ॐ सच्चिदेकं ब्रह्म om saccideikaṁ brahma   ऋषि- सदाशिव ṛṣi- sadāśiva छन्द- अनुष्टुप् chanda- anuṣṭup देवता- परमब्रह्म devatā- paramabrahma   Mantra ॐ सच्चिदेकं ब्रह्म om saccideikaṁ brahma   Variations सच्चिदेकं ब्रह्म saccideikaṁ brahma ऐं सच्चिदेकं ब्रह्म aiṁ saccideikaṁ brahma ह्रीं सच्चिदेकं ब्रह्म hrīṁ saccideikaṁ brahma श्रीं सच्चिदेकं ब्रह्म śrīṁ saccideikaṁ brahma ॐ सत् ॐ चित् ॐ एकं ॐ ब्रह्म om sat om cit om ekaṁ…

यन्मण्डलं द्वीप्तकरं विशालं रत्नप्रभं तीब्रमनादिरूपम्। दारिद्रदुःखक्षयकारण्ञ्च पुनातु मां तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम्॥ yanmaṇḍalaṁ dvīptakaraṁ viśālaṁ ratnaprabhaṁ tībramanādirūpam| dāridraduḥkhakṣayakāraṇñca punātu māṁ tatsaviturvareṇyam||   यन्मण्डलं देवगणै सुपुजितं विप्रै स्तुतं भावनमुक्तिकोविदम्। तं देवदेवं प्रणमामि सूर्यं पुनातु मां तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम्॥ yanmaṇḍalaṁ devagaṇai supujitaṁ viprai stutaṁ bhāvanamuktikovidam| taṁ devadevaṁ praṇamāmi sūryaṁ punātu māṁ tatsaviturvareṇyam||   यन्मण्डलं ज्ञानघनं त्वगम्यं त्रैलोक्यपूज्यं त्रिगुणात्मरूपम्। समस्ततेजोमयदिव्यरूपं पुनातु मां तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम्॥ yanmaṇḍalaṁ jñānaghanaṁ tvagamyaṁ trailokyapūjyaṁ triguṇātmarūpam| samastatejomayadivyarūpaṁ punātu māṁ tatsaviturvareṇyam||   यन्मण्डलं गुढहमतिप्रबोधं धर्मस्य वृद्धिं…

  ॐ ऐम् ह्रीं क्लीं चामुण्डाय विच्चै om aim hrīṁ klīṁ cāmuṇḍāyai viccai Rishi: Bagambhrini, Devata: Sri Adishakti, Chhanda: Jagati (2nd), Trishtup (remaining) ॐ अहम् रुद्रेभिर्वसुभिश्चराम्यहमादित्यैरुत विश्वदेवैः अहं मित्रावरुणोभा बिभर्म्र्यहमिन्द्राग्नी अहंश्विनोभा om aham rudrebhirvasubhiścarāmyahamādityairuta viśvadevaiḥ ahaṁ mitrāvaruṇobhā bibharmryahamindrāgnī ahaṁśvinobhā I pervade the universe and wander through it as the eleven Rudras, the twelve Adityas, the eight Vasus and as…

 *Published in The Times of India, New Delhi, May 29, 1998 The late C. V. Seshadri, while discussing the concept of energy, wrote, “many concepts that are accepted as absolutely self-evident…are really based on very deep-seated cultural roots that need not necessarily be universal.”  The ‘objective’ concept of space is one such and the Indian chemist cites the example of Newton who beheld space and God to be synonymous as…

The day Sūrya enters a rāśi is known as saṁkrānti. Parāśara tells us that those born on saṁkrānti are likely to suffer from poverty, sorrow and other misfortunes. To avoid this, the grahas must be pacified by performing Navagraha Pūjā and the specific Saṁkrānti Doṣa puja as laid down by the great sage. The names of the sa­ṁkrānti according to the seven days of the week starting from Sunday to…

Worship needs to be offered to a Shiva idol. He should have the sign of the Moon on his forehead, hold white rosary in his hand, be dressed in white clothes, three eyed, mounted on a bull and the hands held in vara and abhaya mudras. The worship should begin with Varuṇa mantra. After this the kalaśa should be installed in the south west corner with the following mantras:…

During the Sun’s transit from the Uttarāyaṇ to Aṣāḍī Purṇimā (the full moon of the month of Aṣāḍā), Deveśa Śripati (Lord Nārāyaṇa) retires to his Śeṣa śajyā (bed) to rest and sleep. Soon, one by one, the Gandharvas, the Goddesses and the Deva Mothers retire to their respective bedrooms. Pulastya Muni, upon Maharṣi Nārada’s request, gives a detailed description of the resting procedure of the gods starting from Lord Janārdana,…

Gaṇeśapurāṇa Śrī Gaṇeśa, the great astrologer, gives us a few remedies in this beautiful stotra from the Gaṇeśapurāṇa. He says: If recited thrice a day during the sandhyās or if recited for three days it accomplishes action (sarvakāryasiddhi). If recited for eight days or eight times on caturthī, it grants the aṣṭasiddhīs. If recited ten times a day for a period of one month, it grants liberation from imprisonment. If…

Chhinnamasta is the thunderbolt, the streak of lightening, which is the Shakti of Virocana, the Supreme Self, the luminosity of the Primordial Prakasa. That is why she is Vajravairocani, the glow of the Paramatma which flashes like a lightening and shatters the skies. She is yellow and shines like a million suns, the glory of which destroys all desires and makes her a Mahayogini, the supreme exponent of yogic powers…

Gati: The Direction of the Mind (Moon) Once upon a time, many eons ago, at the time when Śrī had left the gods, Śiva blessed the High Priest of the dark side, Śukrācārya, with the unequivocal Mṛta Sañjīvanī knowledge, by which the asuras (demons) came back to life from the dead, irrevocably more powerful and supreme as conquistadors. Shaken by this turn of events, the gods approached Lord Viṣṇu,…