Food Blessing Chant

Bhojana Mantra
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A meAltime ChAnt oF grAtitude to the
grACeFul sourCe oF All sustenAnCe,
perFormed while meditAting on the Core oF the
universe, with hAnds in jali mudr.
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Aum nnpre sdpre karapr vallabhe,
aum, beloved akti of iva, Fullness everlasting and fully
manifest as this food;
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Jnavirgy sddhyarthm bhkshm dhi cha prvat.
O, mother of the universe, nourish us with this gift of food so
that we may attain knowledge, dispassion and spiritual per-
fection.
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mt cha prvat dev pt dvo mahvara
Goddess Prvati is my mother. God mahevara is my father.
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bndhv va bhktch svde bhuvantrayam.
all devotees of iva are my family; all three worlds are my
home.
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Aum prmad prmidm
prtprmudchyate,
aum, iva is Fullness. Creation is fullness. From ivas Full-
ness flows this worlds fullness.

prsya prmdya prme vva shyate.
This fullness issues from that Fullness, yet that Fullness
remains unchanged.
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Aum nt nt nt. Aum vrpamstu.
aum, peace, peace, peace. aum, this i offer unto iva.
the first four lines of this chant are verses 11-12 of r di akarchryas
annaprshakam. lines 5-6, known as the pramada, are the invocation
to several upanishads, including a and Bihadrayaka.
line 7 is a traditional aivite closing.