Hari Om Parents,
Here is a brief summary of the class activities from Nov 3rd,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 Mahākāy \
vakratunda mahākāya
sūryakoṭi samaprabha
nirvighnam kurū me deva
sarva karyeśu sarvadā
2. Saraswati Namastubhyam
sarasvati namastubhyaṃ varade kāmarūpiṇi
vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi siddhirbhavatu me sadā ॥
We all went for a class photo, our little ones did a good job by sitting patiently in front of the camera. We were back in our class so quick, thanks to our excellent photo team.
We did our yoga stretches and poses (Tree, Lion, Snake & Butterfly ) followed by our meditation game and were able to count till 13 quietly in our mind.
We counted the numbers in Sanskrit too
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. Elelven एकादश (ekaadasha)
12. Twelve द्वादश (dvaadasha) 13. Thirteen त्रयोदश (trayodasha)
We learnt how to say colours in Sanskrit like
Red – Raktaha White - Shvetah
Yellow – Peethaha Black - Krishnaha
Blue – Neelaha Green – Harithaha
Next we did our bhajans :
1. Ganesha Bhajan
· gaṇeśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam gaṇeśa.
gaṇeśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam gaṇeśa.
vāgīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam vāgīśa.
vāgīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam vāgīśa.
sārīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam sārīśa.
sārīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam sārīśa.
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
We did our Bhagavad Gita : Chapter 1, Verse 1 and 2 from our handbook.
Here is the youtube playlist to listen to our Swamiji chant -
This week's story was "Krishna and Govardhana Giri" and we enjoyed doing our "Peacock Feather" craft.
We wrapped up our session with our closing prayers
· Om pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam
pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya
pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate
and moved to the temple for Aarthi.
Reminder :- There is no class on Nov 10th.
For any other updates or any class information please check our Whatsapp messages.
Looking forward to seeing all of you at our next class, Nov 17th.
Unto Him our best,
Vidya Venkatesh
Pramila Rao
