SANDHYA VANDHANAM
1. FIRST STEP
śarīra śuddhi – Cleansing your body
apavitraḥ
pavitro va
sarvavasthā̎ -ṅ
gatō-'pivā ।
ya-ssmarē-t
puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ
sa bāhyābhyantara
śśuchiḥ ॥
puṇḍarīkākṣa ! puṇḍarīkākṣa ! puṇḍarīkākṣāya namaḥ ।
2. AACHAMANAM
Om kēśavāya svāhā
Om NARAYANA Svaha
Om Madhavaya Svaha
Om Govindha
Vishnoo
Madhushudhana
Trivikrama
Vaamana
Sridhara
Hrishikesha
Padmanabha
Damodhara
Sankarshana
Vasudeva
Pradhyumna
Anirudhaa
Purushothama
Adhoksaja
Narasimha
Atchutha
Janardhana
Upendhra
Hare
Srikrishna
3. GANAPATHY DHYANAM
Gently hit the temple with the knuckles five times in all ,
once after each of the words
(marked *) in the following sloka:
SuklAMbaradharaM * viShNuM * SaSivarNaM *
chaturbhujam *। prasanna vadanaM* dhyAyet
sarvavighnopaSAntaye ॥
4. prANAyAmaha
Touch the right nostril with the right thumb and the left nostril with
the right ring finger and gently press the right thumb to close the
gap on the right nostril and inhale through the left nostril with the
following mantra:
oM bhU: oM bhuva: oghum suva: oM maha: oM jana: oM tapa: oghum
satyam
Now close both the nostrils and hold the breath with the following
mantra:
Now close both the nostrils and hold the breath with the following
mantra:
oM tatsaviturvareNyaM bhargo devasya dhImahi । dhiyo yo naha
prachodayAt
Now leave the right thumb and exhale with the following mantra:
om Apo jyotIrasoamRutaM brahma BurBuva: suvarom ||
Now release both the fingers.
5. saṅkalpaḥam
Keep the left palm on the right thigh with palm facing upwards and
keep the closed right palm over the left palm and chant the
following:
mamopAtta-samasta-duritakShayadvArA
SrIparameSvaraprItyarthaM
prAta: sandhyAmupAsiShye
6. tilakaM
Utter the following mantrA and sprinkle seven times on your
head and the face ( once each after ॥ marked below ) with water
from the tumbler using your right ring finger:
ōṃ āpō̠ hiṣṭhā ma̍ yō̠ bhuva̍ ḥ ।
taa-na̍ ū̠ rjē
da̍ dhātana ।
ma̠ hēraṇaaya̠ chakṣa̍ sē ।
yō va̍ -śśi̠ vata̍ ma rasa̍ ḥa ।
tasya̍ bhaajayatē̠
hiha na̠ ḥa ।
u̠ śha̠ tīri̍ va mā̠ taraaḥa
tasmā̠ a-ara̍ m
gamā ma-vaḥ ।
Now sprinkle water on your knees/leg
yasya kShayaaya jinvatha
Now again sprinkle water on your head
Apaha janayathaa cha naha
Now utter the following mantra and sprinkle water
around you in clockwise direction:
bhurbhuvaha suvaha
7. prātaḥ kāla mantrāchamanaḥ
Take a few drops of water on the right palm and utter the
following mantrA:
sūrya ścha,
māmanyu ścha,
manyupataya ścha,
manyu̍ kṛtē̠ bhyaḥ ।
pāpēbhyō̍ rakṣa̠ ntām ।
yadrātryā pāpa̍ makā̠ rṣam ।
manasā vāchā̍ ha̠ stābhyām ।
padbhyā mudarē̍ ṇa śi̠ ñchā ।
rātri̠ stada̍ valu̠ mpatu ।
yatkiñcha̍ duri̠ ta-mmayi̍ ।
idamaha-mmā mamṛ̍ ta yō̠ nau ।
sūryē jyōtiṣi juhō̍ mi svā̠ hā̎
Drink the water now.
8. Achamanam
Do Achamanam again :
Om kēśavāya svāhā
Om NARAYANA Svaha
Om Madhavaya Svaha
Om Govindha
Vishnoo
Madhushudhana
Trivikrama
Vaamana
Sridhara
Hrishikesha
Padmanabha
Damodhara
Sankarshana
Vasudeva
Pradhyumna
Anirudhaa
Purushothama
Adhoksaja
Narasimha
Atchutha
Janardhana
Upendhra
Hare
Srikrishna
