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Om Namah Sacchidaananda,

roopaaya paramaatmane |

Jyotirmaya Swaroopaaya,

Vishwa Maangalya Moortaye || 1 ||

 

Om. I bow to the supreme Lord who is the very embodiment of truth,

Knowledge and Happiness, the one who is enlightened, and who is the

very incarnate of universal good.

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Prakritih Pancha Bhootaani,

Grahaa Lookaa Swaraastathaa |

Dishah Kaalashcha Sarveshaam,

Sadaa Kurvantu Mangalam || 2 ||

 

May all these cause perpetual good to us: Nature composed of three

qualities i.e., Satva, Rajas and Tamas Gunas; the five elements

namely fire, water, air, earth and space; The seven notes of Music;

The ten quarters and time - past, present and future.

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Ratnaakaraadhau Tapadhaam,

Himaalaya Kireetineem |

BrahmaRaajarshi Ratnaadyaam,

Vande Bhaarata Maataram || 3 ||

 

Bhaarat Maataa (the mother land), I bow to thee, whose feet are being

washed by the ocean waves, whose crown is the snowy himalayas, whose

illustrious sons have distinguished themselves as Brahmarshis and as

Rajarshis.

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Mahendro Malayah Sahyo

Devataatmaa Himaalayah |

Dhyeyo Raivatako Vindhyo

Girishchaaravalistathaa || 4 ||

 

These mountains of our country should always be remembered - Mahendra

(In Orissa), Malaya Giri (in Mysore), Sahyadri (Western Coast),

Himalaya, the abode of gods, Raivataka (Girnar in Gujarat),

Vindhyachal (Central India) and Aravali (in Rajasthan).

 

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Gangaa Saraswatee Sindhur

Brahma Putrashcha Gandakee |

Kaaveree Yamunaa Revaa

Krishnaa Godaa Mahaanadee || 5 ||

 

Seven important rivers of our motherland: Ganga, Sarasvati

(invisible), Sindhu, Brahmaputra, Gandaki, Kaveri, Yamuna, Reva

(Narmada), Krishna, Godavari and Mahanadi.

 

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Ayodhyaa Mathuraa Maayaa

Kaashee Kaanchee Avantika |

Vaishaalee Dwaarikaadhyeya

Puree Takshashilaa Gayaa || 6 ||

 

Important holy places - Ayodhya, Mathura, Maya (Haridwar), Kashi,

Kanchi, Avanthika (Ujjain), Vaishali, Dwaarika, Puri, Takshashila,

Gaya...

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Prayaagah Paataleeputram

Vijayaanagaram Mahat |

Indraprastham Somanaathah

Tathaa Amrutasara Priyam || 7 || ..

 

..Prayaga, Pataliputra (Patna), Vijayanagara, IndraPrastha (Delhi),

Somanath, the famous and Amritsar.

 

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Chaturvedaah Puraanaani

Sarvopanishadas Tathaa |

Raamaayanam Bhaaratam Cha

Geetaa Saddarshanaanicha || 8 ||

 

We must revere these great religious books from the core of our

heart - the four vedas, eighteen puranas, all the Upanishads, the

Ramayana, The Mahabharata, the Gita, the true Philosophies (Six

Darshanas), ...

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Jainaagamaas Tripitakaa

Gurugranthah Sataam Girah |

Eshah Jnaana Nidhih Shreshtah

Shraddheyo Hridi Sarvadaa || 9 || ...

 

The Agama books of Jainism, the Tripitaka of Buddhism and the

truthful verse (Vani) of Guru Granth Sahib.

 

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Arundhatyanasooyaa Cha

 

Saavitree Jaanakee Sati |

Draupadee Kannagee Gaargee

Meeraa Durgaavatee Tathaa || 10 ||

 

These great ladies must be worshipped as mother goddesses -Arundhati

(Wife of Sage Vasista), Anasuya (wife of sage Atri), Savitri, Janaki,

Sati (daughter of Daksha and consort of Lord Shiva), Draupadi,

Kannagi (a chaste women of Tamil Nadu), Gargi (a learned woman of

vedic period), Mira (a famous devotee of Lord Krishna), Durgavati

(the brave Queen of Gadha mandala in Central India who fought against

the Moghuls), ...

