Pratah Smaranam
प्रात: स्मरणंं
Pratah Smaranam (प्रात: स्मरणंं): Pratah Smaranam is a prayer composed by Sri Adi Shankaracharya consisting of three stanzas in which the mind (manas) speech (vak) and body (kaya) of the individual are sought to be dedicated to the supreme Spirit. The first thoughts, words and actions of everyday exert a great influence on the life of the individual. If they are consecrated and made divine, they will pave the way for spiritual illumination. The prayer at dawn is profoundly significant in that the dawn is the outer symbol of the inner awakening.
One who reads every morning this sacred triad of verses which is an ornament for all the three worlds will attain to the supreme state of liberation. In these Pratah Smaranam, Shankar sets forth also the quintessence of Advaita-Vedanta. The ultimate Reality is Sachchidananda (existence-consciousness-bliss). It is true, that which is the reality of the three states of experience and is beyond them. These expressions, ought not to be taken literally as descriptive or definitive of Reality. Hence it is that Brahman is indicated by the negative way, as ‘not this’, ‘not this’.
Brahman eludes categorisation; it is not within the limits of ideas and words. The so-called individual soul is non-different from it. The soul is not to be confused with the body mind complex. The elements that constitute the world are but illusory appearances on the basic Reality, even as a shake, a garland, etc., are projections on a rope. As the sun of wisdom rises, these illusions disappear, and the goal of life is reached. Pratah Smaranam meritorious triad of verses, the ornament of the three words – he who reads at the time of dawn goes to the supreme goals.
Pratah Smaranam is the pahala-sruti (description of the fruit) of Pratah Smaranam Vedantic prayer. It is a eulogy of the prayer whose purpose is to consecrate the thoughts, words, and deeds of the individual so that the final goal may eventually be gained.
Pratah Smaranam Benefits:
- Pratah Smaranam makes the illusions disappear, makes the day very fresh and full of enthusiasm and passion.
Who has to recite this Smaranam:
- The persons who are not finding any freshness in life and desired to get the boon of the gods must recite Pratah Smaranam regularly.
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