Navagraha
Chandra — the Moon
ॐ श्रां श्रीं श्रौं सः चन्द्राय नमः
Simple reading
Om shraam shreem shraum sah chan-draa-ya na-mah
Oṁ śrāṁ śrīṁ śrauṁ saḥ candrāya namaḥ
About this mantra
The bīja-mantra of the Moon, second of the nine grahas. Jyotisha counts Chandra as the significator of the mind, the emotions, nourishment and the mother, the graha whose waxing and waning the tithi calendar follows.
Meaning
Om, with the seed-syllables śrāṁ śrīṁ śrauṁ saḥ, salutations to Chandra, the Moon. The Moon waxes and wanes, and jyotisha says the mind moves with it. The jaap asks that its tides turn gentle: emotions that move like moonlight on water, not like storm surf.
Learn it by heart
Say the first line until it comes without reading, then add the next line and say both, until the whole mantra comes on its own.
Whole mantra
This mantra is a single line. Learn it whole, then add it to your review deck so it comes back for a check.
ॐ श्रां श्रीं श्रौं सः चन्द्राय नमः
Oṁ śrāṁ śrīṁ śrauṁ saḥ candrāya namaḥ
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Aim for eleven. Stop reading as soon as the whole mantra comes on its own.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
Mondays, and the full-moon and new-moon days; taken up in emotional turbulence, troubled sleep, and matters of the mother and the home.
Word by word
- ॐoṁ
- the primordial sound
- श्रां श्रीं श्रौं सःśrāṁ śrīṁ śrauṁ saḥ
- the bīja (seed) syllables of this graha
- चन्द्रायcandrāya
- to Chandra
- नमःnamaḥ
- I bow, salutations
Source: Navagraha bīja-mantra tradition (jyotiṣa / graha-śānti practice)
Note: Given here in its commonly used form; wording can vary slightly between family and regional traditions.