Process of Sandhyvandanam

a ca m a n a m . TWICE

In Kukutasana
om. acyuta¯ya nama h.
om. anant¯aya nama h.
om. govinda¯ya nama h.

Action Mantra to recite

Touch right cheek with right thumb om. ke´sav¯aya n a m a h.

Touch left cheek with right thumb om. n¯ara¯yan. ¯aya namah.

Touch right eye with right ring finger om. m¯adhav¯aya n a m a h.

Touch left eye with right ring finger om. govinda¯ya n a m a h.

Touch right side of nose with right index om. vi s. n. ave namah.
finger

Touch left side of nose with right index om. madhusu¯dan¯aya

finger n a m a h.

Touch right ear with right little finger om. trivikram¯aya n a m a h.

Touch left ear with right little finger om. v¯aman¯aya n a m a h.

Touch right shoulder with right om. ´sr¯ıdhara¯ya nama h.

middle finger

Touch left shoulder with right om. [Link]. ¯ıke´s¯aya n a m a h.

middle finger

Touch navel with all right fingers om. padmanabhaya namah.

Touch top of the head with all right om. da¯modara¯ya namah.
fingers

p r a ¯ n . ¯a y ¯a m a m
Close your left nostril with your right hand little and ring fingers and release the air within your lungs through the right nostril
slowly. Next, close your right nostril with your right hand thumb while simultaneously opening the left nostril and inhale
through your left nostril to fill up your lungs. Next, close your left nostril with your right hand little and ring fingers so that both
your nostrils are now closed. With your mouth and eyes closed, mentally recite the following, three times.

om . bh¯uh . om . bhuvah . o ˜m . suvah . om . mahah . om . janah.

om . tapah. o ˜m. satyam om. tat saviturvaren ıı. yam. bhargo d
evasyaı
dh¯ımahi dhiyo yo nah ı . pracoday¯at om¯apo jyot¯ı raso ′mr . tam.
brahma bh¯urbhuvassuvarom
 After that, open your right nostril and release the air held within your
lungs slowly. Then, touch your right ear with the fingers of your right
hand.

sa n˙ kalpam
sr¯ı bhagavada¯jn˜aya¯ ´sr¯ımann¯ara¯ya n. a pr¯ıtyartham.
pra¯tah. sandhya¯m.

Anjali mudra

bhagav¯aneva svaniya¯mya svaru¯pasthiti [Link] s v a´s e s. Ataika rasena anena

¯atman¯a kartra¯ svak¯ıyai´sca upakaran. aih. sva¯ra¯dha naika
prayojana¯ya paramapurus. a h. s a r v a´s e s. ¯ı ´s r i y a h. pati h. sva´se s.
a b h u¯ t a m. i d a m. p r a¯ t a h. sandhya¯vandan¯akhyam.
karma svasmai svapr¯ıtaye svayameva k¯arayati

p ro k s. a n. Am

h e a d a po h i s. .theti mantrasya sindhudv¯ıpa .rs. i h.

Nose dev¯ı g¯ayatr¯ı chandah.

Chest apo d e v a t a¯

Anjali apa¯m. prok s. an. e viniyogah.

Sprinkle water on head:

1 om. bhu¯rbhuvassuvah.
2 tatsaviturvaren. y a m. Bhargo devasya dh¯ı mahi

3 dhiyo yo n a h. praco day¯at

Action Mantra to recite

With your right fingers sprinkle ı

some water on your head ¯a p o hi s. .tha¯ mayo
bhuvah.

Repeat the above action

ta¯ na u¯ r j e
dadha¯tana
mahe ra n. ¯a y a caks. ase
Repeat the above action

Repeat the above action

yo v a h. ´si vatamo
ra s a h.

Repeat the above action ı

tasya bh¯ajayateha n a h.
 u´sat¯ırıva m¯a tarah.
Repeat the above action

Repeat the above action tasm¯a aran˙ gama¯ma

va h.

With your right fingers sprinkle yasya k s. ay¯aya jinvatha

some water on your knees

With your right fingers sprinkle a p o janayatha¯ ca na h.

some water on your head

With your right fingers sprinkle om. bhu¯rbhuvassuvah.

some water around your head

pr¯a´sanam
Action Mantra to recite

Touch top of the head with right su¯ rya´scetyanuv¯akasya

fingers agnir .rs. i h.

