Printable puja sheets
Everything to gather, the steps in brief and the texts with Roman letters, to keep beside the puja place. Meanings stay in the online companion.
Widely used in Hindu homes and schools · Every day: on waking, before study, before meals, at lamp-lighting and at night
Daily prayers for the family
What to gather
- ☐ Most of these prayers need nothing but a quiet moment
- ☐ A lamp for the evening prayer
- ☐ The printed prayer card, beside the bed, the study table or the dining table
A lamp for the evening prayerSteps
- On waking. Sit up, hold your palms together like an open book and look at them while saying Karāgre. Then touch the ground with your hand and ask Mother Earth’s forgiveness before stepping on her.
- Morning prayer. After bathing, at the puja place or facing the rising sun, remember Ganesha and say the Gāyatrī mantra.
- Before study. Before homework, a lesson or an exam, pray to Saraswati. When a teacher and student sit together, say Saha nāvavatu.
- Before meals. Before eating, say Brahmārpaṇam, or the Annapūrṇā prayer, or both, as your family prefers.
- At lamp-lighting. At dusk, light the lamp at the puja place and say the lamp prayer together.
- For health and courage. Many families say the Mahāmṛtyuñjaya mantra when someone is unwell or anxious, or at any time.
- At night. Before sleep, say Asato mā and the prayer for everyone, and end with Tvameva mātā.
On waking · Karāgre vasate Lakṣmīḥ
कराग्रे वसते लक्ष्मीः करमध्ये सरस्वती।
करमूले तु गोविन्दः प्रभाते करदर्शनम्॥
karāgre vasate lakṣmīḥ karamadhye sarasvatī|
karamūle tu govindaḥ prabhāte karadarśanam||
Before stepping down · Samudravasane devi
समुद्रवसने देवि पर्वतस्तनमण्डले।
विष्णुपत्नि नमस्तुभ्यं पादस्पर्शं क्षमस्व मे॥
samudravasane devi parvatastanamaṇḍale|
viṣṇupatni namastubhyaṃ pādasparśaṃ kṣamasva me||
Remembering Ganesha (Vakratuṇḍa)
वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥
vakratuṇḍa mahākāya sūryakoṭisamaprabha|
nirvighnaṃ kuru me deva sarvakāryeṣu sarvadā||
ॐ श्रीगणेशाय नमः।
oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ|
Gāyatrī mantra
ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः।
oṃ bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ|
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि।
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्॥
tatsaviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya dhīmahi|
dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāt||
Before study · Sarasvati namastubhyam
सरस्वति नमस्तुभ्यं वरदे कामरूपिणि।
विद्यारम्भं करिष्यामि सिद्धिर्भवतु मे सदा॥
sarasvati namastubhyaṃ varade kāmarūpiṇi|
vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu me sadā||
Before study · Saha nāvavatu
ॐ सह नाववतु।
सह नौ भुनक्तु।
सह वीर्यं करवावहै।
तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै।
oṃ saha nāvavatu|
saha nau bhunaktu|
saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai|
tejasvi nāvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai|
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ||
Before meals · Brahmārpaṇam (Gītā 4.24)
ब्रह्मार्पणं ब्रह्म हविर्ब्रह्माग्नौ ब्रह्मणा हुतम्।
ब्रह्मैव तेन गन्तव्यं ब्रह्मकर्मसमाधिना॥
brahmārpaṇaṃ brahma havirbrahmāgnau brahmaṇā hutam|
brahmaiva tena gantavyaṃ brahmakarmasamādhinā||
Before meals · Annapūrṇe sadāpūrṇe
अन्नपूर्णे सदापूर्णे शङ्करप्राणवल्लभे।
ज्ञानवैराग्यसिद्ध्यर्थं भिक्षां देहि च पार्वति॥
annapūrṇe sadāpūrṇe śaṅkaraprāṇavallabhe|
jñānavairāgyasiddhyarthaṃ bhikṣāṃ dehi ca pārvati||
माता च पार्वती देवी पिता देवो महेश्वरः।
बान्धवाः शिवभक्ताश्च स्वदेशो भुवनत्रयम्॥
mātā ca pārvatī devī pitā devo maheśvaraḥ|
bāndhavāḥ śivabhaktāśca svadeśo bhuvanatrayam||
Lamp prayer (dīpa-jyoti)
शुभं करोति कल्याणमारोग्यं धनसम्पदा।
शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तु ते॥
śubhaṃ karoti kalyāṇamārogyaṃ dhanasampadā|
śatrubuddhivināśāya dīpajyotirnamo'stu te||
Mahāmṛtyuñjaya mantra
त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्।
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥
tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭivardhanam|
urvārukamiva bandhanānmṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt||
Asato mā sad gamaya
असतो मा सद्गमय।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय॥
asato mā sadgamaya|
tamaso mā jyotirgamaya|
mṛtyormāmṛtaṃ gamaya||
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ||
A prayer for everyone · Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ
ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः।
सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु।
मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत्॥
oṃ sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ|
sarve santu nirāmayāḥ|
sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu|
mā kaścidduḥkhabhāgbhavet||
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ||
Tvameva mātā
त्वमेव माता च पिता त्वमेव
त्वमेव बन्धुश्च सखा त्वमेव।
त्वमेव विद्या द्रविणं त्वमेव
त्वमेव सर्वं मम देव देव॥
tvameva mātā ca pitā tvameva
tvameva bandhuśca sakhā tvameva|
tvameva vidyā draviṇaṃ tvameva
tvameva sarvaṃ mama deva deva||
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