurāntakāya kāgnikālāya kālāgnirudrāya nīlakaṇṭhāya mṛtyuñjayāya sarveśvarāya sadāśivāya śrīman mahādevāya namaḥa Namo Hiraṇya Vāhave Senānye Diśāñcha Pataye Namo Namo Vṛkṣebhyo Harikeśebhyaḥ Paśūnām Pataye Namo Namaḥ Saspiñjarāya Tviṣīmate Pathīnām Pataye Namo Namo Babhruśāya Vyādhine Namaḥ Pataye Namo Namo Harikeśāyopavītine Puṣṭānām Pataye namo namo bhavasya hetyai jagatām Pataye namo namo rudrāya tatavine kṣetrāṇām Pataye namo namasutāya hantyāya vanānām Pataye namo namo rohitāya sthapataye vṛkṣāṇām Pataye namo namo mantriṇeva nijāya kakṣāṇām Pata ye namo namo bhuvantaye varivas kṛtāya uṣadhīnām. Pata ye namo nama uccair ghoṣāya krāntayate pattīnām. Pataye namo namaḥ kṛtsnavītāya dhāvate sattvānām. Pataye namah namasahamānāya nivyādhina avyādhini nam. Pataye namo namaḥ kakubhāya niṣaṅgiṇe eṣṭena nam. Pataye namo namo niṣaṅgiṇa iṣudhimate taskarāṇāṃ pataye namo namo vañcate parivañcate stāyūnāṃ namo namo nicerave paricarāya araṇyānāṃ Pāta Ye Namo Nama Uṣṇīṣiṇe Giricārāya Kuluncānām Bhyascavo Namo Namaḥ Āyāchat Bhyovisṛjat Bhyascavo Namo Namaḥ Syāt Bhyovityat Bhyascavo Aśvebhyo ’śvapatibhyaśca vo namo namaḥ | Āvyādhinībhyo vividhyantībhyaśca vo namo namaḥ | Ugaṇābhyastṛṃhatībhyaśca vo namo namaḥ | Gṛtsebhyo gṛtsapatibhyaśca vo namo namaḥ | Vrātebhyo vrātapatibhyaśca vo namo namaḥ | Gaṇebhyo Gaṇapati Bhyashchavo Namo Namo Virūpe Bhyo Vishvarūpe Bhyashchavo Namo Namo Mahat Vyāhākṣullake Bhyashchavo Namo Namo Ratibhyo Rate Bhyashchavo Namo Namo Rādhe Ebhyo Ratapati Bhyashcha Vo Namo Namaste senābhyaśca, niphābhyaśca vo namo namaḥ. Kṣatrābhyaḥ saṅgrahītṛbhyaśca vo namo namaḥ. Takṣabhyaḥ rathakārebhyaśca vo namo namaḥ. Kulālebhyaḥ karmārebhyaśca vo namo namaḥ. Puñjiṣṭebhyaḥ bhūniṣadebhyaśca vo namo namaḥ. Īśukṛtāya dhanvakṛtāya ca vo namo namah mṛgayuyaśvanīyaśca vo namo namah svapataye ca vo namo namobhavāya ca rudrāya ca namaśśarvāya ca paśupataye ca namo Vyuptakeśāya ca namasahasrākṣāya ca Midhuṣṭamāya ca sumate ca namo, o hrasvāya cavamānāya ca namo, vṛhate cāvarṣīyase ca namo, vṛddhāya ca saṃvṛddhvane ca namo, akriyāya cāpradhamāya ca namo, asave ca jīrāya ca namo, śikriyāya ca śipyāya ca namo, ūrmyāya ca vasvanyāya ca namo, srotasyāya ca tvipyāya ca. Yam Yāya Chakṣema Yāya Chanama Urvar Yāya Chakhal Yāya Chanama Shlok Yāya Chava Sanya Yāya Chanamo Vanya Yāya Chakakṣaya Chanama Shravaya Chapratishravaya Chanama Ashuṣena Yāya Chashuradhaya Chanama Shuraya Chava Bhindate Chanamo Varminecha Varudhinecha Namo Bilmineche Kavachinecha Namaḥ Śrutāya ca Śrutasenāya ca, namo Dundubhāya ca Hānanāyāya ca, namo Draṣṇave ca Pramṛśāya ca, namo Dūtāya ca Prahitāya ca, namo Niṣaṅgiṇe ca Śudhimate ca, nama Stīkṣṇeśave ca Yudhine ca, nama Svāyudhāya ca. Nathyāya cha Vaiśantāya cha namah Kūpyāya cha Vātyāya cha namo Varṣyāya cha Varṣyāya cha namo Namaḥ somāya cha rudrāya cha namaḥ tamrāya cha aruṇāya cha namaḥ śaṅgāya cha paśupataye cha namo ugrāya cha bhīmāya cha namo agrevadhāya cha dūrevadhāya cha namo hantre cha hanīyase cha namo vṛkṣebhyo harikeśebhyo Kūlāyāya Cha Namaḥ Parāyāya Cha Varāyāya Cha Namaḥ Prātaraṇāya Chottaraṇāya Cha Namaḥ Ātaryāyāya Cha Latyāyāya Cha Namaḥ Śaṣpyāya Cha Namah Iriṇyāya cha Prapathyāya cha Namah Kigamśilāya cha Kṣayaṇāya cha Namah Kapardine cha Pulastaye cha Namo