Guest guest Posted March 10, 2004 Report Share Posted March 10, 2004 Not necessarily. Understand your meanings and if you have to stretch a half shloka, or can stretch an extra uvaca without losing your group, then adjust accordingly. , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > Namaste All, > > I have a certain way of chanting and today a doubt arose whether I > was doing it correctly. I wanted to share it with the forum. > > When I chant the Chandi with a group I usually chant 2 verses to a > breath . Chapter 1 , to those that are familiar has a lot of single > verses followed by the usual two line verses. > > For example > > nityaiva saa jaganmurtis .... > > is followed by > > tathaapi tat samutpattir... > devaanaam kaarya siddhyartham ... > > and > utpanneti tadaa loke ... > yoganidraam yadaa vishnur ... > > > When I chant two verses to a breath, and assuming I started > with "nityaiva saa" , then I stop after "utpanneti tadaa loke " . > This completes my 2 verses to the breath. And I take the next breath > and start with "yoganidraam ..." and continue. I am advised to > complete the entire shloka as I am not supposed to leave a stanza > halfway. Is this true ? Any suggestions? > > Jai Maa > Latha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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