In a recent post, I wrote about having decided to use a beautiful chant consisting of 108 characteristics of Amma as a spiritual practice and an opportunity to start writing in Sanskrit again. My plan was to start at the beginning of the chant and write each line 10 times in Devanagari (Sanskrit script) … completing one line per day.
Today is the 40th day of that practice. I decided to share my journal pages from Days 38 and 39 with you. (I choose to write using a pen so you will see numerous corrections.)
Many of the lines in the chant are about events that happened during Amma’s early life. That is true of these two lines.
Day 38
वियोग शोक सम्मूर्व्व्हा मुहु: पतित वर्ष्मने नम:
om viyoga shoka sammurccha muhurpatita varshmane namah
… who often fell down unconscious due to the grief of non-union with Krishna
Day 39
सारमेयादि विहित शुश्रूषा लब्ध बुद्धाये नमः
sarameyadi vihita shushrusha labdha buddhaye namah
… who regained consciousness by the proper nursing given by dogs and other animals
Living, Learning and Letting Go 
You have such a beautiful handwriting and so much patience. Thank you for sharing 🙂
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I smiled when I read your comment. Several years ago I looked at my childhood school report cards and the common critique was about my poor handwriting. My mother, who was a grade school teacher, responded that she was working with me. She was probably very frustrated. My regular handwriting is still horrible. But writing Sanskrit script feels more like art!
From: “Living, Learning and Letting Go” Reply-To: “comment+cyw_ckpbmvnu3_-ao-n6hb9zbks1@comment.wordpress.com” Date: Monday, May 18, 2020 at 4:24 AM To: “livinglearningandlettinggo@gmail.com” Subject: [Living, Learning and Letting Go] Comment: “Day 38 and 39 Sanskrit Writing”
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Dear Karuna!
Being an Indian I’m so proud of our Sanskriti and Sanskrit as an Indian language. Seeing your post made me bow down to you to see the passion of learning this beautiful language 🙏
Namaste 🙏
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Thanks Meenakshi.
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