Sri Rudram Chamakam
oṃ agnāviṣṇū sajoṣasemāvardhaṃtu vāṃ giraḥ | dyumnairvājebhirāgatam |
vājaśca me prasavaśca me
prayatiśca me prasitiśca me
dhītiśca me kratuśca me
svaraśca me ślokaśca me
śrāvaśca me śrutiśca me
jyotiśca me suvaśca me
prāṇaśca me'pānaśca me
vyānaśca me'suśca me
cittaṃ ca ma ādhītaṃ ca me
vākca me manaśca me
cakṣuśca me śrotraṃ ca me
dakṣaśca me balaṃ ca ma
ojaśca me sahaśca ma
āyuśca me jarā ca ma
ātmā ca me tanūśca me
śarma ca me varma ca me'ṃgāni ca me'sthāni ca me
parūgṃṣi ca me śarīrāṇi ca me || 1 ||
jyaiṣṭhyaṃ ca ma ādhipatyaṃ ca me
manyuśca me bhāmaśca me'maśca me'ṃbhaśca me
jemā ca me mahimā ca me
varimā ca me prathimā ca me
varṣmā ca me drāghuyā ca me
vṛddhaṃ ca me vṛddhiśca me
satyaṃ ca me śraddhā ca me
jagacca me dhanaṃ ca me
vaśaśca me tviṣiśca me
krīḍā ca me modaśca me
jātaṃ ca me janiṣyamāṇaṃ ca me
sūktaṃ ca me sukṛtaṃ ca me
vittaṃ ca me vedyaṃ ca me
bhūtaṃ ca me bhaviṣyacca me
sugaṃ ca me supathaṃ ca ma
ṛddhaṃ ca ma ṛddhiśca me
kḷptaṃ ca me kḷptiśca me
matiśca me sumatiśca me || 2 ||
śaṃ ca me mayaśca me
priyaṃ ca me'nukāmaśca me kāmaśca me
saumanasaśca me bhadraṃ ca me
śreyaśca me vasyaśca me
yaśaśca me bhagaśca me draviṇaṃ ca me
yaṃtā ca me dhartā ca me
kṣemaśca me dhṛtiśca me
viśvaṃ ca me mahaśca me
saṃvim̐cca me jñātraṃ ca me
sūśca me prasūśca me
sīraṃ ca me layaśca ma
ṛtaṃ ca me'mṛtaṃ ca me'yakṣmaṃ ca me'nāmayacca me
jīvātuśca me dīrghāyutvaṃ ca me'namitraṃ ca me'bhayaṃ ca me
sugaṃ ca me śayanaṃ ca me
sūṣā ca me sudinaṃ ca me || 3 ||
ūrkca me sūnṛtā ca me
payaśca me rasaśca me
ghṛtaṃ ca me madhu ca me
sagdhiśca me sapītiśca me
kṛṣiśca me vṛṣṭiśca me
jaitraṃ ca ma audbhidyaṃ ca me
rayiśca me rāyaśca me
puṣṭaṃ ca me puṣṭiśca me
vibhu ca me prabhu ca me
bahu ca me bhūyaśca me
pūrṇaṃ ca me pūrṇataraṃ ca me'kṣitiśca me kūyavāśca me'nnaṃ ca me'kṣucca me
vrīhayaśca me yavāśca me
māṣāśca me tilāśca me
mudgāśca me khalvāśca me
godhūmāśca me masurāśca me
priyaṃgavaśca me'ṇavaśca me
śyāmakāśca me nīvārāśca me || 4 ||
aśmā ca me mṛttikā ca me
girayaśca me parvatāśca me
sikatāśca me vanaspatayaśca me
hiraṇyaṃ ca me'yaśca me
sīsaṃ ca me trapuśca me
śyāmaṃ ca me lohaṃ ca me'gniśca ma
āpaśca me vīrudhaśca ma oṣadhayaśca me
kṛṣṭapacyaṃ ca me'kṛṣṭapacyaṃ ca me
grāmyāśca me paśava āraṇyāśca yajñena kalpaṃtāṃ
vittaṃ ca me vittiśca me
bhūtaṃ ca me bhūtiśca me
vasu ca me vasatiśca me
karma ca me śaktiśca me'rthaśca ma
emaśca ma itiśca me gatiśca me || 5 ||
agniśca ma iṃdraśca me
somaśca ma iṃdraśca me
savitā ca ma iṃdraśca me
sarasvatī ca ma iṃdraśca me
pūṣā ca ma iṃdraśca me
bṛhaspatiśca ma iṃdraśca me
mitraśca ma iṃdraśca me
varuṇaśca ma iṃdraśca me
tvaṣṭā ca ma iṃdraśca me
dhātā ca ma iṃdraśca me