Touch tip of the nose with right dev¯ı g¯ayatr¯ı chandah.

fingers

Touch chest with right fingers su¯ryo d e v a t a¯

With hands in an˜ jali apa¯m. pra¯´sane viniyoga h.

m udr ¯a

Take a small amount of water in the hollow of your right palm and recite

su¯rya´sca m¯a manyu´sca manyupataya´sca manyu [Link].

pa¯pebhyo raks. ant¯am. yadr¯atriya¯ pa¯pamak¯ars. Am. manasa¯ v¯ac¯a
hast¯abhya¯m. padbhy¯amudaren. a ´si´sna¯ r¯atristadavalumpatu yatkin˜ ca
d u r i t a m. mayı idamaha m. m ¯a m a m .r t a yonau. su¯rye
jyotis. i juhomi s v ¯a h a¯

swallow water

p u n a h. p ro k s. a n. Am

h e a d d a d h i k r a¯ v n. n. a iti mantrasya v¯amadeva .rs. i h.

N o s e anus. .tup chandah.

C h e s t dadhikra¯v¯a d ev a ta¯

A n j a l i apa¯m. prok s. an. e viniyogah.

Action Mantra to recite
 ı
With your right fingers dadhikr¯avn. n. o
ak¯aris. am
sprinkle some water on your
head
ıı
Repeat the above action ji s. n. ora´svasya
v¯a jina h.

ı
Repeat the above action surabhi no
mukh¯akarat

ı
pran. a ¯ayu¯m˜. s. i
Repeat the above action ta¯ri s. at

Repeat the above action ı

¯a p o hi s. .tha¯ mayo
bhuvah.

Repeat the above action ta¯ na u¯ r j e

dadha¯tana

Repeat the above action mahe ra n. ¯a y a cak s.

ase

ı
Repeat the above action yo v a h. ´si vatamo
ra s a h.

Repeat the above action ı

tasya bh¯ajayateha
n a h.

Repeat the above action u´sat¯ırıva m¯a tarah.

Repeat the above action tasm¯a aran˙ gama¯ma

va h.

With your right fingers yasya k s. ay¯aya jinvatha

sprinkle some water on your
knees

With your right fingers a p o janayatha¯ ca n a h.

sprinkle some water on your
head

With your right fingers om.

sprinkle some water around
your head
bhu¯rbhuvassuvah.
arghya p ra d a¯ n a m
Perform pra¯n. ¯a y ¯a m a m

Sankalpam posture

sr¯ı bhagavada¯jn˜aya¯ ´sr¯ımann¯ara¯yan. a pr¯ıtyartham.

p r a¯ t a h.

sandhya¯ arghyaprada¯nam. karis. ye

h e a d arghyaprada¯na mantrasya vi´sva¯mi tra .rs. i h.

n o s e dev¯ı g¯ayatr¯ı chandah.

Chest savita¯ d ev a ta¯

Anjali arghyaprada¯ne viniyogah.

Stand erect and hold the vessel containing water between your
thumb and index fingers of your left hand. Join both you hands with
palms facing upwards. Pour water in hollow of your joined palms
and hold it. Raise both your hands to the level of your forehead.
Now recite
om. bhu¯rbhu¯vassuvah. h tat saviturvaren. y a m. h bhargo
devasya dh¯ımahi dhiyo yo n a h. Pracodayat

Now, raise both your heels and let the water while looking at the sun. Perform the above mentioned
process from pouring water into the hollow of your joined palms to letting it, three times

p r a¯ y a ´s c i tt a arghya p ra d a¯ n a m
sr¯ı bhagavada¯jn˜aya¯ ´sr¯ımann¯ara¯yan. a p r¯ı t y a r t h a m. p r a¯ t a h.
sandhya¯ karis. ye h

dos. a pra¯ya´scitta¯rtham. tur¯ıya arghyaprada¯nam. Karyisye

head tur¯ı ya arghyaprada¯na mantrasya s¯and¯ıpan¯ı .rs. i h.

Nose dev¯ı g¯ayatr¯ı chandah.

Chest savita¯ d ev a ta¯

Anjali tur¯ıya arghyaprada¯ne viniyogah.

