Eleven Anuvakas built around the refrain cha me — "and for me." After salutations come the requests: for food, strength, learning, dharma, progeny, prosperity, and liberation.
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Meaning
1
The Opening Prayer
वाजश्च मे
A request for essential well-being — nourishment, health, harmony, and the energy needed to walk the righteous path.
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Anuvaka 1 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
2
Qualities of Character
ज्यैष्ठ्यं च मे
Prayers for inner qualities — seniority, kingship, self-mastery, courage, and fortitude.
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Anuvaka 2 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
3
The Disciplines of Yajña
शं च मे मयश्च मे
Requests for everything required to sustain a life of sacrifice and right conduct.
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Anuvaka 3 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
4
Material Abundance
ऊर्क् च मे
A request for prosperity in every tangible form — grain, milk, shelter, and means to share.
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Anuvaka 4 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
5
Support and Companions
अंशुश्च मे
Prayers for a complete social and spiritual life — family, friends, teachers, students.
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Anuvaka 5 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
6
Elements and Energies
पृथिवी च म
A request for the great elements — earth, sky, air, fire, rivers, oceans — to favour the devotee.
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Anuvaka 6 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
7
The Tools of Sacrifice
अश्मा च मे
Prayers for the implements of yajña to be pure and well-kept — so every offering may be complete.
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Anuvaka 7 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
8
The Treasures of Life
अग्निश्च मे
Every divinity — fire, wind, sun, moon, devas — granting their appointed share of good.
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Anuvaka 8 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
9
Speech, Mind, Breath
इडा च मे
Prayers for the health of the inner faculties — mind, intellect, life-breath, voice, eye.
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Anuvaka 9 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
10
Prosperity and Harvest
कृषिश्च मे
A request for the rewards of honest labour — harvest, cattle, weather, thriving household.
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Anuvaka 10 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
11
The Sacred Numbers
एका च मे
An ascending litany of sacred numbers through which the cosmos is ordered — closing the hymn.
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Anuvaka 11 — verses coming soon
Sanskrit, transliteration, meaning, and word-by-word breakdown will be added here.
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Revisit the Namakam
Traditionally, Namakam and Chamakam are recited together. Together they form the complete Sri Rudram.