Veda Chanting

Ayushya Suktam

From the breath of Brahman arose Brahma, from his head arose Shiva, dressed in Elephant skin with Pinaka. I pray to Thrimurthi for long life. I offer this sacrifice to thee. From the Chest arose Agni, the fire in us all. May he release us from death’s hangman. I offer this sacrifice to thee. From his efflugence arose The Golden Sun. May he bless us with a long life. I offer this sacrifice to thee. O Goddess Laksmi, the repository of all knowledge originating from Brahman, you are also ...

2.19 to 2.23 Agni, Vayu, Surya, Chandra and Waters against foes

Rishi - Atharvaa Prayers offered to Agni, Vayu, Surya, Chandra and Waters to use their perfect equilibrium and balance  in the Power of tapas, The righteous rage, shining, burning and brilliance against the haters.

2.15 to 2.18 Freedom from fear, protection, strength and freedom from foes

Freedom from Fear - Rishi Brahmaa Heaven and Earth, The Nights, Sun and Moon do not fear and no harm befalls them. So too the Individual Life should not fear. Just as like the Priest and the Warrior, like Truth and Falsehood, Like the past and the future do not fear, so too the individual life should not fear. Protection - Rishi Brahmaa Let the Vital Airs, keep death away, I offer my self Let Heaven and Earth protect me with their attention, I offer my self Let the Sun protect me...

2.14 Destruction of Hostilities

Rishi: Chaatana In the Abyss of the subconscious resides the demons, that find a home in angry minds. they consume the individual with destructive repetitive thought patterns. You will not allow you to  influence our search for knowledge, or allow you to corrupt simple pleasures or to sow seeds of negative qualities. Take your conflicts to the lower realms, where the other negative qualities reside The illumined mind with the power of intuition will defeat and drive these negative qu...

Agni Suktam 10-080

To Agni, The Divine Will in us all

2.13 Long Life

Rishi: Atharva With your luminous presence all round, O Agni, guard the child of man, guide him to maturity and beyond. Your splendor becomes his, and his protection. Death dares to approach only the allotted time, under your protection. Brishpathi grants the body to Mind. The Word, is your body, your happiness. You protect them from ill-will. May your life of hundred autumns be filled with true wealth. Find your rock within, anchoring your life to it for a hundred years, blessed by al...

2.12 Enemies

Rishi: Bharadvaaja May my ongoing Tapas be beneficial to Heaven, Earth, the Mid-World, the Guardians, The Sun and The wind gods. O Gods, masters of sacrifice, From Bharadwaja I received this knowledge. May those that impede our disciplines be themselves cast into great difficulties. O Indra, the illumined mind, hear me thus. Those who are impure in heart and intent be cut down, like a tree with an axe. I accept the benefits of the sacrifice of the force of desire, direct to our Fathe...

2_11 Fame and Glory

Rishi: Sukra Your one-pointed aspiration, makes sin meaningless. You have made your self as the weapon of weapons that gains fame and glory, no longer bound to your peers Your Sadhana, takes you forward through all opposition to your goal, an unconquerable hero that gains fame and glory, no longer bound to your peers. All implacable foes are defeated and you gain fame and glory, no longer bound to your peers. In your Wisdom, others find their purpose. You protect, and gain fame and g...

Nakshatra Suktam

Hymn in praise of the 27 Nakshatras

Roga Nivarana suktham

Prayer for Good Health and removal of all ailments

Bhagya Suktam

May the rising self-awareness bring the fire of wisdom, the ocean of knowledge, the shower of bliss, the Mitras, the divine healers, Brahamnaspathi, Soma and Rudra. May our efforts win the grace of Bhagya, the powerful and strong, the one the conquerors think of. O Bhagya, shower us with your favours and guide us to reach the splendor, greatness and true prosperity reserved for victorious warriors. With your blessing may we mature and grow in peace and remain happy as our days end. May we ga...

