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May the Sun shine upon us as a source of well-being and blessing. May it's warmth and light bring us comfort and joy. And may the divine Rain-God, Parjanya, shower life-giving and auspicious rain upon us.",{"text":128,"chapter":129,"verse":130,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"Yajurveda","Vajasaneyi Samhita (Shukla Yajurveda)","36.10","","The mantra repeats śam, a wish for welfare, auspiciousness and ease, before each of the natural powers it invokes. It asks that vāta, the wind, blow beneficially; that sūrya, the sun, give a kindly warmth; and that Parjanya, the rain-bearing deity, shower rain upon the people. The vivid word kanikradat presents Parjanya as sounding or thundering as the rain approaches. Wind, sunlight and rain thus appear not as passive scenery but as life-sustaining forces whose favourable action is welcomed as a blessing. The verse's two topics arise directly from this language: nature from its named forces, and wellness from the repeated prayer for śam.\n\nThe supplied English meaning expands these compact petitions into peaceful air, purifying wind, comfort, joy and life-giving rain. Those phrases communicate the mantra's benevolent spirit, though several are explanatory rather than separate claims made by individual Sanskrit words. The Sanskrit explicitly names Parjanya, not Varuna, as the deity who thunders and rains; this distinction matters even though the supplied Hindi meaning has been preserved exactly as displayed.",[134,139,145,150,155,160,165,171,176,182,186],{"word":135,"transliteration":136,"root":-1,"meaning":137,"note":138},"शम्","śam","well-being, welfare or auspiciousness","Appears as śaṃ before the following consonant.",{"word":140,"transliteration":141,"root":142,"meaning":143,"note":144},"नः","naḥ","अस्मद्","for us","The first occurrence appears as no before vātaḥ.",{"word":146,"transliteration":147,"root":148,"meaning":149,"note":-1},"वातः","vātaḥ","वात","the wind",{"word":151,"transliteration":152,"root":153,"meaning":154,"note":-1},"पवताम्","pavatām","√पव्","may it blow",{"word":156,"transliteration":157,"root":158,"meaning":159,"note":-1},"तपतु","tapatu","√तप्","may it warm or shine",{"word":161,"transliteration":162,"root":163,"meaning":164,"note":-1},"सूर्यः","sūryaḥ","सूर्य","the sun",{"word":166,"transliteration":167,"root":168,"meaning":169,"note":170},"कनिक्रदत्","kanikradat","√क्रन्द्","sounding repeatedly, thundering","The final t becomes d before devaḥ in continuous recitation.",{"word":172,"transliteration":173,"root":174,"meaning":175,"note":-1},"देवः","devaḥ","देव","the deity",{"word":177,"transliteration":178,"root":179,"meaning":180,"note":181},"पर्जन्यः","parjanyaḥ","पर्जन्य","Parjanya, the rain-bearing deity","The visarga becomes o before abhi: parjanyo 'bhi.",{"word":183,"transliteration":184,"root":-1,"meaning":185,"note":-1},"अभि","abhi","upon, over",{"word":187,"transliteration":188,"root":189,"meaning":190,"note":-1},"वर्षतु","varṣatu","√वृष्","may he rain or shower",{"title":192,"summary":193,"meaning":194,"source":195,"alsoIn":-1,"postText":131,"commentary":199,"wordByWord":200},"शं नो वातः - वायु, सूर्य और वर्षा का मंगल","शुक्ल यजुर्वेद का यह मन्त्र वायु, सूर्य और वर्षा के देवता पर्जन्य से कल्याणकारी होने की प्रार्थना करता है।","हमारे लिए वायु कल्याणकारी, सुखद और शुद्ध होकर बहे, सूर्य देव हमारे लिए कल्याणकारी होकर तपे अर्थात् उनका ताप सुख देने वाला हो और दिव्य गर्जना करने वाले वरुणदेव हमारे ऊपर कल्याणकारी जल की वर्षा करें।",{"text":196,"chapter":197,"verse":198,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"यजुर्वेद","वाजसनेयी संहिता (शुक्ल यजुर्वेद)","३६.