viṣṇuśca ma iṃdraśca me'śvinau ca ma iṃdraśca me
marutaśca ma iṃdraśca me
viśve ca me devā iṃdraśca me
pṛthivī ca ma iṃdraśca me'ṃtarikṣaṃ ca ma iṃdraśca me
dyauśca ma iṃdraśca me
diśaśca ma iṃdraśca me
mūrdhā ca ma iṃdraśca me
prajāpatiśca ma iṃdraśca me || 6 ||
agṃśuśca me raśmiśca me'dābhyaśca me'dhipatiśca ma
upāgṃśuśca me'ṃtaryāmaśca ma
aiṃdravāyavaśca me maitrāvaruṇaśca ma
āśvinaśca me pratiprasthānaśca me
śukraśca me maṃthī ca ma
āgrayaṇaśca me vaiśvadevaśca me
dhruvaśca me vaiśvānaraśca ma
ṛtugrahāśca me'tigrāhyāśca ma
aiṃdrāgnaśca me vaiśvadevaśca me
marutvatīyāśca me māheṃdraśca ma
ādityaśca me sāvitraśca me
sārasvataśca me pauṣṇaśca me
pātnīvataśca me hāriyojanaśca me || 7 ||
idhmaśca me barhiśca me
vediśca me dhiṣṇiyāśca me
srucaśca me camasāśca me
grāvāṇaśca me svaravaśca ma
uparavāśca me'dhiṣavaṇe ca me
droṇakalaśaśca me vāyavyāni ca me
pūtabhṛcca ma ādhavanīyaśca ma
āgnīdhraṃ ca me havirdhānaṃ ca me
gṛhāśca me sadaśca me puroḍāśāśca me
pacatāśca me'vabhṛthaśca me svagākāraśca me || 8 ||
agniśca me gharmaśca me'rkaśca me
sūryaśca me prāṇaśca me'śvamedhaśca me
pṛthivī ca me'ditiśca me ditiśca me
dyauśca me śakvarīraṃgulayo diśaśca me
yajñena kalpaṃtāmṛkca me
sāma ca me stomaśca me
yajuśca me dīkṣā ca me
tapaśca ma ṛtuśca me
vrataṃ ca me'horātrayorvṛṣṭyā bṛhadrathaṃtare ca me
yajñena kalpetām || 9 ||
garbhāśca me vatsāśca me
tryaviśca me tryavīca me
dityavāṭ ca me dityauhī ca me
paṃcāviśca me paṃcāvī ca me
trivatsaśca me trivatsā ca me
turyavāṭ ca me turyauhī ca me
paṣṭhavāṭ ca me paṣṭhauhī ca ma
ukṣā ca me vaśā ca ma
ṛṣabhaśca me vehacca me'naḍvāṃca me
dhenuśca ma āyuryajñena kalpatāṃ
prāṇo yajñena kalpatāmapāno yajñena kalpatāṃ
vyāno yajñena kalpatāṃ
cakṣuryajñena kalpatāg śrotraṃ-yam̐jñena kalpatāṃ
mano yajñena kalpatāṃ
vāgyajñena kalpatāmātmā yajñena kalpatāṃ
yajño yajñena kalpatām || 10 ||
ekā ca me tisraśca me
paṃca ca me sapta ca me
nava ca ma ekādaśa ca me
trayodaśa ca me paṃcadaśa ca me
saptadaśa ca me navadaśa ca ma
ekavigṃśatiśca me trayovigṃśatiśca me
paṃcavigṃśatiśca me saptavigṃśatiśca me
navavigṃśatiśca ma ekatrigṃśacca me
trayastrigṃśacca me catasraśca me'ṣṭau ca me
dvādaśa ca me ṣoḍaśa ca me
vigṃśatiśca me caturvigṃśatiśca me'ṣṭāvigṃśatiśca me
dvātrigṃśacca me ṣaṭ-trigṃśacca me
catvārigṃśacca me catuścatvārigṃśacca me'ṣṭācatvārigṃśacca me
vājaśca prasavaścāpijaśca
kratuśca suvaśca mūrdhā ca
vyaśniyaścāṃtyāyanaścāṃtyaśca
bhauvanaśca bhuvanaścādhipatiśca || 11 ||
oṃ iḍā devahū-rmanuryajñanī-rbṛhaspatirukthāmadāni śagṃsiṣadviśve devāḥ sūktavācaḥ pṛthivimātarmā mā higṃsīrmadhu maniṣye madhu janiṣye madhu vakṣyāmi madhu vadiṣyāmi madhumatīṃ devebhyo vācamudyāsagṃśuśrūṣeṇyām manuṣyebhyastaṃ mā devā avaṃtu śobhāyai pitaro'numadaṃtu ||
