CHAMAKAM 10
Prayer for Sacred Numbers
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
एका च मे तिस्रश्च मे पञ्च च मे सप्त च मे नव च म
ekaa cha me tisrash-cha me paJNcha cha me sapta cha me nava cha ma
Bless me with: one (One God), three (3 states), five (5 elements), seven (5 senses+mind+intellect), nine (9 body openings).
ekaa
one - the One God
tisrash
three - 3 states/bodies
paJNcha
five - 5 elements/senses
sapta
seven - senses+mind+intellect
nava
nine - body with 9 openings
एकादश च मे त्रयोदश च मे पञ्चदश च मे सप्तदश च मे नवदश च मे
ekaa-dasha cha me trayo-dasha cha me paJNcha-dasha cha me sapta-dasha cha me nava-dasha cha me
Eleven (10 vital-airs + Atma), thirteen, fifteen, seventeen and nineteen.
ekaa-dasha
eleven - 10 airs + Atma
trayo-dasha
thirteen
paJNcha-dasha
fifteen
sapta-dasha
seventeen
nava-dasha
nineteen
चतस्रश्च मेऽष्टौ च मे द्वादश च मे षोडश च मे
chatasrash-cha me ashhTau cha me dvaa-dasha cha me shhoDasha cha me
Four (4 goals/Vedas), eight (4 Vedas + 4 upa-vedas), twelve (12 months), sixteen.
chatasrash
four - 4 goals of life
ashhTau
eight - 4 Vedas + 4 upa-vedas
dvaa-dasha
twelve - 12 months
shhoDasha
sixteen