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Karpura Aarati Mantrah

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Devotional text

karpūra āratī mantraḥ
śriyaḥ kāntāya kalyāṇa nidhaye nidhaye'rthināṃ
śrīveṅkaṭanivāsāya śrīnivāsāya maṅgalam || 1
lakṣmīcaraṇalākṣāṅkasākṣiśrīvatsavakṣase |
kṣemaṅkarāya sarveṣāṃ śrīraṅgeśāya maṅgalam || 2||
samastajīvamokṣāya śrīraṅgapuravāsine |
kandvādamunipūjyāya śrīnivāsāya maṅgalam || 3||
astu śrīstanakastūrīvāsanāvāsitorase |
śrīhastigirināthāya devarājāya maṅgalam || 4||
kamalākuca kastūrī kardamāṅgita vakṣase |
yādavādrinivāsāya sampatputrāya maṅgalam || 5||
maṅgalaṃ kosalendrāya mahanīyaguṇābdhaye |
cakravartitanūjāya sārvabhaumāya maṅgalam || 6||
śrīmadgopālabālāya godābhīṣṭapradāyine |
śrīsatyāsahitāthāstu kṛṣṇadevāya maṅgalam || 7||
nīlācalanivāsāya nityāya paramātmane |
subhadrāprāṇanāthāya jagannāthāya maṅgalam || 8||
ājanmanaḥ ṣoḍaśābdaṃ stanyādyanabhilāṣiṇe |
śrīśānubhavapuṣṭāya śaṭhakopāya maṅgalam || 9||
śrīmatyai viṣṇucittāryamanonandanahetave |
nandanandanasundaryai godāyai nitya maṅgalam || 10||
śrīmanmahābhūtapure śrīmatkeśavayajvanaḥ |
kāntimatyāṃ prasūtāya yatirājāya maṅgalam || 11||
maṅgalāśāsana parairmadācārya purogamaiḥ
sarvaiśca pūrvairācāryaiḥ satkṛtāyāstu maṅgalam || 12||
śrīmate ramyajāmātre munīndrāya mahātmane
śrīraṅgavāsine bhūyāt nityaśrīrnityamaṅgalam || 13||
iti karpūra āratī mantraḥ |
iti muktakamaṅgalaṃ samāptam |

About this aarti — Shiva

An Aarti is a song of worship sung while waving a lit lamp (diya) before the deity. The circling flame symbolises the removal of darkness and the offering of one’s ego at the feet of the divine. Aartis are sung at the end of puja in temples and homes across India, and their familiar melodies mark the rhythm of daily worship.

How to chant

Light a ghee or oil lamp on a small plate (thali), optionally with flowers, incense and akshata (rice grains). Sing the aarti while slowly circling the lamp clockwise before the deity. Afterwards, cup your hands over the flame, touch your eyes and forehead, and share prasad with everyone present.

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