oṃ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ ||
oṃ agnāviṣṇū sajoṣasemāvardhaṃtu vāṃ giraḥ | dyumnairvājebhirāgatam |
vājaśca me prasavaśca me
prayatiśca me prasitiśca me
dhītiśca me kratuśca me
svaraśca me ślokaśca me
śrāvaśca me śrutiśca me
jyotiśca me suvaśca me
prāṇaśca me'pānaśca me
vyānaśca me'suśca me
cittaṃ ca ma ādhītaṃ ca me
vākca me manaśca me
cakṣuśca me śrotraṃ ca me
dakṣaśca me balaṃ ca ma
ojaśca me sahaśca ma
āyuśca me jarā ca ma
ātmā ca me tanūśca me
śarma ca me varma ca me'ṃgāni ca me'sthāni ca me
parūgṃṣi ca me śarīrāṇi ca me || 1 ||
jyaiṣṭhyaṃ ca ma ādhipatyaṃ ca me
manyuśca me bhāmaśca me'maśca me'ṃbhaśca me
jemā ca me mahimā ca me
varimā ca me prathimā ca me
varṣmā ca me drāghuyā ca me
vṛddhaṃ ca me vṛddhiśca me
satyaṃ ca me śraddhā ca me
jagacca me dhanaṃ ca me
vaśaśca me tviṣiśca me
krīḍā ca me modaśca me
jātaṃ ca me janiṣyamāṇaṃ ca me
sūktaṃ ca me sukṛtaṃ ca me
vittaṃ ca me vedyaṃ ca me
bhūtaṃ ca me bhaviṣyacca me
sugaṃ ca me supathaṃ ca ma
ṛddhaṃ ca ma ṛddhiśca me
kḷptaṃ ca me kḷptiśca me
matiśca me sumatiśca me || 2 ||
śaṃ ca me mayaśca me
priyaṃ ca me'nukāmaśca me kāmaśca me
saumanasaśca me bhadraṃ ca me
śreyaśca me vasyaśca me
yaśaśca me bhagaśca me draviṇaṃ ca me
yaṃtā ca me dhartā ca me
kṣemaśca me dhṛtiśca me
viśvaṃ ca me mahaśca me
saṃvim̐cca me jñātraṃ ca me
sūśca me prasūśca me
sīraṃ ca me layaśca ma
ṛtaṃ ca me'mṛtaṃ ca me'yakṣmaṃ ca me'nāmayacca me
jīvātuśca me dīrghāyutvaṃ ca me'namitraṃ ca me'bhayaṃ ca me
sugaṃ ca me śayanaṃ ca me
sūṣā ca me sudinaṃ ca me || 3 ||
ūrkca me sūnṛtā ca me
payaśca me rasaśca me
ghṛtaṃ ca me madhu ca me
sagdhiśca me sapītiśca me
kṛṣiśca me vṛṣṭiśca me
jaitraṃ ca ma audbhidyaṃ ca me
rayiśca me rāyaśca me
puṣṭaṃ ca me puṣṭiśca me
vibhu ca me prabhu ca me
bahu ca me bhūyaśca me
pūrṇaṃ ca me pūrṇataraṃ ca me'kṣitiśca me kūyavāśca me'nnaṃ ca me'kṣucca me
vrīhayaśca me yavāśca me
māṣāśca me tilāśca me
mudgāśca me khalvāśca me
godhūmāśca me masurāśca me
priyaṃgavaśca me'ṇavaśca me
śyāmakāśca me nīvārāśca me || 4 ||
aśmā ca me mṛttikā ca me
girayaśca me parvatāśca me
sikatāśca me vanaspatayaśca me
hiraṇyaṃ ca me'yaśca me
sīsaṃ ca me trapuśca me
śyāmaṃ ca me lohaṃ ca me'gniśca ma
āpaśca me vīrudhaśca ma oṣadhayaśca me
kṛṣṭapacyaṃ ca me'kṛṣṭapacyaṃ ca me
grāmyāśca me paśava āraṇyāśca yajñena kalpaṃtāṃ
vittaṃ ca me vittiśca me
bhūtaṃ ca me bhūtiśca me
vasu ca me vasatiśca me
karma ca me śaktiśca me'rthaśca ma
emaśca ma itiśca me gatiśca me || 5 ||
agniśca ma iṃdraśca me
somaśca ma iṃdraśca me
savitā ca ma iṃdraśca me
sarasvatī ca ma iṃdraśca me
pūṣā ca ma iṃdraśca me
bṛhaspatiśca ma iṃdraśca me
mitraśca ma iṃdraśca me