Shatrujaya mantra

O Indra, gift me fearlessness and grant protection, destroy the enemies that never rest. O Indra, answer our prayers, you are the Lord, the benevolent in this world and the next. You destroy our enemies and shower us with waters of peace and safety. We praise you with sacret chants, May we cross the waters, under your protection and by Garuda. May The heavenly teacher bless us with protection. With the ecstasy of Soma, the enemies are subdued and the beauty of the world reveals itself. From ...

Mrithika Suktham

The earth is our sustainer, the one who gives us bliss and she supports all life. You were raised up by the Varaha incarnation. Oh, Earth, destroy all the evil and sinful deeds. You have been gifted to us by God. Kasyapa prayed to you, grant me prosperity as all my well-being depends on you. O Goddess, cleanse me so I may be sinless. You have destroyed my sins and made me worthy of the highest goal.

Ambasyaparye

We meditate on the Creator, with one pointed attention and focus, who is present in the primeval waters, in the world and heavens above. He is the greatest of the great, present in every part of creation and is the impelling force for growth. He is the substratum of existence and its final abode. The source of all powers, the past and the future. The First cause, Parjapathi, self supporting and imperishable. Earth and Heaven and the space between is permeated and within Him, who causes t...

Durva Suktham

O Mother! Remove this nightmare experience of the Universe, perpetuated by hundreds of people. Destroy my sin. Let your energy rise in me, breaking the knots of ignorance and expanding my consciousness. You energy rises and breaks the bonds in the consciousness of thousands of genuine seekers. My Dearest! We worship you with our offerings.

Hiryanagarbha Suktam

In the beginning of creation arose the golden seed who is the one lord of all creation, who holds the earth and the heavens. To Him we offer our worship. He is the one who infused us with souls and strength and who the gods obey implicitly. His very shadow is immortal and death. To Him we offer our worship. In his greatness the One is the king of vision and breath. All creatures two and four are created by Him. To Him we offer our worship. The Snow mountains, The oceans and its currents a...

2.10 Release from bondage of all evils

Rishi: Bhrgu - Angiraa You are released frome the limitation placed on you by Varuna, Nirrti, the curses of sisters. With the power of the Word, you are now free of all evils in this life and the life in heaven. O Agni, may we have peace and pure consciousness.O Soma, may we be blissful and of firm foundation. You are released frome the limitation placed on you by Varuna, Nirrti, the curses of sisters. With the power of the Word, you are now free of all evils in this life and the life i...

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2.9 Remedies

Rishi: Bhrgu - Angiraa O Lord, Lead this man to the land of the living, releasing him from the grip of the demon and the joint afflictions. He has joined the living and is joyful and is a father to his sons. He lives with unbounded joy after conquering the afflictions and is now joyful. the cures for his disease are thousands in number in the hands of a score of healers. The gods gave us these remedies which are know to the men of knowledge and to the plants themselves. The best healer, th...

2.8 Remedy for Kshetriya disease

Rishi: Bhrgu-angiraa Let the two herbs free us of the upper and lower bodily ailments. Let darkness and those who confuse become unsubstantial. Let this plant make the disease dissipate. The husks of barley along with this plant destroys the disease and it fades. We offer our obeisance to the tools, the one who ploughs, protects and presides over this field. May this disease disappear. 

Medha Suktam

O Goddess Saraswathi, who is present everywhere, the one who bestows the best please grace us with your presence. With your grace let our thoughts be focused on spiritual matters and not on useless and wasteful discussions that we have been indulging in so far. May our children too be led to this path. O Goddess, When your grace falls on a person, be become a man of knowledge and is liberated, henceforth, a knower of Brahman. O Devi, bestow on us true wealth and prosperity. May Indra,...

2.7 Curses

Rishi: Atharvaa With this plant that is feared and hated by evil forces removes all curses and washes it away, like water. It is of divine birth. All the curses have no effect including those by enemies, sisters and those by wise men in their anger. Its roots are in heaven and it protects us with its thousand branches with its height on earth. O divine plant, protect our wealth and children from harm. Let the miserly and enemies have no control over us. Those with the evil eye will have th...