१०","इस मन्त्र में प्रत्येक प्राकृतिक शक्ति से पहले 'शम्' की पुनरावृत्ति होती है, जो कल्याण, मंगल और सुख की कामना व्यक्त करती है। प्रार्थना है कि 'वात', अर्थात् वायु, हितकारी रूप से बहे; 'सूर्य' सुखद ताप दे; और वर्षा के देवता पर्जन्य हमारे ऊपर जल बरसाएँ। 'कनिक्रदत्' शब्द गर्जना करते हुए आते पर्जन्य का सजीव चित्र उपस्थित करता है। इस प्रकार वायु, सूर्य और वर्षा केवल प्राकृतिक दृश्य नहीं रहते, बल्कि जीवन को धारण करने वाली शक्तियों के रूप में सामने आते हैं। मन्त्र में सीधे उल्लिखित प्राकृतिक शक्तियाँ 'nature' विषय को और बार-बार की गई 'शम्' की कामना 'wellness' विषय को आधार देती है।\n\nदिया गया हिन्दी अर्थ इन संक्षिप्त वैदिक कामनाओं को शुद्ध वायु, सुखद ताप और कल्याणकारी जल की आधुनिक भाषा में विस्तार देता है। ये भाव मन्त्र की मंगलकामना के अनुरूप हैं, यद्यपि हर विशेषण का संस्कृत में अलग पद नहीं है। मूल मन्त्र में गर्जना और वर्षा करने वाले देवता का नाम पर्जन्य है, वरुण नहीं; इसलिए स्रोत-सम्मत व्याख्या में यह भेद स्पष्ट किया गया है, जबकि दिया गया हिन्दी अर्थ निर्देशानुसार अक्षरशः सुरक्षित रखा गया है।",[201,204,207,209,211,213,214,217,219,222,224],{"word":135,"transliteration":136,"root":-1,"meaning":202,"note":203},"कल्याण, मंगल या सुख","अगले व्यञ्जन से पहले इसका रूप 'शं' दिखाई देता है।",{"word":140,"transliteration":141,"root":142,"meaning":205,"note":206},"हमारे लिए","पहली बार वातः से पहले इसका रूप 'नो' है।",{"word":146,"transliteration":147,"root":148,"meaning":208,"note":-1},"वायु",{"word":151,"transliteration":152,"root":153,"meaning":210,"note":-1},"बहे",{"word":156,"transliteration":157,"root":158,"meaning":212,"note":-1},"तपे या प्रकाश दे",{"word":161,"transliteration":162,"root":163,"meaning":163,"note":-1},{"word":166,"transliteration":167,"root":168,"meaning":215,"note":216},"बार-बार ध्वनि करता हुआ, गर्जता हुआ","निरन्तर पाठ में देवः से पहले अन्तिम त् का द् हो जाता है।",{"word":172,"transliteration":173,"root":174,"meaning":218,"note":-1},"देवता",{"word":177,"transliteration":178,"root":179,"meaning":220,"note":221},"वर्षा के देवता पर्जन्य","अभि से पहले विसर्ग का ओ होकर रूप 'पर्जन्योऽभि' बनता है।",{"word":183,"transliteration":184,"root":-1,"meaning":223,"note":-1},"ऊपर, ओर",{"word":187,"transliteration":188,"root":189,"meaning":225,"note":-1},"वर्षा करें, बरसाएँ",{"slug":227,"devanagari":228,"transliteration":229,"topics":230,"date":231,"content":232},"anubhyashcha-mahadbhyashcha-shastrebhyah","अणुभ्यश्च महद्भ्यश्च शास्त्रेभ्यः कुशलो नरः।\nसर्वतः सारमादद्यात् पुष्पेभ्य इव षट्पदः॥","aṇubhyaśca mahadbhyaśca śāstrebhyaḥ kuśalo naraḥ ।\nsarvataḥ sāramādadyāt puṣpebhya iva ṣaṭpadaḥ ॥",[31,73,84],"2026-09-08",{"en":233,"hi":239},{"title":234,"summary":235,"source":236},"Anubhyashcha Mahadbhyashcha - The Bee's Way of Learning","A Bhagavata Purana verse: a skilled person draws the essence out of every text, small or great, the way a bee gathers nectar from many flowers.",{"text":237,"chapter":131,"verse":238,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"Srimad Bhagavata Purana","11.8.10",{"title":240,"summary":241,"source":242},"अणुभ्यश्च महद्भ्यश्च - भ्रमर की सीख","श्रीमद्भागवत पुराण का श्लोक: कुशल व्यक्ति छोटे-बड़े हर शास्त्र से सार ग्रहण करे, जैसे भ्रमर अनेक पुष्पों से मधु लेता है।",{"text":243,"chapter":131,"verse":244,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"श्रीमद्भागवत पुराण","११.