Sri Rudram Chamakam - Punjabi

ਚਮਕਮ੍ is the second half of ਸ਼੍ਰੀ ਰੁਦ੍ਰਮ੍. If ਨਮਕਮ੍ trains surrender through repeated ਨਮਃ, then ਚਮਕਮ੍ trains wholeness through repeated ਚ ਮੇ - "and to me." It is a Vedic prayer for the conditions that support a complete life: inner strength, clear faculties, social order, nourishment, and the resources needed to live ਧਰ੍ਮ.

At first, ਚ ਮੇ can sound like a long list of "wants." But the Vedic context is important: these are not random cravings; they are capacities and supports - breath, mind, speech, food, rain, animals, tools of ਯਜ੍ਞ, and the stability of community. The prayer is: may what is needed for a harmonious life be available, so that spiritual growth is not constantly crushed by scarcity, fear, or disorder.

ਓਂ ਇਡਾ॑ ਦੇਵ॒ਹੂ-ਰ੍ਮਨੁ॑ਰ੍ਯਜ੍ਞ॒ਨੀ-ਰ੍ਬ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਹ॒ਸ੍ਪਤਿ॑ਰੁਕ੍ਥਾਮ॒ਦਾਨਿ॑
ਸ਼ਗ੍ਮ੍ਸਿਸ਼॒ਦ੍ਵਿਸ਼੍ਵੇ॑ ਦੇ॒ਵਾਃ ਸੂ᳚ਕ੍ਤ॒ਵਾਚਃ॒ ਪ੍ਰੁਰੁਇਥਿ॑ਵਿਮਾਤ॒ਰ੍ਮਾ
ਮਾ॑ ਹਿਗ੍ਮ੍ਸੀ॒ਰ੍ਮਧੁ॑ ਮਨਿਸ਼੍ਯੇ॒ ਮਧੁ॑ ਜਨਿਸ਼੍ਯੇ॒
ਮਧੁ॑ ਵਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਯਾਮਿ॒ ਮਧੁ॑ ਵਦਿਸ਼੍ਯਾਮਿ॒
ਮਧੁ॑ਮਤੀਂ ਦੇ॒ਵੇਭ੍ਯੋ॒ ਵਾਚ॒ਮੁਦ੍ਯਾਸਗ੍ਮ੍ਸ਼ੁਸ਼੍ਰੂਸ਼ੇ॒ਣ੍ਯਾ᳚ਮ੍
ਮਨੁ॒ਸ਼੍ਯੇ᳚ਭ੍ਯ॒ਸ੍ਤਂ
ਮਾ॑ ਦੇ॒ਵਾ ਅ॑ਵਂਤੁ ਸ਼ੋ॒ਭਾਯੈ॑ ਪਿ॒ਤਰੋ਽ਨੁ॑ਮਦਂਤੁ ॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
May the concluding Vedic blessing (iDA), along with all the gods and Mother Earth, be pleased. May I not harm anyone. May my thoughts, growth, and speech be sweet and worthy of hearing. May the gods protect me and may the ancestors bless and approve.

ਓਂ ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਃ॒ ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਃ॒ ਸ਼ਾਂਤਿਃ॑ ॥

Translation (ਭਾਵਾਰ੍ਥ):
OM. Peace, peace, peace.

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