Stand erect and hold the vessel containing water between your
thumb and in- dex fingers of your left hand. Join both you hands
with palms facing upwards. Pour water in between your palms and
 hold it. Raise both your hands to the level of your forehead. Now
recite
om . bh¯uh . om . bhuvah . o ˜m . suvah . om . mahah . om .
janah.
om . tapah. o ˜m. satyam om. tat sav ı iturvaren yam. bhargo
d ı evasyaı
dh¯ımahi dhiyo yo nah ı . pracoday¯at ıı om. bh¯uh. om.
bhuvah o ˜m. suvah . om . mahah . om . janah. om. tapah. o
˜m. satyam
Now, raise both your heels and let the water while looking at the sun.
ı
With some water in your right palm, circle om.
your hand around your head in a clock- bhu¯rbhuvassuvah
.
wise direction while simultaneously cir-
cling yourself in a clockwise direction

With hands in a n˜ j ali mud r ¯a , as¯av¯adityo

imagine the Lord as being in the center of brahma
the Sun

k e´s a v ¯a d i t a r pa n. Am

acamanam
Sit in kukku.t¯asana and hold the vessel containing water between your thumb
and index fingers of your left hand. Join both your hands with palms facing
upwards

Action Mantra to recite

Pour water in the hollow of your joined palms ˜kk e´s a v a m. tarpay¯ami
and hold it. Recite the mantra on the right and
then let the water through the fingers of both your
hands
Repeat the above action n¯ara¯yan. am. tarpay¯ami

Repeat the above action m ¯a d ha va m. tarpay¯ami

Repeat the above action govinda m. tarpay¯ami

Repeat the above action vis. n. um. tarpay¯ami

Repeat the above action madhusu¯danam. tarpay¯ami

Repeat the above action trivikrama m. tarpay¯ami

 Repeat the above action v¯amana m. tarpay¯ami

Repeat the above action sr¯ı dhara m. tarpay¯ami

Repeat the above action [Link].¯ıke´sam. tarpay¯ami

Repeat the above action padman¯abham. tarpay¯ami

Repeat the above action da¯modara m. tarpay¯ami

japasthala p ro k s. a n. Am

om . bh¯urbhuvasuvah
face east

head asanamantrasya [Link]¯ [Link]. .tha .rs. i h.

Nose sutala m. chandah.

Chest sr¯ı ku¯rmo devata¯

Anjali asane viniyogah.

[Link] tvay¯a [Link]¯ lok¯a devi tvam. vis. n. una¯

[Link]¯ h
tvam. ca dha¯raya m¯am. devi pavitram. kuru c¯asanam

n y ¯a s a m
3 times pranayamam

Sankalpam

sr¯ı bhagavada¯jn˜aya¯ ´sr¯ımann¯ara¯yan. a

p r¯ı t y a r t h a m. pra¯ta h. sandhya¯ a s. .tottara ´sata
v¯aram. (If you wish to recite the g ¯a y a t r¯I
mantram 108 times) g ¯a y a t r¯ı mantra j a pa m. kari s. ye h

Action Mantra to recite

Touch top of the head p ra n. avasya .rs. irbrahm¯a
with right fingers

Touch tip of the nose dev¯ı g¯ayatr¯ı chandah.

with right fingers

Touch chest with right fingers param¯atm¯a d ev a ta¯

 Touch top of the head b h u¯ r ¯a d i sapta vya¯[Link]¯ına¯m. atri [Link] kutsa
with right fingers vasis. .tha gautama k ¯a´s y a pa ¯an˙ girasa .rs. aya h.

Touch tip of the nose g ¯ayatr¯ı us. n. ik anus. .tup [Link]¯ı pan˙ kti tris. .tup
with right fingers jagatya h.
chand¯am˜. si

Touch chest with right fingers agni v ¯a y u arka v¯ag¯ı´sa v a r u n. a indra v i´s v e d ev ¯a
d ev a ta¯ h.

Touch top of the head \

with right fingers s¯avitrya¯ .rs. i h. vi´sva¯mitrah.

Touch tip of the nose dev¯ı g¯ayatr¯ı chandah.

with right fingers

Touch chest with right savita¯ d ev a ta¯

fingers

Touch top of the head g¯ayatr¯ı ´siraso brahm¯a .rs. i h.

with right fingers

Touch tip of the nose anus. .tup chandah.

with right fingers

Touch chest with right param¯atm¯a d ev a ta¯

fingers

With hands in sarves. ¯am. pra¯n. ¯ay¯ame viniyogah.

an˜jali mudr¯a

Anjali
mukta¯vidruma heman¯ıla [Link]¯ayair mukhaistr¯ıks. an. a i h.

yukta¯m indukal¯a nibaddhamaku.t¯am. tattv¯artha varn.

