Sandhya (Sanskrit/English)
आचमनं – Aachamanam
Chant this mantra thrice, each time sipping water from the right palm (For each chant, take some water in the right palm and sip at the end of each chant.)
ओम्
शन्नो देवीरभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये।
शंयोरभि श्रवन्तु नः ॥1
Om Shanno deveer-abhiṣhṭaya
aapo bhavantu peetaye.
Shanyor-abhi-shravantu nah.
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देवी-स्वरूप ईश्वर पूरण अभीष्ट कीजे।
यह नीर हो सुधामय कल्याण दान-दीजे॥
नित ऋद्धि-सिद्धि बरसे हित हो सदा हमारा।
बहती रहे हृदयमें सद्धर्म प्रेम-धारा॥
Devee svaroop eeshvar, pooraṇ abheeṣhṭ keeje,
Yah neer ho sudhaa-mai, kalyaan daan deeje
Nit ṛiddhi siddhi barse, hit ho sadaa hamaaraa
Bahtee rahe hridai me, saddharm prem dhaaraa.
O Self-Luminous God (Devi) and All-Pervading Energy (Apah), by connecting with Your presence, may the Highest Good (Abhishtaye) be realized by us. May Your presence serve as our inner nourishment (Peetaye). Through this alignment, may peace and the cessation of suffering (Shamyoh) naturally flow (Sravantu) into our consciousness from all sides.
ओ३म् The supreme name of God. शम् Peace, happiness, or bliss नः To us देवीः The Self-Luminous, Radiant One (Div—to shine) अभिष्टये For the attainment of the Highest Good (Moksha) आपः The Omnipresent One. (Note: Dayanand derives this from the root ‘Aap’—to pervade. Just as water pervades the earth, God pervades the universe पीतये For imbibing protection or knowledge शंयोः Peace (Sham) + Freedom from misery (Yoh) स्रवन्तु Flow / Shower.
