BROADCASTS.com

Chanting by Swami Swatmananda(Chinmaya Mission)

Do you chant mantras in any tune? Without intonations? If yes, then you are not getting the best results of the chanting.

Mantras are powerful chants which produce sound vibrations to purify the environment, heal the body, calm the mind, improve concentration, decision-making, unite us with the Divine Spiritually.

Vedic mantras have simple intonations. They are not very difficult to follow. But they give great results when we chant with intonation. The following are the basic Vedic intonations:

1. Svarita - without any sign. Chanted as Normal note
2. Udatta - A horizontal mark _ below the alphabet. Chanted one note lower than normal.
3. Anudatta - A vertical mark | above the alphabet. Chanted as a Higher note than normal
4. Pluta - 2 vertical lines above the alphabet ||. Chanted by elongating the vowel of the alphabet.

Om Namah Shivaya has an anudatta above ma. So ma of namaha must be chanted as a higher note. There is udatta below shi. So it has to be chanted one note lower. There is anudatta above ya. It is chanted as a higher note. All other alphabets like om, na & vaa are chanted as svarita or normal note. One has to leave the air out of the mouth after namah and before shivaaya. (Listen to the end of the reel for learning the chanting)

Try chanting the mantra with the right intonation and experience the difference.

Om Namah Shivaaya means the following:
1. My prostrations to Lord Shiva
2. I invoke auspiciousness
3. I surrender to Lord Shiva
4. I am one with Shiva
5. I renounce(na mama is namaha) to attain bliss(shiva)

May the right chanting of Om Namah Shivaaya lead us to Shiva-Auspiciousness & Bliss.

Please support this podcast by pressing the follow button and support Chinmaya Mission Mumbai projects taken up by Swami Swatmananda, through generous donations. Contribution by Indians in INR can be made online using this link: https://bit.ly/gdswatman

Donors outside India who would like to offer any Gurudakshina/donation can send an email to enquiry@chinmayamissionmumbai.com with a cc to sswatmananda@gmail.com to get further details.

These podcasts @ChinmayaShivam are also available on Spotify, Apple iTunes, Apple Podcasts, Podomatic, Amazon music and Google Podcast

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/ChinmayaShivampage

Insta: https://instagram.com/chinmayashivam?igshid=1twbki0v3vomt

Twitter: https://twitter.com/chinmayashivam

Blog: https://notesnmusings.blogspot.com

LinkedIN: www.linkedin.com/in/swatmananda