Hinduism
Aartis, stotras and hymns, verse by verse — in plain words, with a deeper commentary.
Start anywhere.
What do you sing when good fortune walks in?ॐ जय लक्ष्मी माता,Om Jai Lakshmi MataHinduismWho do you call on when you need courage?श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज निज मनु मुकुरु सुधारि।Hanuman ChalisaHinduismWhat would you ask the morning sun for?ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वःGayatri MantraHinduismWhy is Ganesh always welcomed first?जय गणेश, जय गणेश,Jai Ganesh DevaHinduismWho looks after everyone?ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी! जय जगदीश हरे।Om Jai Jagdish HareHinduismWhat does it mean to keep someone in your heart?श्री रामचन्द्र कृपालु भजुमन हरण भवभय दारुणं।Shri Ramchandra KripaluHinduism
Sung
Aartis, bhajans and the Chalisa — sung by the whole family.
- Hanuman ChalisaDraft
- Om Jai Lakshmi MataDraft
- Jai Ganesh DevaDraft
- Om Jai Jagdish HareDraft
- Shri Ramchandra KripaluDraft
Hymns
Vedic hymns, stotras and mantras — often recited by one voice.
- Gayatri MantraDraft
- Sri SuktamDraft
- Lakshmi AshtakamDraft
Coming
- Bhagavad Gita
Each text here is built in the same seven layers as everything on qMonk: the text in Devanagari, a transliteration, a literal translation, a plain-English rendering a child can follow, a deeper layer for the adult beside them, a one-line takeaway, and a question to sit with.
The Devanagari is checked line by line against at least two independent printings, and every place they differ is recorded. Where a family might sing a different word, the deeper layer says so.
The transliteration uses the standard scholarly system (IAST), so ā, ṣ and ṛ show exactly how a word is pronounced.
The literal translation. For most aartis and stotras there is no public-domain English translation, so we drafted our own, and every verse says so beside it. We never attribute our draft to anyone else.
The plain-words layer and the deeper layer are drafted with the help of AI under a written framework, and read and corrected by people. They read Hindu texts in their own terms — not through the vocabulary of another tradition.
Draft means draft. Every Hindu verse is marked Draft — awaiting reviewer until someone who knows the text has read it. That label is taken from the verse itself and changes only when a reviewer signs it off.