varuṇaśca ma iṃdraśca me
tvaṣṭā ca ma iṃdraśca me
dhātā ca ma iṃdraśca me
viṣṇuśca ma iṃdraśca me'śvinau ca ma iṃdraśca me
marutaśca ma iṃdraśca me
viśve ca me devā iṃdraśca me
pṛthivī ca ma iṃdraśca me'ṃtarikṣaṃ ca ma iṃdraśca me
dyauśca ma iṃdraśca me
diśaśca ma iṃdraśca me
mūrdhā ca ma iṃdraśca me
prajāpatiśca ma iṃdraśca me || 6 ||
agṃśuśca me raśmiśca me'dābhyaśca me'dhipatiśca ma
upāgṃśuśca me'ṃtaryāmaśca ma
aiṃdravāyavaśca me maitrāvaruṇaśca ma
āśvinaśca me pratiprasthānaśca me
śukraśca me maṃthī ca ma
āgrayaṇaśca me vaiśvadevaśca me
dhruvaśca me vaiśvānaraśca ma
ṛtugrahāśca me'tigrāhyāśca ma
aiṃdrāgnaśca me vaiśvadevaśca me
marutvatīyāśca me māheṃdraśca ma
ādityaśca me sāvitraśca me
sārasvataśca me pauṣṇaśca me
pātnīvataśca me hāriyojanaśca me || 7 ||
idhmaśca me barhiśca me
vediśca me dhiṣṇiyāśca me
srucaśca me camasāśca me
grāvāṇaśca me svaravaśca ma
uparavāśca me'dhiṣavaṇe ca me
droṇakalaśaśca me vāyavyāni ca me
pūtabhṛcca ma ādhavanīyaśca ma
āgnīdhraṃ ca me havirdhānaṃ ca me
gṛhāśca me sadaśca me puroḍāśāśca me
pacatāśca me'vabhṛthaśca me svagākāraśca me || 8 ||
agniśca me gharmaśca me'rkaśca me
sūryaśca me prāṇaśca me'śvamedhaśca me
pṛthivī ca me'ditiśca me ditiśca me
dyauśca me śakvarīraṃgulayo diśaśca me
yajñena kalpaṃtāmṛkca me
sāma ca me stomaśca me
yajuśca me dīkṣā ca me
tapaśca ma ṛtuśca me
vrataṃ ca me'horātrayorvṛṣṭyā bṛhadrathaṃtare ca me
yajñena kalpetām || 9 ||
garbhāśca me vatsāśca me
tryaviśca me tryavīca me
dityavāṭ ca me dityauhī ca me
paṃcāviśca me paṃcāvī ca me
trivatsaśca me trivatsā ca me
turyavāṭ ca me turyauhī ca me
paṣṭhavāṭ ca me paṣṭhauhī ca ma
ukṣā ca me vaśā ca ma
ṛṣabhaśca me vehacca me'naḍvāṃca me
dhenuśca ma āyuryajñena kalpatāṃ
prāṇo yajñena kalpatāmapāno yajñena kalpatāṃ
vyāno yajñena kalpatāṃ
cakṣuryajñena kalpatāg śrotraṃ-yam̐jñena kalpatāṃ
mano yajñena kalpatāṃ
vāgyajñena kalpatāmātmā yajñena kalpatāṃ
yajño yajñena kalpatām || 10 ||
ekā ca me tisraśca me
paṃca ca me sapta ca me
nava ca ma ekādaśa ca me
trayodaśa ca me paṃcadaśa ca me
saptadaśa ca me navadaśa ca ma
ekavigṃśatiśca me trayovigṃśatiśca me
paṃcavigṃśatiśca me saptavigṃśatiśca me
navavigṃśatiśca ma ekatrigṃśacca me
trayastrigṃśacca me catasraśca me'ṣṭau ca me
dvādaśa ca me ṣoḍaśa ca me
vigṃśatiśca me caturvigṃśatiśca me'ṣṭāvigṃśatiśca me
dvātrigṃśacca me ṣaṭ-trigṃśacca me
catvārigṃśacca me catuścatvārigṃśacca me'ṣṭācatvārigṃśacca me
vājaśca prasavaścāpijaśca
kratuśca suvaśca mūrdhā ca
vyaśniyaścāṃtyāyanaścāṃtyaśca
bhauvanaśca bhuvanaścādhipatiśca || 11 ||
oṃ iḍā devahū-rmanuryajñanī-rbṛhaspatirukthāmadāni śagṃsiṣadviśve devāḥ sūktavācaḥ pṛthivimātarmā mā higṃsīrmadhu maniṣye madhu janiṣye madhu vakṣyāmi madhu vadiṣyāmi madhumatīṃ devebhyo vācamudyāsagṃśuśrūṣeṇyām manuṣyebhyastaṃ mā devā avaṃtu śobhāyai pitaro'numadaṃtu ||
