Japa and Stotra
Whatever is here right now is the material. Each japa is placed for one state, and none of them asks the state to go.
May He protect us both together and nourish us both together; may we work together with vigour; may our study be full of light, and may we not hate each other.
chant it →2the fruit that comes away from the stemMahāmṛtyuñjayaभयानक · Afraid, anxiousAs a ripe cucumber comes away from its stalk, may I come away from death, and not from the deathless.
chant it →3the words of men just let out of a prisonKṛṣṇāya Vāsudevāyaकरुण · SadTo Kṛṣṇa, son of Vasudeva, to Hari, the Supreme Self, to Govinda, who destroys the distress of those who bow to Him: salutation, again and again.
chant it →4the whole remains wholePūrṇam Adaḥबीभत्स · Ashamed, disgusted with myselfThat is whole. This is whole. From the whole, the whole arises. When the whole is taken from the whole, the whole alone remains.
chant it →5Sri Aurobindo's mantra to the MotherOm Ānandamayiशृङ्गार · Craving, longingSri Aurobindo's mantra to the Mother, and it begins with Delight.
chant it →6lead meAsato Māवीर · Restless, wanting to actFrom the unreal, lead me to the real. From darkness, lead me to light. From death, lead me to the deathless.
chant it →7the NameMāहास्य · Amused, lightA child calling its mother.
chant it →8the hands raised, and then the bowOm Namo Bhagavateअद्भुत · Overwhelmed, in wonderThe Mother's mantra, for the moment when what is here is too large to hold.
chant it →9savitṛ, the sun that sets things movingGāyatrīशान्त · Numb, nothingA request for the mind to be set moving, made to the light that moves everything else.
chant it →10given to a tired man in the middle of a fightĀditya HṛdayamA hymn handed to Rama when he was exhausted on the field and could not see the end of it.
recite it →11the sound is the practiceAigiri NandiniTwenty one verses built out of rhyme upon rhyme, where the sound does as much work as the sense.
recite it →The stotras are not placed by state. They are recited whole, from the first verse to the last, whenever you come to them.