Goṣṭhyāya cha Gṛhyāya cha Namas Talpyāya cha Gehyāya cha Namah Kātyāya cha Gahvareṣṭhāya cha Namo Hradayāya cha Niveṣpyāya cha Namo ’ṃśave ’vyāya cha Rajasāya cha Namāśuṣkyāya ca harityāya ca canamalopyāya ca olapyāya ca urvyāya ca sūrmyāya ca namaḥ parṇyāya ca parṇaśatyāya ca namo ’paguramāṇāya ca bhikṣate ca namaḥ ākhidate ca prakhidate ca namo vaḥ kirikebhyo devānāṃ hṛdayebhyo namo vikṣīṇakebhyo namo vicinvadbhyo Bhiyonām anirhate bhiyonām amīvatke vyāha drape andhasaspate dharitran nīla lohita eṣām puruṣāṇām eṣām paśūnām abher maromo eṣām kiñcanam amat Imāgam Rudrāya Tavase Kapardine Ikṣayātvīrāya Prabhara Mahāmatim Yathānaśya Maḥ Satvipāde Catuṣpade Viśvam Puṣṭaṃ Grāme Asmin Nānatūram Mṛḍhano Rudrotano Mayaskṛd Ikṣayātvīrāya Namaḥ Vidhema Te Yacchāṃcayośca Manurāya Jepitā Tadāsyamatā Varutrapraṇitau Mano Mahantam Utamano Arbhakam Ana Ukṣantam Utamano Ukṣitam Vīraṁmano Rutrabhamito Vadhir Havishmanto Namasa Vidhemate Aratte Gokna Utapuru Shagne Kshayatviraya Sumnamasmete Astu Rakshachano Adhichadeva Pruhya Dhachana Sharmayachat Vibharha Avasthirāmāgavāṁbhyasthānuṣvamitvastokāyatanayāyamṛdaya mīḍhuṣṭhamāśivatamaśivonasumanābhava paramivrakṣa āyudhanidhāya kṛttimvasana ācārapinākambibhradāgahi vikiridhavi lohita namaste astu bhagavaha yaste sahasragam hetayonyamas manniva pantutaha Ta samī śāno bhagavāva parācīnā mukhākṛti sahasrāṇi sahasraśo yerutrā adhibhūmya Nīlakaṇṭha Śitikaṇṭha Aśarva Adhaḥkṣamācaraḥ Nīlakaṇṭha Śitikaṇṭha Divagam Rudra Upāśritāḥ Ye Vṛkṣeṣu Saspenjarāṇi Lakrī Vāvilohitāḥ Ye Bhūtānām Adhipatayo Viśikhā Sakkapardinaḥ Ye Anneṣu Vivityanti Pātreṣu Pibhato Janāḥ Ye padhampati rakṣayā ailabradaya vyūḍhā ye tīrthāni pracaranti śrīkavantonī saṅghinaha yaitāvān tāścabhūyāgam saścadiśor uttravitāsthire Namo Uttre Bhyoyaḥ Pṛthivyai Antarikṣe Varṣamiṣavaste Bhyo Dāsapracīr Dāsadakṣiṇā Bhyo Namaste Nomṛdayan Tute, yān dveṣmo yascha no dveṣṭi, taṃ vo jambhe dadhāmi. Tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam. Urvārukamiva bandhanān mṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt. Yo rudro agnau yo apsu ya oṣadhīṣu, yo rudro viśvā bhuvanā viveśa, tasmai rudrāya namo astu. Tamuṣṭuhī yaḥ sviṣuḥ sudhanvā. Viśvasya yakṣāya viśeṣa jāyasya yakṣvāmahe sau manasāya yorutram namo avhir devam asurandu vasya ayam me hasto bhagavān, ayam me bhagavattaraḥ ayam me viśvabheṣajo ’yaṁ śivābhimarśanaḥ Tānā yajñasya māyayā sarvān āvāya jāmahe Om Namah Bhagavate Rudrāya Viṣṇave Mṛtyurme Pāhi Prāṇānāṃ Granthirasi Rudro Mā Viśāntakaḥ Tenānnena Āpyāyasva Sadāśivom Om Śānti Śānti... He Om Pūrṇam Adaḥ Pūrṇam Idaṃ Pūrṇāt Pūrṇam Udacyate Pūrṇasya Pūrṇam Ādāya Pūrṇam Evāvaśiṣyate Om Śānti Śānti... Hey, her pronunciation is sometimes better than mine also. Very good. Thank you for chanting with me. It’s a blessing. We have a few more days. Not letting you go so easily. Once I know, then... Pūrṇam Adaḥ Pūrṇam Idaṁ Pūrṇāt Pūrṇam Udacyate Pūrṇasya Pūrṇam Ādāya Pūrṇam Eva Vaśiṣyate Om Śānti Śānti... He Satguru Dev Bhagavān Kī Jai, Hara Nāmāva Pārvatī Pataye Hara Hara Mahādeva Śambhav. Svasti Prajābhyāṃ Paripālayantāṃ Nyāyena Mārgeṇa Mahīṃ Maheśāḥ. Gom Ramanaibhyo Śubham Astu Nityam. Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu. Om Śānti Śānti... Hari Om, Daburahoot, see you soon.