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About Shlokpath
A library of the chants recited in Maharashtrian homes, set with care and honest about what is known and what is not.
How the texts are established
Every text is compared against published sources before it appears here: the accented Saṃhitā text of the Ṛgveda for the Vedic hymns, Wikisource and printed editions for the Sanskrit and Marathi texts, and the Gita Press tradition for the Hanumān Chālīsā. Devotional texts circulate in many slightly different spellings; where editions differ in substance, the note beside the verse gives the variant.
| Text | Checked against |
|---|---|
| गायत्री मन्त्र Gāyatrī Mantra | Ṛgveda 3.62.10 — accented Saṃhitā and pada text, Sanskrit Wikisource |
| महामृत्युञ्जय मन्त्र Mahāmṛtyuñjaya Mantra | Ṛgveda 7.59.12 — accented Saṃhitā text |
| पुरुषसूक्त Puruṣa Sūkta | Ṛgveda 10.90 — accented Saṃhitā text with Sāyaṇa’s commentary, Sanskrit Wikisource |
| श्रीसूक्त Śrī Sūkta | Sanskrit Wikisource: श्रीसूक्तम्, the version given as अन्यः पाठः, for verses 1–16 Scheftelowitz, Die Apokryphen des Ṛgveda (1906), Khila 2.6, in the GRETIL e-text Printings by Webdunia Marathi, Vedadhara, Stotranidhi and Dharmsutra |
| वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय Vakratuṇḍa Mahākāya | The common printed text; the one variant in circulation is noted beside the verse |
| शुभं करोति Śubhaṃ Karoti | Webdunia Marathi (2018) Majhi Marathi Maza Marathi Mantramaya Jñāna Prabodhinī’s Lakṣmīpūjan pothī, for the इडापिडा lines |
| शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनम् Śāntākāraṃ Bhujagaśayanam | The common printed text |
| रामरक्षा स्तोत्र Rāmarakṣā Stotra | Printed texts of the Śrī Rāmarakṣā Stotra, compared across several editions |
| पसायदान Pasāydān | Dnyāneshwarī 18 — the closing ovīs, compared across printed editions; spelling varies between editions |
| गणपति अथर्वशीर्ष Gaṇapati Atharvaśīrṣa | Printed pāṭha texts compared across editions; Hindi Wikipedia’s text of the Atharvaśīrṣa |
| हनुमान चालीसा Hanumān Chālīsā | The standard text of the Gita Press tradition, compared across several reproductions |
| महिषासुरमर्दिनी स्तोत्र Mahiṣāsuramardinī Stotra | Sanskrit Wikisource: महिषासुरमर्दिनी स्तोत्रम् sanskritdocuments.org: Mahishasuramardini Stotra (21 of 30 verses), with its recorded variants |
| मनाचे श्लोक Manāche Ślok | Marathi Wikisource — मनाचे श्लोक sanskritdocuments.org — Manāche Ślok with word meanings |
| भीमरूपी महारुद्रा Bhīmarūpī Mahārudrā | Printed texts compared across several editions, including Chinmaya International Foundation’s |
| सुखकर्ता दुःखहर्ता Sukhkartā Duḥkhhartā | Printed āratī collections, compared across editions |
| दुर्गे दुर्घट भारी Durge Durghaṭ Bhārī | Drik Panchang (printed identically by Webdunia Marathi) Marathimati Sadguru Aniruddha Bapu’s āratī collection Brahmabhakti āratī collection |
| महालक्ष्मीची आरती Mahālakṣmīchī Āratī | Webdunia Marathi (2007), reprinted by Drik Panchang, Brahmabhakti and others Shlokmantra and Kirtankar āratī collections HinduNidhi |
| घालीन लोटांगण Ghālīn Loṭāṅgaṇ | Printed āratī collections; Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.2.36 for the third verse |
| श्रीदुर्गासप्तशती Śrīdurgāsaptaśatī | Sanskrit Wikisource: Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, chapters 81 to 93, and the Devī Kavaca, Kīlaka and Kṣamā-prārthanā (the base text) Śrīdurgāsaptaśatī, Gita Press, Gorakhpur (the readings, the order and the verse numbers) sanskritdocuments.org: Devī Māhātmyam (to find where the texts differ) |
How we translate
The Marathi, Hindi and English translations are written for this site. They are translations, not paraphrases: they follow the words of the original as closely as clear language allows. Words we have to supply for sense are set in [square brackets]. Interpretation (traditional readings, alternative scholarly readings, the stories a line alludes to) goes in the notes, never silently into the translation. For the Vedic hymns, readings follow Sāyaṇa’s classical commentary unless a note says otherwise.
Transliteration
Every text is shown in Devanagari with a Roman transliteration beneath it. It follows IAST, the scholarly standard, with one change: च is written ch and छ chh, the way most readers expect, so it is Hanumān Chālīsā rather than Cālīsā. Sanskrit keeps every inherent vowel. Marathi drops the final inherent vowel, as it is spoken (ghālīn loṭāṅgaṇ). The Awadhi of the Hanumān Chālīsā keeps its vowels, because the metre counts them. Vedic accents (svaras) are shown as they are marked in the Saṃhitā and can be switched off.
Authorship and places
Each text carries one of three labels: attested authorship, traditional attribution, or unattributed. Places of origin are marked by certainty (precise, associated, region, uncertain) or not at all when nothing is recorded.
Recordings
Recordings are chosen from Vedic reciters and from the uploads of record labels and performers, and are marked as pāṭha (recitation) or melodic. They play through YouTube.
Who makes Shlokpath
Shlokpath is made by Dhruv. Every text is checked against published sources before it appears here, and every correction is read: write to dhruv@shlokpath.com.
What we record
Nothing that identifies you. Saved chants, reading settings and jap counts stay in your own browser. When you search, the words you type and the number of chants that matched are recorded, so that we can see which texts people look for and add them. There are no ads.
Write to us
The most useful thing anyone can send is a correction: a wrong syllable, a translation that strays from the words, a source we should have consulted. Requests for chants you would like to see here are just as welcome. Write to dhruv@shlokpath.com.