Hari Om Parents,
Happy New Year to all. Hope you all enjoyed a nice winter break.
Here is a brief summary of the class activities from Jan 5, 2020.
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
sūryakoṭi samaprabha
nirvighnam kurū me deva
sarva karyeśu sarvadā
2. Saraswati Namastubhyam
varade kāmarūpiṇi
vidyārambhaṃ kariṣyāmi
siddhirbhavatu me sadā ॥
3.. Karāgre Vasate Lakṣmīh
karamūle sarasvatī
karamadhye tu govindaḥ,
prabhāte karadarśanam
After some yoga stretches and poses we did our bhajans:
Great God Hanumanji, I bow to Thee,
Monkey faced One, I bow to Thee
Delight of Lord Rama, I take refuge in thee
Brave and strong son of Anjani
Infinite Om, Oh I bow to Thee
You fight all evil and win Victory
Khathe bhi ram kaho ; peethe bhi ram kaho;
Sothe bhi Ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...
Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram!
Jumping bhi ram kaho Running bhi ram kaho
Walking bhi ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...
Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram!
Khathe bhi ram kaho ; peethe bhi ram kaho;
Sothe bhi Ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...
Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram!
Likhte bhi ram kaho Padte bhi ram kaho
Sothe bhi Ram kaho Ram Ram Ram...
Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram, Ram Ram Ram
aanjaneya veera hanumantha shoora
vaayuu kumaara vaanara veera
mahaanubhaava jaya hanumantha
sree raam jaya raam jaya jaya raam
seetaaraam jaya jaya jaya raam
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.
1. One (ekam) 2. Two (dve) 3.Three (treeni)
4. Four (chatvaari) 5. Five (pancha) 6. Six (shat)
7. Seven (sapta) 8. Eight (ashta) 9. Nine (nava)
10. Ten (dasha) 11. Elelven (ekaadasha)
12. Twelve (dvaadasha) 13. Thirteen (trayodasha
14. Fourteen (chaturdasha) 15. Fifteen (panchadasha)
We learnt how to say colours in Sanskrit like
Red – Raktaha White - Shvetah
Yellow – Peethaha Black - Krishnaha
Om pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam
pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate
gaṇeśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam gaṇeśa.
gaṇeśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam gaṇeśa.
vāgīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam vāgīśa.
vāgīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam vāgīśa.
sārīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam sārīśa.
sārīśa śaraṇam, śaraṇam sārīśa.
After bhajans we played our meditation game and were able to count to 16 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 16 in Sanskrit :
4. Four (chatvaari) 5. Five (pancha) 6. Six (shat)
7. Seven (sapta) 8. Eight (ashta) 9. Nine (nava)
10. Ten (dasha) 11. Elelven (ekaadasha)
12. Twelve (dvaadasha) 13. Thirteen (trayodasha
14. Fourteen (chaturdasha) 15. Fifteen (panchadasha)
16. Sixteen (shodash)
Red – Raktaha White - Shvetah
Yellow – Peethaha Black - Krishnaha
Blue – Neelaha Green – Harithaha
Pink – Patalah
We all enjoyed the story "Eat a Mango where no one can see you" and learned that God is everywhere and in everyone.
Our weekly craft was greeting card with Ganesha or Saraswathi picture on it,
the kids enjoyed doing it.
We wrapped up our session with our closing prayers
pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya
pūrṇamevā vaśiṣyate
and moved to the temple for Aarthi.
Looking forward to seeing all of you at our next class, Jan 12th.
Regards,
Vidya and Pramila