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Lakshmeerahalyaa Channamma

Rudramaambaa Suvikramaa |

Niveditaa Saaradaa Cha

Pranamyaa Matru Devataah || 11 ||

 

Lakshmibai (the famous Queen of Jhansi), Ahalya Bai Holkar, Channamma

(the brave lady of Karnataka), Rudramaambaa, Sister Nivedita (the

disciple of Vivekananda) and Ma Sharada (the Dharma companion of Sri

RamKrishna)

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Shree Raamo Bharatah Krishno

Bhishmo Dharmas Tathaarjunah |

Maarkandeyo Harishchandrah

Prahlaado Naarado Dhruvah || 12 ||

 

These are the great men of our country whose glory has been sung in

the Puranic lore - Lord Rama, King Bharata, Lord Krishna, Bhishma

Pitamah (the great celibate), Dharmaraja Yudhishthir, Arjuna (the

great Archer), Sage Markandeya, Truthful king Harishchandra,

Prahlada, Narada, Dhruva, ...

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Hanumaan Janako Vyaaso

Vasishtashcha Shuko Balih |

Dadheechi Vishwa Karmaanau

Pruthu Vaalmeeki Bhaargavaah || 13 ||

 

Hanuman, King Janaka, Vyasa (the great editor of the Vedic

Literature) age, Vashishtha, Shukadeva Muni, King Bali, Dadhichi (the

great donor of his bones), Vishwakarma (the great architect), King

Prithu (after whom our earth become known as Prithvi), Sage Valmiki

(the author of Ramayana), Parashurama (the son of Bhrigu),

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Bhageerathash chaikalavyo

Manur Dhanvantaristathaa |

Shibishcha Rantidevashcha

Puraanod Geeta Keertayah || 14 ||

 

King Bhagiratha, Eklavaya (a devoted disciple of Guru Dronacharya),

Manu (the great Hindu law giver), Dhanvantari (the great Indian

Physician), and King Rantideva (who himself starved to feed the

hungry).

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Buddhaa Jinendraa Gorakshah

Paaninishcha Patanjalih |

Shankaro Madhva Nimbaarkau

Shree Raamanuja Vallabhau || 15 ||

 

May these noble souls distinguished in their chosen field of activity

generously bless us with their divine virtues: Lord Buddha, Lord

Mahavira, the great Yogi Gorakhnath, Panini (the great grammarian),

Patanjali (the author of Mahabhashya), Adi Shankaracharya (the great

Hindu crusader), philosophers and saints like Madhvacharya,

Nimbarkacharya, ...

 

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Jhoolelaalotha Chaitanyah

Tiruvalluvarastathaa |

Naayanmaaraalavaarashcha

Kambashcha Basaveshvarah || 16 || ...

 

Jhulelal (the great saviour of Sindhi Hindus), Mahaprabhu Chaitanya,

Tiruvalluvar, Nayanmars, Alwars, Kamban (the Ramayana bard of Tamil),

Basaveshwar,

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Devalo Ravidaasashcha

Kabeero Guru Naanakah |

Narasis Tulaseedaaso

Dashamesho Drudavratah || 17 || ...

 

Maharishi Devala, Sant Ravidas, Kabir, Guru Nanak, Bhakta Narshi

Mehta, Tulsidas, Guru Gobind Singh,

Shreemat Shankara Devashcha

Bandhoo Saayana Maadhavau |

Jnaaneshwaras Tukaaraamo

Raamadaasah Purandarah || 18 ||

 

Shankardeva (the vaishnava saint of Assam), the brothers Sayanacharya

and Madhavacharya, Sant Gyaneshwar, Tukaram, Samartha Guru Ramdas,

Purandaradasa, ...

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Birasaa Sahajaanando

Raamaanandas Tathaa Mahaan |

Vitarantu Sadaivete

Daiveem Sadguna Sampadam || 19 ||

 

Birsa Munda of Bihar, Swami Sahajananda and Swami Ramananda (the

great saviour of Hinudism in the medieval period),

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Bharatarshih Kaalidaasah

Shree Bhojo Jakanastathaa |

Sooradaasas Tyaagaraajo

Rasakhaanashcha Satkavih || 20 ||

 

Poet Kalidasa, Sri Bhojaraja, Jakana, Hindi poet Bhakt Surdas,

Bhakta Thyagaraja, and poet Rasakhan,

 

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Ravivarmaa Bhaatakhande

Bhaagya Chandrah Sabhoopatih |

Kalaavantashcha Vikhyaataah

Smaraneeyaah Nirantaram || 21 ||

 

Ravi Varma (the famous painter), Bhata Khanda (the great Musician),

and Bhagya Chandra (a King of Manipur).

