Lalitā Sahasranāma , Name 914 of 1000: स्वस्था · Svasthā
Abiding In Herself
Artha
What the name means
She rests in her own being and needs no support outside it, the same word serving in ordinary speech for one who is simply well.
Japa
How to chant it
ॐ स्वस्थायै नमः
oṃ svasthāyai namaḥ
om svasthayai namah
In the stotra the name is chanted as it stands, svasthā, as part of Shloka 169. In the nāmāvalī, the form used for arcana(worship with an offering at each name), it is turned to the dative, the case of offering: “to her”. Then it is framed by oṃ before and namaḥ, “salutation”, after.
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Uccāraṇa
Saying it, syllable by syllable
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Vyākaraṇa
How the name is built
standing in her own self
vigraha sve ātmani tiṣṭhatīti svasthā
one's own, the self
standing, abiding
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Sandarbha
In its shloka
Shloka 169Names 912–917
सव्यापसव्यमार्गस्था सर्वापद्विनिवारिणी ।
स्वस्था स्वभावमधुरा धीरा धीरसमर्चिता ॥ १६९ ॥
savyāpasavyamārgasthā sarvāpadvinivāriṇī
svasthā svabhāvamadhurā dhīrā dhīrasamarcitā
Study the whole shloka: Both paths, and the steadiness they ask for
Lipi
The name in other scripts
- Simple English spelling
- svasthaom svasthayai namah
- ITRANS
- svasthAOM svasthAyai namaH
- Harvard-Kyoto
- svasthAOM svasthAyai namaH
- తెలుగుTelugu
- స్వస్థాఓం స్వస్థాయై నమః
- ಕನ್ನಡKannada
- ಸ್ವಸ್ಥಾಓಂ ಸ್ವಸ್ಥಾಯೈ ನಮಃ
- മലയാളംMalayalam
- സ്വസ്ഥാഓം സ്വസ്ഥായൈ നമഃ
- தமிழ்Tamil
- ஸ்வஸ்தா²ஓம் ஸ்வஸ்தா²யை நமஃ
- ગુજરાતીGujarati
- સ્વસ્થાૐ સ્વસ્થાયૈ નમઃ
- বাংলাBengali
- স্বস্থাওঁ স্বস্থায়ৈ নমঃ
- ଓଡ଼ିଆOdia
- ସ୍ୱସ୍ଥାଓଁ ସ୍ୱସ୍ଥାୟୈ ନମଃ