Hari Om Parents,
We had a short class due to Saraswathi pooja. Below is the update of the class
for Week 3, 29-Sep-2019 :
We started our class with our 3 Oms followed by
· Om saha nāvavatu
saha nau bhunaktu
saha vīryam karavāvahai
Tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai
Om śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
hariH Om
Shri gurubhyo namaH
hariH Om
and 3 chants
• Om Sri Ganeshaya namaha, Om Sri Saraswathye namaha, Om Sri Sat Gurubyoh namaha
We chanted three shlokas:-
1. Vakratunda Mahākāya
· vakratunda mahākāya
sūryakoṭi samaprabha
nirvighnam kurū me deva
sarva karyeśu sarvadā
We discussed about Goddess Sarasvati and while looking at her picture, kids identified the things unique to her – White saree, 2 hands holding Veena, the other hands holding japa mala and the book. Visualizing these features we repeated the shloka –
2. Saraswati Namastubhyam
· sarasvati namastubhyaṃ
varade kāmarūpiṇi
vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi
siddhirbhavatu me sadā ॥
3. Karāgre Vasate Lakṣmīh
· Karāgre Vasate Lakṣmīh
karamūle sarasvatī
karamadhye tu govindaḥ,
prabhāte karadarśanam
We did our Yoga stretches and poses (Tree, Lion, Snake & Butterfly )
followed by Bhajans :
1. Durga Bhajan
· jaya jaya devii, jaya jaya devii, durgaa devii sharaNam
jaya jaya devii, jaya jaya devii, durgaa devii sharaNam
kanaka durgaa devii sharaNam, kanaka durga devii sharaNam
2. Great God Ganapati (Action song)
· Great God Ganapathi, I bow to Thee,
Elephant faced One, I bow to Thee
Delight of Lord Shiva, I take refuge in Thee,
O big bellied son of Mother Parvathi
Infinite Om, Oh I bow to Thee
You ride on your mouse and win Victory
You ride on your mouse and win Victory
After bhajans we played our meditation game and were able to count to 11!! and all our little ones did an awesome job of closing their eyes and counting in their mind. We learnt how to tell the numbers from 1 to 11 in Sanskrit :
1. One एकम् (ekam) 2. Two द्वे (dve) 3.Three त्रीणि (treeni)
4. Four चत्वारि (chatvaari) 5. Five पञ्च (pancha) 6. Six षट् (shat)
7. Seven सप्त (sapta) 8. Eight अष्ट (ashta) 9. Nine नव (nava)
10. Ten दश (dasha) 11. Eleven एकादश (ekaadasha)
We learnt how to say colours in Sanskrit like
· Red - Raktaha
· White - Shvetah
· Yellow - Peethaha
· Black - Krishnaha (कृष्णः)
· Blue - Neelaha
· Green – Harithaha
We chanted the Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 1, Verse 1 from our handbook and said our closing prayers
· Om pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam
pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya
pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate
and moved to the temple for Saraswathi Pooja.
All our kids were awesome sitting for the whole Pooja.
Reminder:-
1. There is no class on Oct 6th.
2. We will meet again on October 13th at 10am for the CORD Walkathon at Mercer County Park. Here is the link to register:
Enjoy your Navarathri week and looking forward to see you all on Oct 13th.
Regards,
Vidya Venkatesh
Pramila Rao
