Aarunya Veda

Understand the significance of ancient Vedic Tradition!

Know the Spiritual Essence of Vedic Chanting!

Aldo Benedetti, a passionate learner, speaks about how Vedic chanting has greatly impacted his mind and being!

Dashāvatār Shloka - Kūrma Avatār - In the form of Tortoise, on the wide expanse of Your back as a pivot for churning rests the world, the mountain, creating round marks. Hail Hari! Keshava! Lord of the universe!

Dashāvatār Shloka - Matsya Avatār - In the waters of deluge, to preserve the knowledge of Vedas, you came in the form of a fish and held it like a vessel undefeated from it's course. Hail Hari! Keshava! Lord of the universe!

Daily Prayer - Guru Stotram - Salutations to my teacher who is the Lord of the universe, guru of the whole world, and who gives me the knowledge of self and being!

Daily Prayer - Navagraha Stotram - My salutations to the Navagrahas - Lord Surya, Chandra, Kuja, Budha, Brihaspathi, Shukra, Shani, Rahul and Ketu! Seeking all your blessings !

A prayer to the Divine to protect and nourish us all and bless us with sharpened intellect and great energy to work together! May the Divine destroy hatred in our hearts and bless us with peace in our body, mind, and spirit!

Daily Prayer - Shiva Arati - A heartfelt prayer to Lord Shiva who is pure white as camphor, an incarnation of compassion, essence of worldly existence, whose garland is the king of serpents, always dwelling in the lotus of the heart! My prostrations to Lord Shiva and Shakti together!

Daily Prayer - Mahamrtyunjaya Mantra - We worship the three-eyed Lord who is fragrant and nourishes all! Like the fruits fall from the bo***ge of the stem, may we be liberated from death and mortality!

Daily Prayer - Lakshmi Prarthana - O Devi Narayani! Goddess of auspiciousness, consort of the three-eyed Lord Shiva, accomplishes all our desires and is the refuge of all! My salutations to You!

Daily Prayer - Gayatri Mantra - Prayers to the creator of 3 realms who is in the form of billion suns! We offer our respect to the radiance of this light and seek blessings to illumine our intellect!

Daily Prayer - Ganesha Mantra - Lord Ganesha! One with a huge body and elephant trunk! Please remove obstacles and bless our endeavors with success!

Daily Prayer - Pāchan Mantra - A prayer to the goddess Annapoorna to bless us with Food and Health along with Boons and Courage!

Daily Prayer - Saraswathi Prarthana - A prayer to the goddess of Knowledge and Intelligence to bless us to be rid of Ignorance and be filled with Wisdom!

Daily Prayer - Surya Prarthana - A prayer to the Sun god to destroy our sins of thousand births and bless us with Wealth and Prosperity!

Daily Prayer - Snana Shloka - An invocation for the presence of Sacred Holy Rivers of India in the water we use everyday!

Soundarya Lahari - Verse 20: The one who meditates on Your bright body will be able to humble the pride and ferocity of serpents.

Soundarya Lahari - Verse 18: Thy form which bathes the heaven and the earth in its crimson radiance resembling the rising sun.

Soundarya Lahari - Verse 17: Only chosen ones can become the author of beautifying Thy Splendor!

Soundarya Lahari - Verse 16: One needs the blessing of Saraswathi to find the right words to explain the brightness of Thy beauty which is like morning rising sun!

Soundarya Lahari - Verse 15: No words can describe the beauty of Thy benevolent Posture!

Soundarya Lahari - Verse 14: Thy Luminous Manifestation reach the Chakras as various Tattwas!