Sri Rudram Chamakam - Sinhala

චමකම් is the second half of ශ්රී රුද්රම්. If නමකම් trains surrender through repeated නමඃ, then චමකම් trains wholeness through repeated ච මේ - "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 ධර්ම.

At first, ච මේ 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 යජ්ඤ, 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.

ඕං ඉඩා॑ දේව॒හූ-ර්මනු॑ර්යජ්ඤ॒නී-ර්බෘහ॒ස්පති॑රුක්ථාම॒දානි॑
ශග්ම්සිෂ॒ද්විශ්වේ॑ දේ॒වාඃ සූ᳚ක්ත॒වාචඃ॒ පෘථි॑විමාත॒ර්මා
මා॑ හිග්ම්සී॒ර්මධු॑ මනිෂ්යේ॒ මධු॑ ජනිෂ්යේ॒
මධු॑ වක්ෂ්යාමි॒ මධු॑ වදිෂ්යාමි॒
මධු॑මතීං දේ॒වේභ්යෝ॒ වාච॒මුද්යාසග්ම්ශුශ්රූෂේ॒ණ්යා᳚ම්
මනු॒ෂ්යේ᳚භ්ය॒ස්තං
මා॑ දේ॒වා අ॑වංතු ශෝ॒භායෛ॑ පි॒තරෝऽනු॑මදංතු ॥

Translation (භාවාර්ථ):
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.

ඕං ශාංතිඃ॒ ශාංතිඃ॒ ශාංතිඃ॑ ॥

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

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