2.6 Agni

Rishi: Shaunaka O Agni, let the fire of intent increase with the passing of seasons, time. Good company and truth increase you. Lend your support to all the four regions from your heavenly abode. O Agni, with your fire of enquiry  kindled in the person there is only increase. The path to bliss is set. May only those who follow your path come to no harm and be victorious. O Agni, those seekers of Brahman adore you. May you delight in our battles and conquest. You defeat our inner enemie...

2.5 Indra

Rishi: Bhrgu - Atharvana O Indra, with lordship over the senses, enjoy the bliss from Soma. With Soma rejoice. Overwhelmed by the new experience, filled to overflowing with Soma, Let the words you speak be divine. Vrtra, is killed by Indra, our friend, a master. With soma filled enlightenment he overcomes all foes, like Brghu. Let the ecstasy of Soma, enter you, O Indra, and help us. Please hear our mantras and reside willingly here and bring the ecstasy of soma. Destroy the senses seeking...

2.4 Long Life and Jangidamani

Rishi: Atharvaa We wear this protective device, which keeps us strong and immune to disease and a long life filled with joy. Its strength is equal to a thousand men and protects us from all kinds of evil. It drives of evils, Vishkanda and the consumers. It is a panacea for all ills. It was given to us by the gods in our struggle against demons. Hemp and Jangidamani , one from the woods the other is cultivated. We live long lives, protected agains the evil actions and miserliness of others....

2.3 Remedy for Bleeding

Rishi: Angiraa Your, are an excellent remedied that I made as a  cure with the protection of the glacial streams from the mountains. Spread amongst the hundred healing formulae, you protect against bleeding and diseases, O herbs. The healers delve deep to extract you to heal serious wounds. The diseases disappear. Swimmers dive into ocean depths to bring you up, to stop bleeding and make diseases leave. This is also found from the depths of the earth, it too cures bleeding and prevent dise...

2.2 Gandharva

Rishi: Maatrnaama The divine custodians of knowledge are the lords of the worlds. All people direct their aspirations to them and they are worthy of consistent intent. You are my mantric goal and I prostrate in surrender to you. In heavens you find your audience. We pray for your grace, being the the supreme ruler of the world. We should offer ourselves only to Him. He is ever blissful, being the master of the Yajna and heaven, clothed in heavenly light. All negative forces are warded off....

Saraswathi Suktam

"Goddess Sarasvati is manifest in man as the power of speech. All elements are indicated and subsumed in Speech. It is speech that desccribes, declares and denotes them. Through soft and sweet speech, we can transform even demonic persons into decent individuals. From words, honey drips; words are fragrant flowers; words enshrine Vedic wisdom; words  can build heaven or hell. " - Baba

Navagraha Suktham

Sativur in his golden chariot moves thorugh the darkness acknowledges the immortal and mortal and sees the world. Fire will be our messenger, within whom the knowledge of the entire world is and who performs sacrifice understood by the gods. Let the results of the Yajna reach the one who performs it, and the omniscient lord his sacrificial share who see both 4 legged and two legged creatures. Om my salutations to sun God with all the gods that have influence with him. Om, Fire in the pea...

2.1 The Supreme and Web of Truth

Rishi: Vena Vena was one with the Supreme, The Mother born, milked  that of one form. Svar loka and the Rishis offer worship. Those who truly know it, and those who delight in it, speak to us of the Immortal, the Hidden. Three parts remain veiled, and those who experience it become the guardians of our Fathers. He is our All knowing Father, The all knowing to the seekers of knowledge, the one who gives form to the formless and name to form, the one who gives structure and order. Havi...

1.35 Long Life with Golden force

Rishi: Atharvaa For those who wish to live a long healthy life, with minds in equilibrium, intellect and heart harmonised and have through various practices made themselves fit to receive the golden force. I shall encase you with the power that makes you shine strongly for the span of your life of a hundred autumns. With the first born force of the gods, the person of refined intellect and heart, holds the golden force and lives a long life untouched by the negative forces personified by...

1.34 Madhuvidya

Rishi: Atharvaa Suffused with love, our loving actions extract you with love. Your birth and existence in us, O Soma, results from actions filled with supreme love. May my words, thoughts and action be filled with your presence. Your entrance and exits are nectarine, may words become you. Thus I become sweeter than honey and even nectar. Your love for me is like the honey bird. Like the sugarcane and sugar, separate hatred from you. May you always love me and be with me.

