CHAMAKAM 1
Prayer for Physical and Mental Powers
1. Prayer for Physical and Mental Powers2. Prayer for Inner Qualities3. Prayer for Nourishment4. Prayer for Grains and Agriculture5. Prayer for Nature and Elements6. Prayer for Cosmic Deities7. Prayer for Sacred Vessels8. Prayer for Cosmic Identity9. Offering of Animals (Symbolic)10. Prayer for Sacred Numbers11. Final Prayer and Cosmic Peace
ॐ अग्नाविष्णू सजोषसेमा वर्धन्तु वां गिरः
OM agnaavishhNuu sajoshhase-maa-vardhantu vaan giraH
O Agni! O Vishnu! May these words of mine please You both. May You come with radiance and plenty.
agnaa
O Agni (fire god)
vishhNuu
O Vishnu (preserver)
vardhantu
may they grow/prosper
वाजश्च मे प्रसवश्च मे प्रयतिश्च मे प्रसितिश्च मे धीतिश्च मे क्रतुश्च मे
vaajash-cha me prasavash-cha me prayatish-cha me prasitish-cha me dhiitish-cha me kratush-cha me
Grant me food, permission, effort, inclination, assimilation and action.
vaajash
food/resources
prasavash
permission to share
prayatish
effort
prasitish
keen appetite/digestion
dhiitish
assimilation
kratush
action/yaGYa
मे स्वरश्च मे श्लोकश्च मे श्रावश्च मे श्रुतिश्च मे ज्योतिश्च मे सुवश्च मे
me svarash-cha me shlokash-cha me shraavash-cha me shrutish-cha me jyotish-cha me suvash-cha me
Grant me speech with correct intonations, knowledge of mantras, good voice, capacity to listen, light and the world of light.
svarash
speech/melody
shlokash
hymn knowledge
shraavash
good voice
shrutish
capacity to listen
jyotish
light/illumination
suvash
world of light