oṃ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ ||
Introduction
The Chamakam is the Chamaka Prashna of the Krishna Yajurveda’s Taittiriya Samhita (fourth kanda, seventh prapathaka). It takes its name from the words ca me — “and may this be mine” — which close every clause.
Where the Namakam salutes, the Chamakam asks. Across eleven anuvakas it requests, in turn: the breaths and faculties; eminence and progeny; grains and food; metals and cattle; the gods; the soma draughts and the implements of sacrifice; and finally, numbers.
The number series of anuvaka 11 is striking: first the odd numbers (1, 3, 5 … 33), then the even (4, 8, 12 … 48). Tradition connects these to the metres of the sacrifice and to the bricks of the fire altar.
The prayer is at once material and spiritual — it asks for food, cattle and gold, and equally for truth, faith, discernment and the deathless.
How to Recite
- The Chamakam always follows the Namakam; the Laghunyasam comes before both.
- In an Ekadasha Rudra, eleven recitations of the Namakam are followed by one Chamakam; some traditions pair each Namakam with a single anuvaka of the Chamakam instead.
- The pitch marks are given for Vedic recitation.
- Mondays, Pradosha, Mahashivaratri and the month of Shravana are especially fruitful.
Sources 2
- Sri Rudram (vignanam.org, Vaidika Vignanam) — sarala devanagari edition with simplified anusvaras, accents marked
The Devanagari reproduced here follows this edition akshara-for-akshara, including its simplified anusvara spellings (पंच, संकाशं, कंठे) and its Vedic nasal-glide notation (रुद्रं-वैँ, शिखायां-वाँमदेवाः), which match the convention used elsewhere on this site. Thirteen readings were corrected against sanskritdocuments.org where this edition had dropped or swapped a consonant: वाघृदये → वाग्धृदये, मूर्द्नि → मूर्ध्नि, जठरेऽअग्नि → जठरेऽग्नि, प्रयच्चंतु → प्रयच्छंतु, अभिषिंचेच्चिवम् → अभिषिंचेच्छिवम्, मीडुष्टम → मीढुष्टम, विद्यद्भ्यश्च → विध्यद्भ्यश्च, आक्खिदते → आख्खिदते, प्रक्खिदते → प्रख्खिदते, सत्वानो → सत्त्वानो, जैष्ठ्यं → ज्यैष्ठ्यं, त्वष्ठा → त्वष्टा, श्यामाकाश्च → श्यामकाश्च.
- chamakaprashnaH kR^iShNayajurvedIya sasvaraH (sanskritdocuments.org) — doc_veda/chamaka.html — taittirIyasaMhitA 4.7, with accents
Independent accented witness for the Chamakam. Note that it reads चत्वरिग्ंशत् for चत्वारिग्ंशत् (forty) and doubles the क् in शक्क्वरी, where the vignanam edition followed here is correct.
Meanings are compiled and edited by the Ved Path team, and are being progressively reviewed for accuracy.