1.33 Waters

From the self effulgent, satwic waters with a golden aura, rose Savitar and Agni, Agni was latent. Let there be peace and happiness for all. Varuna, in the midst, aware of the duality.Agni was latent. Let there be peace and happiness for all. This duality, for the gods, yields Soma. The reign in middle earth. Agni was latent. Let there be peace and happiness for all. O Waters, be conscious of me, wake me with your blissful touch, so I may see your light, pure and shining. Let there be ...

1.32 Mahadbrahma

Rishi: Brahmaa Hear this proclamation, a great mystery, which cannot be found on earth or in the heavens. It is by that the plants breathe. It is the substratum of all, which the wise may or may not know, finding its place in space, like a place for the exhausted. That which the dynamic world and earth created is in timeless motion like the currents of the Ocean. Having in itself all that exists, it rests upon the other. I offer my prayers o the Heavens and Earth, where all things ex...

1.31 Guardians

Rishi: Brahma We offer our worship with the First-Sound of all beings, the immortals, the four regions and the Guardians. May these gods release us from our sins and the binding of the evil-goddess. My worship of you is with offering without fatigue, and the light without limitations. May true riches and well-wishes reach us from the Supreme god of the regions and protectors. Svasti to our parents, our creative sources and all the persons in the world. May our knowledge be perfect and ...

1.30 Long Life

Rishi: Atharvaa May all the Gods and the Vasus extend protection to this person O Adityas, be aware of him. Protect him from powerful weapons released by insiders and others. To the attention of all gods, fathers, sons and conscious people, hrst my words, I commend this person. Bear him to his old age, may he be happy in the process O Gods of the Three worlds, the gods of nature, flora and fauna grant him a long life and protect him from hundred untimely deaths. I desire that they ...

1.29 Prayer of a King

Rishi: Vasishtha The all powerful protection afforded by the powers Indra has strengthened. O Brahmanaspati, let this power increase in every part of the realm. Let all the internal enemies be surrounded and those that resist, may they be defeated. Attack those who corner and abuse us from without. When Savita and Soma, the nectar of bliss, establishes your rule firmly, You are in turn established more. Seeing this, all other beings become your allies. The protection that is afforded...

Sri Suktam

O The Intense fire of Tapas, bring forth the Sat-Chit- Ananda of the Sattvic principle. The Tejas of pure Sattwa. May the grace of Devi lead us to final fulfillment. The one who is latent in the Chariot lead by horses. Who’s awakening is heralded by the dawning of Wisdom. May the Goddess of prosperity find me worthy of her true wealth. O Jataveda, may the transcendental beauty of the Sri reveal itself in the intense fire of Tapas. The one who abides in the lotus of a heart filled with Satt...

Suryo Upanishad

O Gods may we, with our ears listen to what is good, and with our eyes see what is good, O Divine Beings. With limbs and bodies firm may we, extolling you attain the term of life appointed by the Supreme Lord. Now we shall expound mantras of Atharva Veda in relation to the Sun: The seer of this Atharva Aṅgirasa mantra is Brahma, metre Gayatri, Aditya the deity, ‘Hamsas so’ham with Agni and Narayana is the seed, the power is hrillekha or hrim, the pin is the power in the process of unfold...

1.28 Against the Yatu Demons

Rishi: Chaatana The Great God Agni has arisen, destroyer of Rakshasas, diseases. The one who burns the deceivers, demons and Kimidins. O Agni, burn the demons who have come to meet you and the kimidins, those who tread the black path. She who curses and does evil deeds seizing our progeny, eating her own and others children for pleasure. Let this yatudhani eat her own son, sister and daughter. They fight each other and destroy each other.

1.27 Various Evils

Rishi: Atharva On the opposite bank 21 armed snake formations stand without armour. We use their armour and surprise these evil thieving powers. Let the armies in formation, holding bows , who repeated attack unsuccessfully have the minds weakened. The enemy is weak and in disarray and without mental strength to charge forward. The evil forces fail. Let us move forward enthusiastically to the house of our benefactors and receive gifts. O Indrani, our unconquered queen, receive us.

