Kshama Prarthana

Sairam

KSAMA PRARTHANA

Introduction

Vedas should be chanted with perfection in intonation and pronunciation. Knowing the meaning and chanting with the right emotion and attitude is very important. It is said that a slight change in intonation and pronunciation will change the meaning of the chanted mantra. It may lead to sin.

To get redemption from the sins during chanting and those sins we do in everyday activities, we chant KsamaPrarthana.

Ksamaprarthana means asking for forgiveness.

Generally, it is a practice that we start our chant with Ganapathiprarthana (invoking Lord Ganesha) and end with Ksamaprarthana (asking for forgiveness).

KsamaPrarthana (English)

Yadaksharapadabrastammatrahinamtuyadbhavet

Tatsarvamksamyatam deva narayananamostute.

Visargabindummatranipadapadaksarainica

Nyunanicatiriktaniksamasvasaisvara

Aparadhasahasranikriyanteharnisammaya

Dasoyamiti mam matvaksamasvasaisvara

Anyathasaranamnastitvamevasaranam mama

Tasmatkarunyabhavenaraksaraksasaisvara

Harihom tat sat Sri Saisvararpanamastu

AumShantihShantihShantih

MEANING

Yadaksharampadabharashtammatrahinamtuyadbhavet

Tatsarvamksamyatam deva narayananamostute.

  

Meaning:

        Prostrations to you, Lord Narayana.

Forgive me for all the defects in the letter or phrase or from phonetic aberration that may have occurred (in my chant).

Visargabindumatranipadapadaksaranica

Nyunanicatiriktaniksamasvasaisvara

Meaning:   

        Forgive me, O Saisvara

        Forgive me for my defect in

                Pronunciation (of Visarga(:), bindu)

                Intonation

                Alphabet

                Word

                Phrase

                & any other mistake

Aparadhasahasranikriyanteharnisammaya

Dasoyamiti mam matvaksamasvasaisvara

Meaning:

        O Saisvara, considering me as your servant

        Forgive the thousands of errors committed by me day in and day out.

Anyathasaranamnastitvamevasaranam mama

Tasmatkarunyabhavenaraksaraksasaisvara

Meaning:

        You are my only refuge for there is no one else.

Therefore, O Saisvara, protect me compassionately.

Harihom tat sat Sri Saisvararpanamastu

Meaning:

        May this be an offering to SreeSaisvara

 Sairam