Slokas

A library of sacred verses in Telugu, with transliteration and meaning.

25 verses

Bhagavad Gita 2.47కర్మణ్యేవాధికారస్తే మా ఫలేషు కదాచన ।Your right is to action alone, never to its fruits. Let not the fruits of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.
Bhagavad Gita 2.20న జాయతే మ్రియతే వా కదాచిత్The soul is never born, nor does it die; it is unborn, eternal, everlasting and ancient. It is not slain when the body is slain.
Bhagavad Gita 4.7యదా యదా హి ధర్మస్య గ్లానిర్భవతి భారత ।Whenever dharma declines and adharma rises, O Bharata, then I manifest Myself.
Bhagavad Gita 9.22అనన్యాశ్చింతయంతో మాం యే జనాః పర్యుపాసతే ।For those who worship Me with unwavering devotion, ever united with Me, I carry what they lack and preserve what they have.
Bhagavad Gita 6.5ఉద్ధరేదాత్మనాత్మానం నాత్మానమవసాదయేత్ ।Lift yourself by your own self; do not let yourself sink. The self alone is one's friend, and the self alone is one's enemy.
Bhagavad Gita 18.66సర్వధర్మాన్ పరిత్యజ్య మామేకం శరణం వ్రజ ।Abandon all dharmas and take refuge in Me alone. I shall free you from all sins; do not grieve.
Bhagavad Gita 4.39శ్రద్ధావాన్ లభతే జ్ఞానం తత్పరః సంయతేంద్రియః ।The one with shraddha, devoted and self-controlled, attains knowledge; having attained it, one soon reaches supreme peace.
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28అసతో మా సద్గమయ ।Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.
Isha Upanishad — Shanti Mantraఓం పూర్ణమదః పూర్ణమిదం పూర్ణాత్ పూర్ణముదచ్యతే ।That is whole; this is whole. From the whole, the whole arises. Taking the whole from the whole, the whole alone remains.
Taittiriya Upanishad — Shanti Mantraఓం సహ నావవతు । సహ నౌ భునక్తు ।May we be protected together; may we be nourished together; may we work together with vigour; may our study be luminous; may we never quarrel.
Shanti Mantraసర్వే భవంతు సుఖినః సర్వే సంతు నిరామయాః ।May all be happy; may all be free from illness; may all see what is auspicious; may no one suffer.
Gayatri Mantra — Rigveda 3.62.10ఓం భూర్భువః స్వః ।We meditate on the adorable radiance of the divine Savitr; may that light inspire our minds.
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra — Rigveda 7.59.12ఓం త్ర్యంబకం యజామహే సుగంధిం పుష్టివర్ధనమ్ ।We worship the three-eyed one, fragrant, who nourishes all; like a cucumber freed from its stem, may we be freed from death, not from immortality.
Guru Stotramగురుర్బ్రహ్మా గురుర్విష్ణుః గురుర్దేవో మహేశ్వరః ।The guru is Brahma, Vishnu, and Maheshvara; the guru is the supreme Brahman itself — to that revered guru, salutations.
Ganesha Prarthanaవక్రతుండ మహాకాయ సూర్యకోటి సమప్రభ ।O curved-trunked, mighty-bodied one, radiant as a crore of suns — make all my endeavours forever free of obstacles.
Ganesha Dhyanamశుక్లాంబరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజమ్ ।One should meditate on the all-pervading lord clad in white, moon-hued, four-armed, of serene countenance, for the pacification of all obstacles.
Saraswati Prarthanaసరస్వతీ నమస్తుభ్యం వరదే కామరూపిణి ।Salutations to you, Saraswati, giver of boons, fulfiller of wishes; as I begin my studies, may accomplishment always be mine.
Pratah Smaranamకరాగ్రే వసతే లక్ష్మీః కరమధ్యే సరస్వతీ ।At the fingertips dwells Lakshmi, in the middle of the palm Saraswati, at its base Govinda — therefore, look upon your palms at dawn.
Sharanagati Shlokamత్వమేవ మాతా చ పితా త్వమేవYou alone are my mother and father, kinsman and friend, knowledge and wealth — you alone are my everything, O God of gods.
Samarpana Shlokamకాయేన వాచా మనసేంద్రియైర్వాWhatever I do — with body, speech, mind, senses, intellect, or by nature's own course — I offer it all to the supreme Narayana.
Shiva Arati Shlokamకర్పూరగౌరం కరుణావతారంWhite as camphor, compassion incarnate, the essence of existence, garlanded with the king of serpents — I bow to Bhava with Bhavani, ever dwelling in the lotus of the heart.
Deepa Vandanamశుభం కరోతి కల్యాణం ఆరోగ్యం ధనసంపదః ।You bring auspiciousness, welfare, health and prosperity, and destroy hostile thoughts — O light of the lamp, salutations to you.
Krishna Dhyanamవసుదేవసుతం దేవం కంసచాణూరమర్దనమ్ ।I bow to Krishna, son of Vasudeva, vanquisher of Kamsa and Chanura, supreme joy of Devaki, teacher of the world.
Vishnu Dhyanamశాంతాకారం భుజగశయనం పద్మనాభం సురేశంI bow to Vishnu — serene of form, resting on the serpent, lotus-naveled, lord of the gods, support of the universe, vast as the sky, cloud-hued, auspicious-limbed, beloved of Lakshmi, lotus-eyed, reached by yogis in meditation, remover of the fear of worldly existence, the one lord of all worlds.
Devi Prarthanaసర్వమంగళమాంగళ్యే శివే సర్వార్థసాధికే ।O auspiciousness of all that is auspicious, O Shiva's consort, accomplisher of all aims, refuge of all, three-eyed Gauri — Narayani, salutations to you.