1.26 happiness

Rishi: Brahmaa O Gods, may the missile and stone weapons directed against us, by you, fall away. May you be our companion. Bless us with the company of Bhaga, Savita and great acheivements. Maruts, with the power to fly and the skin of the sun brings us happiness spread wide. May we encouraged to take the right paths, protect us and make our children happy.  

1.25 Fever

Rishi: Bhrgu - angirasa When The Dharmic prayed to you O Agni, you entered the body and burned away the waters leading to its preservation. This was your original birth. With this knowledge leave us. You take the forms of flame, light or heat. You exist in each part of us. You are Hrudu and cause yellowness. With this knowledge let the fever be gone. We pay homage to the fever, the cold that burns. You come everyday, on alternative days or on the third day. We pay homage to you.

1.24 leprosy

Rishi: Brahmaa You are of the same force as the first born Sun, who is the reason for the multitude of flora. His strength has gained many victories. His strength has been the remedy against this Kilaasa. With the removal of the Kilaasa the skin has healed. Sarupa, created by the father and mother of the same nature, make the skin normal and uniform. The herb Shyaama, pulled from the ground and allowed to grow as a tree makes this skin uniform.

Ganapathi Atharva Shrisho Upanishad

Om, O Gods, may our sense perceptions be Auspicious, May we unite in our prayers with body and mind. Let our whole life be spend in service of the Divine. May Surya Devata, Indra, Brihaspathi and Tarksya gant us Wisdom, Glory and wellbeing. May there be peace in all the worlds. O Lord Ganapathi, You are the substratum of all existence, you are the creator sustainer and the destroyer. You are all of this and you and the consciousness that pervades all. You are the underlying reality that ...

1.23 Rama, Krishna and Leprosy

Rishi: Atharvaa The whole dark herbs that grow at night and give happiness remove the disease of kilaasa nd palitaa. The her Rajani. You make these disease disappear and the associated spots. Let your color replace the white color. Yow who germinates, and ends in a dark places remove the white spots. Kilasa is found in the bones and found in the body and the skin. The White disease begins in polluted environment and causes bodily deformity. By divine knowledge the disease will be com...

1.22 Heart Disease and Jaundice

Rishi: Brahmaa Let the rising Sun dispel both heart disease and Jaundice. Let it be transferred to the Red Sun. We surround the man with red color so he is free of disease and yellow color. You form and strength excel in the rays of the rising red sun and all things auspicious. Let the yellow colour transfer to all things yellow like the parrots and starlings.

1.21 Enemies

Rishi: Atharva O Indra, the slayer of Vritra, vanquisher of enemies and supreme warrior. Be the one to lead us ways from fear granting us freedom. Drinker of Soma, grant us health. The ruler of all creatures. O Indra, destroy the enemies that seek to cause us harm and bring them down. Send to the darkness below. Annihilate the demons and the enemies that are hostile towards us. Break Vritra's jaw, O killer of Vritra, Indra. Destroy the anger. Cast confusion on the minds of our enemie...

1.20 Enemies

Rishi: Atharvaa Salutations to God Soma, may I have a loving partner always. Let this sacrifice be blessed by Maruts. Let no defeats, no ill-fame, no crookedness and no hatred approach me. Salutations to Mitra-Varuna, remove us from  where the evil army does their killing. Salutation to Varuna, Let no lethal weapons reach us from this or other regions. May your protection neutralise all powerful weapons aimed at us. As a great sovereign you destroy foes and remain unconquered. Your a...

1.19 Enemies

Rishi: Brahmaa O Indra, Do not allow those with the diseases that are dangerous to us and diseases that recur to come in contact with us. Keep the arrows of enemies away from us.  Let the arrows that we sent and are yet to send hurt the enemies. We praise these divine arrows that are with men. Let Rudras arrows strike those that war against us, whether he is from within our own or outside, related to us or unknown. This Mantra is my inner armor that defends from within against those ...