८.१०",{"slug":246,"devanagari":247,"transliteration":248,"topics":249,"date":250,"content":251},"vasudevasutam-devam-kamsachanuramardanam","वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम्।\nदेवकीपरमानन्दं कृष्णं वन्दे जगद्गुरुम्॥","vasudevasutaṁ devaṁ kaṁsacāṇūramardanam ।\ndevakīparamānandaṁ kṛṣṇaṁ vande jagadgurum ॥",[70,45],"2026-09-04",{"en":252,"hi":258},{"title":253,"summary":254,"source":255},"Vasudevasutam Devam - A Salutation to Krishna","A reverent salutation to Krishna as Vasudeva's son, the destroyer of Kansa and Chanura, Devaki's supreme joy, and the teacher of the world.",{"text":256,"chapter":-1,"verse":257,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"Krishna Ashtakam","1",{"title":259,"summary":260,"source":261},"वसुदेवसुतं देवं - श्रीकृष्ण को वन्दना","वसुदेव-पुत्र, कंस और चाणूर के संहारक, देवकी के परम आनन्द और जगद्गुरु श्रीकृष्ण की श्रद्धापूर्ण वन्दना।",{"text":262,"chapter":-1,"verse":263,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"कृष्णाष्टकम्","१",[265,284,301],{"slug":266,"devanagari":267,"transliteration":268,"topics":269,"date":270,"content":271},"svasti-na-indro-vriddhashravah","स्वस्ति न इन्द्रो वृद्धश्रवाः स्वस्ति नः पूषा विश्ववेदाः।\nस्वस्ति नस्तार्क्ष्यो अरिष्टनेमिः स्वस्ति नो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु॥","svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ ।\nsvasti nas tārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ svasti no bṛhaspatir dadhātu ॥",[55,70,45],"2026-09-10",{"en":272,"hi":278},{"title":273,"summary":274,"source":275},"Svasti Na Indro - A Fourfold Prayer for Well-Being","A Rigveda svasti mantra in which Indra, Pushan, Tarkshya and Brihaspati are each asked to bestow well-being upon us.",{"text":276,"chapter":131,"verse":277,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"Rigveda","1.89.6",{"title":279,"summary":280,"source":281},"स्वस्ति न इन्द्रो - चतुर्विध कल्याण की प्रार्थना","ऋग्वेद का यह स्वस्ति-मन्त्र इन्द्र, पूषा, तार्क्ष्य और बृहस्पति से हम सबके कल्याण की कामना करता है।",{"text":282,"chapter":131,"verse":283,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"ऋग्वेद","१.८९.६",{"slug":285,"devanagari":286,"transliteration":287,"topics":288,"date":289,"content":290},"bhadram-karnebhih-shrnuyama-deva","भद्रं कर्णेभिः शृणुयाम देवा भद्रं पश्येमाक्षभिर्यजत्राः।\nस्थिरैरङ्गैस्तुष्टुवांसस्तनूभिर्व्यशेम देवहितं यदायुः॥","bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devā bhadraṃ paśyemākṣabhir yajatrāḥ ।\nsthirair aṅgais tuṣṭuvāṃsas tanūbhir vyaśema devahitaṃ yad āyuḥ ॥",[55,70],"2026-08-10",{"en":291,"hi":296},{"title":292,"summary":293,"source":294},"Bhadram Karnebhih - A Prayer for Auspicious Perception","A Rigvedic prayer to hear and see what is auspicious, live with steadfast limbs, and complete the divinely allotted span of life in praise.",{"text":276,"chapter":131,"verse":295,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"1.89.8",{"title":297,"summary":298,"source":299},"भद्रं कर्णेभिः - शुभ श्रवण और दर्शन की प्रार्थना","ऋग्वेद की यह प्रार्थना शुभ सुनने और देखने, स्थिर अंगों के साथ स्तुति करने तथा देवों द्वारा निर्धारित आयु को पूर्ण करने की कामना करती है।",{"text":282,"chapter":131,"verse":300,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"१.