Sanskrit 101: Recap + Podcast
Great to have everyone out for today’s Sanskrit workshop! We covered a great deal of information spanning yogic thought, language, sutras, shlokas, naming of asanas, culture, chanting, history, philology and more. You all did a wonderful job of tap dancing across the grand sky of linguistic expression. Below please find a podcast of the chant we learned today, though as noted below it is not the version we recorded.
Here are some of the responses in answer to the query: “The best part of the seminar was…”
– Learning how to put words together for our poses.
– The fascinating facts and community of friends.
– That I was able to learn more to grow in my yoga practice.
– Too numerous to mention.
– The instructor’s knowledge of Sanskrit.
– Chanting & learning about the asanas.
– Dialogue
– Chanting but everything was great.
Here below is the chant (shloka) we learned, as well as a sound file / podcast (though not the one we recorded in class!) – feel free to listen and follow along. This chant is in old Sanskrit, also known as Vedic (Vaedika), the mother of all Indo-European languages. The chant is thousands of years old and is looked upon as one of the earliest teachings of yoga.
Sam’gacchadhvam’ sam’vadadhvam
sam’ vo manám’si jánatám,
Devábhágam’ yathápúrve
sam’jánáná upásate.
Samánii va ákútih
samáná hrdayánivah,
Samánamastu vo mano
yathá vah susahásati.
Let us come together, let us sing together,
Let us come to know our minds together
Let us share, like sages of the past, that
all people together may enjoy
the universe.
Unite our intentions,
let our hearts be inseparable.
Our minds as one mind, as we,
to truly know one another,
become one.
Satyam, you certainly covered a LOT of information at the Sanskrit workshop!! The hand-outs were very helpful in class, and will be helpful here at home too. It’s interesting and fun, how to create the Sanskrit word for the different poses. Tap dancing was a good analogy of how it felt trying to read Sanskrit words and Sutras. It was also fun when we all chanted. It was beautiful to hear the voices blending together, even though most of us had a very hard time pronouncing the words, and then also trying to follow the melody:) Great group, great teacher and guide, great way to spend a Sunday afternoon.
As always Susan – great to have you there – thanks for coming – you always bring an open mind, a warm heart, and enthusiasm.
The Sanskrit language is a wonderful topic and we did indeed have a great group of people – satsaunga – for the gathering.
Thanks so much for posting this…SO sorry to miss it…
I agree with Annie, thanks for posting. This chant is so beautiful, I hope I can learn it by heart one day!
Hi,
Can you tell me please where exactly this quote is from. I need it in devangari script.
Thank you,
N
Namaskar Nidhiji,
The Samgacchadhvam shloka is from the Rg Veda. I may have access to it in Devanagari script – if so – I will put that up here…
Satyam
Thank you for your time.
N
संगच्छध्वं सं वदध्वं सं वो मनांसि जानताम् ।
देवा भागं यथा पूर्वे संजानाना उपासते ॥ ऋग्वेद
समानी व आकूतिः समाना हृदयानि वः ।
समानमस्तु वो मनो यथा वः सुसहासति ॥ ऋग्वेद
Let us move together, let us sing together
Let us come to know our minds together
Let us share like sages of the past,
That all people together may enjoy the universe
With one desire (for the Supreme), Let our hearts be inseparable
Our mind as one mind, as we, to truly know each other, become one.