Note: Gītā for Chanting Updates
New and updated versions of the Gītā for chanting are available HERE. These now include Devanāgarī and standard Latin IAST transliterated versions. Experimental Tamil, Gujarati, and Kannada versions are available, but these are decidedly works in progress and have not been proofed or formatted.
These versions of the Bhagavad-Gītā were created to facilitate chanting from the Devanāgarī or transliterated text along with comprehension of meaning. To facilitate ease of chanting, the following unorthodox modifications have been made to the original Devanāgarī and standard Latin IAST transliterated versions (It is unclear how many of these changes appear in other transliterated versions or how useful they will be):
- Sandhi (euphonic combination) is resolved at the end of the 1st & 3rd pāda-s (quarters) to accommodate chanting style
- Without disturbing sandhi, words are separated when possible
- Without disturbing sandhi, compound words are hyphenated when possible
- Proper nouns are not generally hyphenated
- Blank space is inserted before an avagraha
- Some short words such as ca, eva etc. are not always separated out
Translation is by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati
Chanting Guidelines
Rules of Chanting in Saṃskṛtam
Transliteration Details
Audio Recordings
The audio recordings below are meant to be used by students to practice at home after having learned directly from a teacher. Note that in the transliteration the words have sometimes been separated in an unorthodox manner (i.e. sandhi is not properly broken) for the sake of easily learning pronunciation. The pronunciation is correct when the words are chanted together.
Format:
- Chanted slowly one time through
- Learning part by part; Listen once, repeat twice:
- Each line is broken into parts, repeated three times
- Each line chanted partially combined, repeated three times
- Each line chanted as a whole, repeated three times
- Chanted at medium-slow speed
- Chanted at medium speed
Kaivalya Upaniṣad Class Chanting
शान्ति-मन्त्र – Śānti-Mantra
भद्रं कर्णेभिः Bhadraṃ Karṇebhiḥ
कैवल्य उपनिषद् Kaivalya Upaniṣad
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दक्षिणामूर्तिस्तोत्रम् – Dakṣiṇāmūrti-Stotram – Unfoldment of the vision of Advaita in the form of prayer to Īśvara as guru
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सरस्वती-श्लोक – Sarasvatī-Śloka – Prayer to the Goddess of learning and knowledge
सहनाववतु – Sahanāvavatu – Peace mantra invoking clarity in learning and teaching
पूर्णमदः – Pūrṇamadaḥ – The entire vision of non-duality in one mantra
महामृत्युञ्जयमन्त्र – Mahā-Mṛtyunñjaya-Mantra – Prayer for health, longevity, and mokṣa (liberation)
न कर्मणा – Na karmaṇā – संन्यासी-स्वागतम् – Welcoming a saṁnyāsī
ब्रह्मानन्द – Brahmānanda Guru Stotram –
स्वस्ति-मन्त्र – Svasti-Mantra – Universal Peace Prayer
Bhagavad Gītā Study Group Chanting
भगवदगीता Bhagavad-Gītā for Chanting
New and updated versions of the Gītā for chanting are available HERE.