Kayena Vacha Manasendriyair Va
Whatever one does with body, speech, mind or senses — offer all of it to Narayana. The verse recited to close a puja.
Bhagavata Purana 11.2.36edition
Sanskrit · संस्कृत
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Meaning
Whatever one does with the body, with speech, with the mind or the senses, with the intellect or the self, or simply by force of habit — let all of it be offered to the Supreme, saying: this is for Narayana.
This rendering is by a DharmSetu editor, not a quotation from a published translation. Compare with the public-domain translation.
A Hindi meaning has not been written for this mantra yet. Hindi is authored by a named editor rather than machine-translated, so it arrives more slowly.
How to recite
- Repetitions
- 1 · 3
- Time
- sandhya
Pronunciation key — sounds commonly got wrong
- ट ठ ड ढ ण · ṭ ṭh ḍ ḍh ṇ
- Retroflex — the tongue curls back and touches the roof of the mouth. Distinct from the dental त थ द ध न, where the tongue touches the teeth.
- श ष स · ś ṣ s
- Three different sounds: ś as in “shy”, ṣ retroflex and further back, s plain. Collapsing them changes words.
- ः · ḥ (visarga)
- A soft outward breath echoing the preceding vowel — not a hard “ha”.
- ं · ṃ (anusvara)
- Nasalises the vowel; the closing sound follows the consonant that comes next.
- Long vs short vowels — a / ā, i / ī, u / ū
- Vowel length is meaningful in Sanskrit. Hold the macron vowels roughly twice as long.
- Aspirated consonants — kh, gh, ch, th, dh, ph, bh
- A distinct puff of breath. ph is an aspirated p, never an English “f”.
Word by word
- कायेनkāyena
- with the body(inst. sg.)MW1899-CDSL p.274
- वाचाvācā
- with speech(inst. sg.)MW1899-CDSL p.936
- मनसाmanasā
- with the mind(inst. sg.)MW1899-CDSL p.783
- इन्द्रियैःindriyaiḥ
- with the senses(inst. pl.)MW1899-CDSL p.167
- बुद्ध्याbuddhyā
- with the intellect(inst. sg.)MW1899-CDSL p.733
- आत्मनाātmanā
- with the self(inst. sg.)MW1899-CDSL p.135
- अनुसृतस्वभावात्anusṛtasvabhāvāt
- out of one's own nature, by habit(abl. sg.)
- करोतिkaroti
- does, performs(3rd sg. pres.)MW1899-CDSL p.300
- यद्यत् सकलम्yad yat sakalam
- whatever it may be, all of it
- परस्मैparasmai
- to the Supreme(dat. sg.)MW1899-CDSL p.586
- नारायणाय इतिnārāyaṇāya iti
- saying 'for Narayana'
- समर्पयेत्samarpayet
- let one offer, let one hand over(3rd sg. optative causative)
Glosses are confirmed against a Sanskrit–English dictionary; the reference after each entry names the edition consulted.
Context
Shadanga — the six limbs
The traditional analytic frame for a mantra. Blank limbs are simply not recorded for this text.
- chhanda
- Upajati
- devata
- Narayana
Recited at / traditionally recited for
Classified as Pauranic — From the Puranas. Most widely recited deity mantras belong here. Basis for this classification.
Related mantras
Purusha Sukta — opening verse
The thousand-headed Purusha — the first verse of the Purusha Sukta, Rigveda 10.90.1.
Bhaja Govindam — opening verse
Worship Govinda, you fool — when the hour comes, grammar will not save you.
Om Ityetad Aksharam — the opening of the Mandukya
The definition of Om that opens the Mandukya Upanishad: all that was, is, and will be is Om — and what lies outside time is Om too.
Tad Vishnoh Paramam Padam
The wise always see that highest step of Vishnu, spread out like an eye in the sky. Rigveda 1.22.20.
Anjaneya Gayatri
The Gayatri addressed to Hanuman, following the three-part pattern of the deity Gayatris.
Atulita Baladhamam
The companion dhyana verse to Manojavam — seat of immeasurable strength, a fire to the demon forest, first among the wise.