८९.८",{"slug":302,"devanagari":303,"transliteration":304,"topics":305,"date":306,"content":307},"madhu-vata-ritayate","मधु वाता ऋतायते मधु क्षरन्ति सिन्धवः।\nमाध्वीर्नः सन्त्वोषधीः॥","madhu vātā ṛtāyate madhu kṣaranti sindhavaḥ ।\nmādhvīr naḥ santv oṣadhīḥ ॥",[58,111,13,55],"2026-06-05",{"en":308,"hi":314},{"title":309,"summary":310,"source":311},"Madhu Vata Ritayate - Sweetness in Nature","A Rigvedic prayer that sees the winds, rivers, herbs, and plants as sources of sweetness, nourishment, health, and harmony.",{"text":276,"chapter":312,"verse":313,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"Madhu Sukta","1.90.6",{"title":315,"summary":316,"source":317},"मधु वाता ऋतायते - प्रकृति की मधुरता","ऋग्वेद का यह मंत्र वायु, नदियों, औषधियों और वनस्पतियों को मधुरता, पोषण, आरोग्य और सामंजस्य के स्रोत के रूप में देखता है।",{"text":282,"chapter":318,"verse":319,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"मधु सूक्त","१.९०.६",[321,342,363],{"slug":322,"devanagari":323,"transliteration":324,"topics":325,"date":326,"content":327},"hitahitam-sukham-duhkham","हिताहितं सुखं दुःखमायुस्तस्य हिताहितम्।\nमानं च तच्च यत्रोक्तमायुर्वेदः स उच्यते॥","hitāhitaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkham āyus tasya hitāhitam ।\nmānaṃ ca tac ca yatroktam āyurvedaḥ sa ucyate ॥",[36,55],"2026-09-23",{"en":328,"hi":335},{"title":329,"summary":330,"source":331},"Hitahitam Sukham Duhkham - What Ayurveda Encompasses","Charaka Samhita defines Ayurveda through beneficial and harmful, happy and unhappy forms of life and the measure of lifespan.",{"text":332,"chapter":333,"verse":334,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"Charaka Samhita","Sutrasthana","1.1.41",{"title":336,"summary":337,"source":338},"हिताहितं सुखं दुःखम् - आयुर्वेद का व्यापक स्वरूप","चरक संहिता आयुर्वेद को हित-अहित, सुख-दुःख, जीवन के अनुकूल-प्रतिकूल तत्त्वों और आयु के मान का ज्ञान बताती है।",{"text":339,"chapter":340,"verse":341,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"चरक संहिता","सूत्रस्थान","१.१.४१",{"slug":343,"devanagari":344,"transliteration":345,"topics":346,"date":347,"content":348},"sutramanam-prithivim-dyam","सुत्रामाणं पृथिवीं द्यामनेहसं सुशर्माणमदितिं सुप्रणीतिम् ।\nदैवीं नावं स्वरित्रामनागसो अस्रवन्तीमा रुहेमा स्वस्तये॥","sutrāmāṇaṃ pṛthivīṃ dyām anehasaṃ suśarmāṇam aditiṃ supraṇītim ।\ndaivīṃ nāvaṃ svaritrām anāgaso asravantīm ā ruhemā svastaye ॥",[58,55],"2026-09-22",{"en":349,"hi":356},{"title":350,"summary":351,"source":352},"Sutramanam Prithivim Dyam - The Divine Boat to Well-Being","An Atharvaveda mantra envisions earth, heaven and Aditi as a secure divine boat that carries people toward well-being.",{"text":353,"chapter":354,"verse":355,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"Atharvaveda","Shaunaka Samhita","7.6.3",{"title":357,"summary":358,"source":359},"सुत्रामाणं पृथिवीं द्याम् - कल्याण की दिव्य नौका","अथर्ववेद का यह मन्त्र पृथ्वी, द्युलोक और अदिति को सुरक्षित दिव्य नौका के रूप में देखता है, जो मनुष्य को कल्याण की ओर ले जाती है।",{"text":360,"chapter":361,"verse":362,"additional":-1,"partOf":-1},"अथर्ववेद","शौनक संहिता","७.६.३",{"slug":266,"devanagari":267,"transliteration":268,"topics":269,"date":270,"content":364},{"en":365,"hi":366},{"title":273,"summary":274,"source":275},{"title":279,"summary":280,"source":281},1790907586360]