Chanting mantras correctly

[renuka]

Anyone there seriously interested in chanting the mantras with correct pronunciation?

[vrajavasi]

Radhe Krishna,

 

Manthraas should be pronounced properly on doing the manthra japam after getting manthropadesham from guru.

 

1. Manthra defined as "mananath thrayathe ithi manthraha". It should be properlly chanted and not prounounced in a way others hear it.

 

2. Since the father of vruthrasura wrongly pronounced manthras, against his wishes of getting a son who could kill indra, he got a son who was ultimately killed by Indra.

 

3. Whether manthraas should be kept gopaneeya, the following opinions of great vaishnava aacharyaas could be seen.

 

1. Hari Bhakthi vilaasam 2.147 sanaathana goswami

gopayed devatam istam gopayed gurum atmanah

gopayec ca nijam mantram gopayen nija-malikam

 

2. Against the popular belief, shrivaishnavaas reject the myth of Shri Ramanuja distributing Astakshara manthra to one and all by shouting it on the top of temple gopuram

It is derogatory to Bhagavad Ramanuja, to suggest that he did not know the

dictum contained in the SEsha Samhitai (14.50) (Vide Guru Parampara saaram

in Swami Desika's Srimad Rahasya Traya Saaram") viz.,

 

"Gurum praakasayEth dheemaan mantram yathnEna gOpayEth /

aprakaasa prakaasabhyaam ksheeyatE sampad aayushi"

 

roughly meaning

" It is the duty of the Sishya to bring to light the glory of his Acharya.

It is equally his duty to zealously and with utmost effort guard the secrets

contained in the mantras taught to him by his Acharya. Not revealing the

greatness of the Acharya and/or revealing the sacred secret mantras (Rahasyas) will destroy the spiritual wealth and the spiritual life of the sishya"

 

Radhe Krishna