Reciting slokas repeatedly can help children grasp the concept of mindfulness.
Slokas help create a positive environment by calming us down and releasing stress and anxiety. You may introduce slokas for youngsters, as repeating them might boost their concentration during a competition, exam, or routine day. It can keep people invigorated and attentive. Guiding your children to recite slokas every day is a fantastic habit to instill right from childhood, as it can help them even when they are grown up. So go through our site for the most relevant and prevalent Sanskrit slokas.
19 Easy Slokas With Meaning For Children
These slokas are not only easy to chant and memorize but also have a significant meaning to them. They give us a crucial life lesson.
1. Gayatri Mantra
Also called the Maha Mantra or the Savitri Mantra, this shloka is the most respected mantra and is dedicated to the Sun. Make the child say this out under the sun in the morning to renew their mind and also receive some vitamin D.
Om bhur bhuva swaha.
Tatsa vitur varenyam.
Bhargo devasya dhimahi
Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat
Meaning: O God, the Savior, you are the basis of all life, self-existent, and whose touch sets every soul free from the afflictions, who penetrates into the cosmos and nourishes every being, the creator of the whole universe, and who blesses with bliss.
Lord, the purest form and the cleanser of this creation, may he enlighten our thoughts and inspire our wisdom.
2. Shanti Mantra
Om Sahana Vavatu.
Sahanau Bhunaktu Sahaveeryam Karavavahai.
Tejas Vinavati Tamastu ma vidhwishavahai.
Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi.
Meaning: May the Almighty safeguard student and teacher and nourish the both of us together.
May the learner and teacher work in sync with intensity, and may our learning be efficient and impressive. And may there be no hostility between us. May there be peace for everybody.
3. Shanti Mantra
Om sarveshaam swastir bhavatu
Sarveshaam shantir bhavatu
Sarveshaam poornam bhavatu
Sarveshaam mangalam bhavatu
Sarve bhavantu sukhinah
Sarve santu niraamayaah
Sarve bhadraani pashyantu
Maakaschit duhkha bhaag bhavet
Meaning: May auspiciousness, peace, fullness, and prosperity be unto everyone; may all be happy and free from disabilities; may all seek the well of others; and may none suffer from sorrow.
4. Shanti Mantra
Asatoma sad gamaya
Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya
Mrityor ma amritam gamaya
Om shanti, shanti, shanti hi
Meaning: Oh Lord, bring us from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality. May peace be with everyone.
5. Shanti Mantra
Om poornamadah poornamidam
Poornaat poornamudachyate
Poornasya poornamaadaya
Poornamevaavashishyate
Om shanti, shanti, shanti hi
Meaning: That is the ultimate truth, God. This is the absolute. The absolute rises above the absolute. Even when the absolute is taken out of the absolute, it still remains.
6. Guru Mantra
The sloka is a salutation to the teacher, linking them to the Hindu Trinity.
Guru brahmah gururvishnu
Gururdevo maheshwaraha
Gurur saakshaat param brahmah
Tasmai shree guravey namaha
Meaning: The teacher is equivalent to Brahma and Vishnu. The teacher is Maheshwara. The guru is similar to the Almighty.
7. Guravey Sarva
This is for worshiping Dakshinaamoorthy (Lord Shiva is also named such as he underwent penance facing the south).
Guravey sarva lokaanaam
Bishajey bhava rohinaam
Nidhaye sarva vidyanaam
Shree dakshinaa moorthaye namaha
Meaning: We bow down to the God of the South (the universal guru), who is the teacher of the entire globe and the cure of all the maladies in the world.
8. Vidyaarthee Sloka
Bow to Lord Ganesha with this sloka.
Vidyaarthee lapathey vidyaam
Dhanaarthee lapathey dhanam
Puthraarthee lapathey puthraan
Mokshaarthee lapathey gathim
Meaning: Aspire for knowledge, you’ll get it; crave for prosperity, you’ll get it; ask for a child, you’ll receive it; and strive for salvation, and you’ll reach it.
9. Vakrathunda Sloka
The sloka is about seeking Lord Ganesha’s blessings to remove any hurdles on your path to achievement.
Vakrathunda mahaakaaya
Suryakoti samaprabha
Nirvignam kurumey deva
Sarvakaryeshu sarvada
Meaning: O Lord, with a curved trunk and vast body and the brilliance of a million suns, I want your blessings to grace my fresh beginning and eliminate all the difficulties as I begin to work.
