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सनातन धर्म · Sanatan Dharma

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Every mantra carries Devanagari, simple pronunciation, meaning, and its own jaap counter.

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Ganesha

ॐ गं गणपतये नमः

Oṁ Gaṁ Gaṇapataye Namaḥ

Om — Gam — salutations to Ganapati, lord of the ganas. The ganas are the hosts that attend Shiva; devotional commentators widen the word to every…

New beginningsProtection
Shiva

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् । उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥

Oṁ tryambakaṁ yajāmahe sugandhiṁ puṣṭi-vardhanam, urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt

We worship the three-eyed one, fragrant, nourisher of all. As the ripe cucumber is released from its vine, may I be freed from death — not from…

HealingProtection
Devi

ॐ श्रीं महालक्ष्म्यै नमः

Oṁ Śrīṁ Mahālakṣmyai Namaḥ

Om — Shreem — salutations to Mahalakshmi. Shreem is shri compressed into a seed, planted by repetition. The mantra asks the goddess of abundance for…

AbundanceNew beginnings
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धर्मो रक्षति रक्षितः

Dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ

Dharma protects those who protect it.

— Manusmṛti 8.15

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