This lecture has:

1) An explanation on JAY SITA RAM mantra

2) A video playing JAY SITA RAM mantra

3) An audio for that video

4) A video on how to play JAY SITA RAM mantra on the harmonium from a chord.

SITA RAM

JAYA SITA RAM JAY JAY HANUMAN

HARE RAM RAM RAM

SITA RAM RAM RAM

Meaning:

• SITA: also called Janaki, in Hinduism, the consort of the god Rama. Her abduction by the demon king Ravana and subsequent rescue are the central incidents in the great Hindu epic Ramayana (“Rama's Journey”). Rama and Sita (seated) with Hanuman (kneeling) and Lakshmana, 18th century, India
• RAMA is an avatar, or incarnation, of Vishnu, the lord of the universe. Sita is an avatar, or incarnation, of Lakshmi, Goddess of abundance. Lakshmi and Vishnu incarnate on earth as Sita and Rama. "Sita and Rama are the queen and king of the universe, the earth and the sky, the individual reflection of the One and the One itself, the dual aspects of our one Spirit." ~ Krishna Das
• JAY OR JAYA: in sanscrit means Victory, salutation to, honoring.

HOT TO PLAY IT?

FIRST MELODY ( C and F)

C chord: C - E- G

F chord with inversion F A C ( inverted C F A)

(C)JAYA SITA RAM JAY (F)JAY HANUMAN

SECOND MELODY

(A) JAYA SITA RAM JAY (F)JAY HANUMAN

THIRD PHRASE ( SAME AS FIRST MELODY)

HARE (C)RAM RAM RAM SITA (F) RAM RAM RAM