¯atmika¯m
g ¯a y a t r¯ı m. varada¯bhay¯a m. k u´s a k a´s a m.
´s u b h ra m. k a p a¯ l a m. gun. am

san˙ kham. cakramatha¯ra [Link]. hastairvahant¯ım. Bhaje

With your two hands

gently touch different ′
om¯apo jyot¯ı raso m.r ta m. brahma
parts of your body from bhu¯rbhuvassuva rom
head to toe.
 Anjali
arkaman. d. ala madhyastham. su¯[Link] h

brahm¯adi sevya pa¯da¯bjam. naumi brahma

ram¯asakham

{ 3 times pranayamam }

10 times
om . bh¯uh . om . bhuvah . o ˜m . suvah . om . mahah . om . janah.
om . tapah. o ˜m. satyam om. tat sav ı iturvaren yam. bhargo d ı
evasyaı
dh¯ımahi dhiyo yo nah ı . pracoday¯at ıı om. bh¯uh. om. bhuvah o ˜m.
suvah . om . mahah . om . janah. om. tapah. o ˜m. satyam

g ¯a y a t r¯ı ¯a v ¯aha n a m
head ¯a y ¯a t u iti anuva¯kasya v¯amadeva .rs. i h.

Nose anus. .tup chandah.

Chest g¯ayatr¯ı devata¯

Anjali g¯ayatr¯ı ¯av¯ahane viniyogah.

Anjali
ay¯atu varada¯ dev¯ı aks. aram. brahmasam. mıtam h

g¯ayatr¯ım.

chandas¯a m. m ¯a t ed a m. brahma ju s. asva na h. h ojo si saho si

balamasi

bhr¯ajo si dev¯an¯am. dha¯ma n¯am¯asi vi´svamasi vi

´sva¯yussarvamasi

sarv¯ayurabhibhu¯rom.

Starting with a n˜ j a l i m u d r ¯a , then opening your palms, move both hands in a

circular motion towards your heart.
g ¯a ya tr¯ı m. ¯ av¯ahay¯a mi
 s ¯a v i t r¯ı m. ¯av¯ahay¯a mi

sarasvat¯ı m. av¯ahay¯a mi

Anjali

pra¯tardhy¯ay¯ami g¯ayatr¯ım. raviman. d. ala madhyag¯am h

.rgvedamucc¯arayant¯ım. raktavarn. ¯am. kuma¯rik¯am h

aks. am¯ala¯kara¯m. brahmadaivaty¯am. ham.

sav¯ahana¯m h h

head s¯avitrya¯ .rs. i h. vi´sva¯mitrah.

Nose dev¯ı g¯ayatr¯ı chandah.

Chest savita¯ d ev a ta¯

Anjali pra¯ta h. sandhya¯ jape viniyogah.

Anjali yo devassavit¯a sma¯kam. dhiyo dharma¯di gocara¯h.

′

h
prerayettasya yadbhargastadvaren. yam. up¯asmahe

g¯ayatr¯ı japam
108
a s. .t¯ak s. ara japam

taniyans of your ¯a c ¯a r y a parampara¯ : Vedantadesika Yatindra

Kataksalabdha Traiyanta Saramanavadya gunam
Budhagraym. Narayanadya Yatidurya Krpabhisiktam.
Sriranganatha Yatisekhara masrayamah. Srimate
Srivansathakopa Sri Ranganatha Yatindra Mahadesikaya
Namah
pra¯n. ¯ayamam 3 times -

Head sr¯ı m a d a s. .t¯aks. ara mah¯amantrasya badarik¯a

´sramav¯as¯ı ´sr¯ımann¯ara¯yan. a .rs. ih.

Nose dev¯ı g¯ayatr¯ı chandah.

Chest param¯atm¯a ´sr¯ımann¯ara¯yan. o devata¯

Anjali ´sr¯ımann¯ara¯ya n. a pr¯ıtyarthe jape viniyogah.

 A n j a l i s a v y a m. pa¯dam pras¯arya
´sritaduritahara m.
d a k s. in. am. kun˜cayitva¯ j ¯a n un y¯a d h ¯a ya
savyeta ramita rabhujam. n¯agabhoge
nidh¯aya. h pa´sca¯dba¯ hudvayena [Link]
´samane dha¯rayan ´san˙ khacakre dev¯ıbh u¯ s. ¯adi jus.
.to janayatu jagat¯a m. ´sarma vaikun. .than¯athah.

108 a s. .t¯aks. ara mantram

g ¯a y a t r¯ı ud v ¯a sa n a m

sr¯ı bhagavada¯jn˜aya¯ ´sr¯ımann¯ara¯yan. a

pr¯ıtyartha m. pra¯ta h.
sandhya¯ upastha¯nam. karis. ye
head uttama ityanuv¯akasya v¯amadeva .rs. i h.

Nose anus. .tup chandah.

Chest g¯ayatr¯ı devata¯

Anjali g¯ayatr¯ı udv¯asane viniyogah.