10. Yaa Kundendu
Pray to the Goddess of Knowledge, Saraswati, before you begin your education every day.
Yaa kundendu tushaarahaara dhavalaa
Yaa shubhra vastraavritaa
Yaa veenaa varadanda manditakaraa
Yaa shveta padmaasanaa
Yaa brahmaachyuta shankara
Prabhritibihi devaih sadaa pujitaa
Saa maam pattu saravatee
Bhagavatee nihshesha jaadyaapahaa
Meaning: Goddess Saraswati is white like the moonlight, snow, and pearl and is decked in pure ivory white. While she plays the veena with her two hands, she distributes blessings with the other two hands or punishments when appropriate. She is seated on a gorgeous white lotus. Goddess Saraswati is revered by all the divine lords: Brahma, the creator; Vishnu, the preserver; and Maheshwara, the destroyer. May Goddess Saraswati remove any impediments from my life and shelter me.
11. Sarva Kalyaani Mantra
Sarva mangala mangalye shive sarvaartha saadhike
Sharanye trayambake Gauri Narayani namosthute
Meaning: O Goddess of all auspiciousness, who is so harmonious, the fulfiller of our purposes, the giver of shelter, who has three eyes and is in golden color, our salutations to you, Gauri Narayani
12. Saraswati Namastubhyam
Pray to the Goddess of Knowledge and ask her blessings for obtaining wisdom.
Saraswati namastubhyam varade kaamaruupini
Vidyaarambham karishhyaami siddhirbhavatu me sadaa
Meaning: My salutations to Goddess Saraswati. You bless and satisfy all our dreams. As I am beginning my path to wisdom, I ask for your blessings. May I attain my ambitions.
13. Hyagreevam Stuthi
Hayagreeva is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Children may repeat this sloka before beginning their day at school.
Gyaananandamayam devam
Nirmala spadikakruthim
Aadaram sarva vidyanaam
Hyagreevam upasmahe
Meaning: Salutations to Sri Hayagreeva, the Lord with a Horse Face. You are the presiding God for all the knowledge on earth. We submit our prayers to you; please bless us with knowledge and wisdom.
14. Deepam Sloka
This sloka is a prayer to the lamp.
Shubham karoti kalyaanam
Aarogyam dhana sampadaa
Shatrubudhi vinaashaaya
Diipajyoti namoastute
Meaning: The one who is our light, which provides auspiciousness, prosperity, sound health, abundant money, and kills the intellect’s enemy, our salutations to you.
15. Lakshmi Sloka
This prayer is to seek the blessings of the Goddess of Wealth, Lakshmi, at Aarthis or Puja.
Namastestu mahamaye
Sripithe sura pujite,
Sankha chakra gada haste
Mahalaksmi namostute
Meaning: Salute to Mahalakshmi, who is the cause of creation and who is revered by the Suras. Salute to the goddess who is decked with the conch, disc, and mace in her hands. I humbly bow in front of you.
16. Sastha Dasakam
Here is a devotional prayer to Ayyappa, the lord of Sabarimala.
Mattha mathanga gamanam
Karunyamrutha pooritham
Sarva vigna haram devam
Sastharam pranamamyaham
Meaning: Salutations to Lord Ayyappa, who gallops like an elephant, is filled with enormous compassion, and is the destroyer of barriers.
17. Bhoothanatha Sloka
Bhoothanatha sadananda
Sarva bhootha daya para
Raksha raksha maha baho
Sasthre thubham namo nama
Meaning: Salutations to Sastha devataa, robust like an elephant, who is ever happy and is overflowing with mercy for all beings in this universe, the God who removes all barriers.
18. Shiva Mantra (Mahamrityunjay Mantra)
A strong chant that instills strength and courage in times of fear and weakness.
Om Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushti Vardhanam
Urvarukamiva Bandhanan Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat
Meaning: We adore the three-eyed Lord Shiva, who is fragrant and nurtures all life. Let me be liberated from death (all earthly attachments), as I am bound to live like cucumbers to creepers. Let me not be removed from the concept of immortality.
19. Hare Krishna Mantra
A hypnotic mantra expressing thanks to the Bhagavan, who removes negative emotions and soothes fear and anxiety.
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare
Rama Rama Rama, Hare Hare
Meaning: Through this mantra, we honor the two incarnations (avatars) of Lord Vishnu, namely, Lord Krishna and Lord Rama. It is a cry for the universal energy that is supposed to be the source of all powers.