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Agastyah Kambu Kaundinyau

Raajendrashchola Vamshajah |

Ashokah Pushyamitrashcha

Khaaravelah Suneetimaan || 22 ||

 

These are the great warriors and conquerors of our country in the

past: Agastya, Kambu, Kaundinya, King Rajendra of Chola Dynasty,

Ashoka the Great, Pushyamitra ( the founder of Shung Dynasty),

Kharavela (king of Kalinga),

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Chaanakya Chandraguptau Cha

Vikramah Shaalivaahanah |

Samudraguptah Shreeharshah

Shailendro Bapparaavalah || 23 ||

 

Chanakya and Chandragupta the Precept of disciple pair),

Vikramaditya, Shalivahana of mighty prowess, Samudragupta,

Harshvardhana, King Shailendra, Bappa Raval,

 

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Laachid Bhaaskara Varmaacha

Yashodharmaa Cha Hoonajit |

Shree Krishnadevaraayashcha

Lalitaaditya Udbalah || 24 ||

 

Lachit Barfukan, Bhaskarverma, Yashodharma (the vanquisher of the Hun

hordes), Sri Krishnadevaraya (the great king of Vijayanagar Empire),

Lalitaditya (a great warrior),

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Musunoori Naayakau Tau

Prataapah Shiva Bhoopatih |

Ranajit Simha Ityete

Veeraa Vikhyaata Vikramaah || 25 ||

 

Musunoori Nayakas (Prolaya Nayak, Kappa Nayak), Maharana Pratap,

Chhattarpati Shivaji, and Maharaja Ranjit Singh.

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Vaijnaanikaashcha Kapilah

Kanaadah Sushrutastathaa |

Charako Bhaaskaraachaaryo

Varaaha Mihirah Sudheeh || 26 ||

 

These are the great Indian Scientists whom we must not forget :

Kanaada Rishi, Sushruta ( the

great Indian Surgeon), Charaka, Bhaskaracharya, Varahamihira, ...

 

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Naagaarjuno Bharadwaajo

Aaryabhatto Basurbudhah |

Dhyeyo Venkataraamashcha

Vijnaa Raamaanujaadayah || 27 ||

 

Nagarjuna, Bharadwaja,

Arya Bhata, Jagdish Chandra Basu, C.V.

Raman and Ramanujan.

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Raamakrishno Dayaanando

Ravindro Raama Mohanah |

Raamateerthoravindashcha

Vivekaananda Udyashaah || 28 ||

 

And these are the some social religious leaders who brought about a

great revival of the age old Hindu Society and infused new blood into

its viens: Sri Rama Krishna Pramhansa, Swami Dayananda, Rabindra Nath

Tagore, Raja Ram Mohan Rai, Swami RamTirtha, Maharishi Aurobindo,

Swami Vivekananda,

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Daadaabhaai Gopabandhuh

Tilako Gaandhiraadrutaah |

Ramano Maalaveeyashcha

Shree Subrahmanya Bhaaratee || 29 ||

 

DadaBhai Nauroji, Gopa Bhandhu Das, Bal Gangadhara Tilak, Mahatma

Gandhi, Maharishi Ramana, Mahamana Madan Mohan Malviya, Tamil poet

Subrahmaniya Bharati,

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Subaashah Pranavaanandah

Kraantiveero Vinaayakah |

Takkaro Bheema Raavashcha

Phule Naaraayano Guruh || 30 ||

 

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Swami Pranavaananda, the great

revolutionary Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Thakkar Bappa,

BhimRao Ambedkar, Mahatma Jyoti rao

Phule, Narayana Guru

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Sangha Shaktih Pranetaarau

Keshavo Maadhavstathaa |

Smaraneeyaah Sadaivete

Nava Chaitanya Daayakaah || 31 ||

 

and the founder of RSS Dr. Hedgewar and his successor Sri Guruji

Golwalkar.

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Anuktaa Ye Bhaktaah

Prabhu Charana Samsakta Hridayaah

Avignaata Veera

Adhisamaramudhwasta Ripavah |

Samaajoddharthaarah

Suhitakara Vijnaana Nipunaah

Namastebhyo Bhooyaat

Sakala Sujanebhyah Pratidinam || 32 ||

 

There are many more devotees of Bharat Mata, whose name could not be

recalled in the limited space here. Their hearts are in constant

communion with God. Again there are numerous warriors who made the

enemies of Bharat Mata Bite the dust but today ubfortunately we do

not know their names. Still there might have been left out some

important names of great social reformers and adept scientists

through oversight. May our deep reverence and regards reach out to

them daily.

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Idamekaatmataa Stotram

Shraddhayaa Yah Sadaa Patet |

Sa Raashtra Dharma Nishtaavaan

Akhandam Bhaaratam Smaret || 33 ||

 

This is the Unity Hymn. He who recites it daily with reverence and

devotion will be firmly established in the Dharma of Nationalism. And

in him the memory of Akhand Bharat would never fade.

||Vishwa Dharma Ki Jay || Victory to the Universal Truth

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enjoy and salute one's motherland and the mother!