Anjali uttame ´sikhare de v¯ı bhu¯my¯am.

parvatamu¯rdhani h
ıı ı ı ı
br¯ahman. ebhyo hyanujn˜¯anam. gaccha devi yath¯a
sukham
g ¯ a y a t r¯ ı u p a s t h a ¯ n a m

head mitrasyeti upastha¯na mantrasya v i´s v a¯ m i t ra .rs.

i h.

Nose bh¯ırud. h g¯ayatr¯ı tris. .tup chand¯am. si

Chest mitro devata¯

Anjali pra¯tassandhyopastha¯ne viniyogah.

Anjali mitrasya cars. an. ¯ı [Link]. ´sravo devasya s¯anasim h

[Link] ´sravastamam
mitro jana¯n ya¯tayati praj¯anan
ı
mitro d¯adha¯ra [Link]¯ımutady¯am h
 mitrah. k.r s. .t¯ıranımis. ¯abhicas. .te
ı ı

saty¯aya havyam. [Link].

prasamıtra marto astu prayasv¯a n
ı ı ı
yasta ¯aditya ´siks. ati vratena h
na hanyate na j¯ıyate tvoto
ı ı

naina mam˜. ho a´snotyantıto na d u¯ r ¯a t

s a n d h y a¯ d i d ev a t a¯ vandanam
Anjali

East om. sandhya¯yai nama h.

South om. s¯avitryai nama h.

West om. g¯ayatryai nama h.

North om. sarasvatyai nama h.

East om. sarv¯abhyo devata¯bhyo namo namah.

om. k¯amo k¯ar s. ¯ıt manyura k¯ar s. ¯ıt namo nama h.

a b h i v ¯a d a n a m

abhiv¯adaye., sri Bhargava, cyavana, apnavana, aurva,

jamadagnya
pa n˜ c a¯ r s. eya pravara¯nvita
Srivatsa , a p a s t a m b a s u¯ t ra h.
Yajur vedagothram
s¯akha¯dhy¯ay¯ı
Arvind sar ma¯ n¯am¯aham. asmibhoh.
dik vandanam
Anjali
East. om. pra¯cyai di´se namah.
South. om. daks. in. ¯ayai di´se namah.
West. om. prat¯ıcyai di´se namah.
North. om. ud¯ıcyai di´se namah.
East. om. u¯rdhva¯ya nama h.
Down om. adhar¯aya nama h.
Sky. om. antariks. ¯aya namah.
Earth. om. bhu¯myai nama h.
Lord in Suns orbit. om. vis. n. ave namah.
 dhyeyassad¯a [Link]. d. ala
madhyavart¯ı n ¯a r a¯ y a n. a h.
sarasij¯asana sannivis. .t a h. h

keyu¯rav¯an makara kun. d. alava¯n kir¯ı .t¯I ha¯r¯ı

hiran. maya vapuh. [Link]´san˙ kha cakrah.

san˙ khacakra gada¯pa¯n. e dv¯arak¯a nilay¯acyuta h

govinda pun. d. ar¯ıka¯k s. a raks. a m¯am. ´saran. ¯agatam
namo brahman. yadeva¯ya gobr¯ahman. ahita¯ya ca
jagaddhita¯ya [Link]. n. ¯aya govinda¯ya namo namah.
1x Abhivandaman
1x Acamananam

Sprinkle water, recite om bhu¯rbhuvassuvah.

Sri Krishnaya namah 10 times

s ¯a t v i k a t y ¯aga m
Anjali

bhagav¯aneva svaniya¯mya svaru¯pasthiti [Link] s v a

´s e s. Ataika rasena anena ¯atman¯a kartra¯ svak¯ıyai
´sca
upakaran. aih. sva¯ra¯dhanaika prayojana¯ya
paramapurus. a h. sarva´se s. ¯ı ´sriya h. patih. sva´se
s. a b h u¯ t a m. i d a m. p r a¯ t a h.
sandhya¯vandan¯akhyam. karma svasmai
svapr¯ıtaye svayameva k¯aritav¯an

sr¯ıran˙ ga man˙ [Link]. im. karun. ¯a niv¯asam h

´sr¯ı ven˙ ka.t¯adri ´sikhara¯laya k¯[Link]
sr¯ı hasti´saila ´sikharojvala pa¯rija¯tam h
´sr¯ı´sam. nama¯mi ´siras¯a yadu´sailad¯ıpam
k¯ayena v¯ac¯a manasendriyairva¯
buddhy¯a ′ ′
tman¯a v¯a [Link]. svabh¯av¯at h

karomi yadyat sakala m. parasmai n ¯a r a¯ y a n. ¯ayeti

samarpay¯ami