॥ वाचं धेनुमुपासीत ॥

Vāgdhenu Chants

Listen to a Sanskrit śloka chanted, watch the words light up as they're sung, and read what each verse actually means.

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7 ślokas — pick one to listen and follow along.

vasantatilakā

Nārāyaṇāya — MBTN invocation verse

Mahābhārata Tātparya Nirṇaya · 1.1 (Madhvācārya)

नारायणाय परिपूर्णगुणार्णवाय विश्वोदयस्थितिलयोन्नियतिप्रदाय ।

The opening invocation of Madhvācārya's Mahābhārata Tātparya Nirṇaya: repeated obeisance to Nārāyaṇa -- the ocean of perfect,…

śārdūlavikrīḍita

Janmādy asya yataḥ

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.2

जन्माद्यस्य यतोऽन्वयादितरतश्‍चार्थेष्वभिज्ञः स्वराट् तेने ब्रह्म हृदा य आदिकवये मुह्यन्ति यं सूरयः। तेजोवारिमृदां यथा विनिमयो यत्र त्रिसर्गो मृषा धाम्ना स्वेन सदा निरस्तकुहकं सत्यं परं धीमहि

The opening verse of the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam: we meditate on the Supreme Truth, from whom this universe's creation, sustenance and…

anuṣṭubh

Naimiṣe 'nimiṣa-kṣetre

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.5

नैमिषेऽनिमिषक्षेत्रे ऋषयः शौनकादयः। सत्रं स्वर्गाय लोकाय सहस्रसममासत

Sets the scene for the entire Bhāgavatam: in the forest of Naimiṣāraṇya -- a place so sacred that even time is said to blink…

vaṃśastha

Paśyanty ado rūpam

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.3.5

पश्यन्त्यदो रूपमदभ्रचक्षुषः सहस्रपादोरुभुजाननाद्भुतम्। सहस्रमूर्धश्रवणाक्षिनासिकं सहस्रमौल्यम्बरकुण्डलोल्‍लसत्

A description of the cosmic form of the Supreme Person (the viśva-rūpa) as beheld by those with unclouded, expanded vision: an…

drutavilambita

Nigama-kalpataror galitaṃ phalam

Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.1.4

निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितं फलं शुकमुखादमृतद्रवसंयुतम्। पिबत भागवतं रसमालयं मुहुरहो रसिका भुवि भावुकाः

Praise for the Bhāgavatam itself: it is the fully ripened fruit fallen from the wish-fulfilling tree of the Vedic scriptures,…

mālinī

Haṭhaluṭha dala — Narasiṃha tongue-twister

Narasiṃha Stotra (Trivikrama Panditācārya)

हठलुठ दल घिष्टोत्कण्ठदष्टोष्ठ विद्युत्

A verse from the Narasiṃha Stotra, deliberately built from dense retroflex consonant clusters (ṣṭ, ṇṭh, ṣṭh, ṭh...) as much as…

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वसुदेवसुतं देवं कंसचाणूरमर्दनम्।

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