Slokas help create a positive environment by calming us down and releasing stress and anxiety. You may introduce slokas for kids as reciting them can improve their concentration during a competition, exam, or a normal day. It can keep them refreshed and focused. Guiding your children to recite slokas every day is a good habit to teach right from childhood as it can benefit them even when they are grown up. So scroll through our post for the most relevant and common Sanskrit slokas.
17 Easy Slokas With Meaning For Children
These slokas are not only easy to chant and learn but also have a profound meaning to them. They teach us an essential life lesson.
1. Gayatri Mantra
Also called the Maha Mantra or the Savitri Mantra, this is the most revered mantra, and is dedicated to the Sun. Make the child recite this out under the sun in the morning to refresh their mind and also get some Vitamin D. Om bhur bhuva swaha Tat savitur varenyam Bhargo devasya dhimahi Dhiyo yo nah prachodayat Meaning: O God, the Savior, you are the basis of all life, self-existent, and whose touch sets every soul free from the sufferings, who penetrates into the universe and sustains every being, the creator of the whole universe, and who blesses with happiness. Lord, the purest form and the purifier of this universe, may he enlighten our minds and inspire our intelligence.
2. Shanti Mantra
Here are the four Santhi mantras. Om Sahana Vavatu Sahanau Bhunaktu Sahaveeryam Karavavahai Tejas Vinavati Tamastu ma vidhwishavahai Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi Meaning: May the Almighty protect student and teacher and nourish the both of us together. May the student and teacher work in sync with intensity and our learning be efficient and impressive. And may there be no enmity between us. May there be peace for all.
3. Shanti Mantra
Om sarveshaam swastir bhavatu Sarveshaam shantir bhavatu Sarveshaam poornam bhavatu Sarveshaam mangalam bhavatu Sarve bhavantu sukhinah Sarve santu niraamayaah Sarve bhadraani pashyantu Maakaschit duhkha bhaag bhavet Meaning: May auspiciousness, peace, fullness and prosperity be unto all, may all be happy and free from disabilities, may all look to the good of others, and may none suffer from sorrow.
4. Shanti Mantra
Asatoma sad gamaya Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya Mrityor ma amritam gamaya Om shanti, shanti, shanti hi Meaning: Oh Lord, lead us from the unreal to real, darkness to the light and from death to immortality. May peace be with all.
5. Shanti Mantra
Om poornamadah poornamidam Poornaat poornamudachyate Poornasya poornamaadaya Poornamevaavashishyate Om shanti, shanti, shanti hi Meaning: That is the ultimate truth, the God. This is the absolute. Absolute rises above the absolute. Even when the absolute is taken out of the absolute, it still remains.
6. Guru Mantra
The sloka is a salutation to the teacher, equating them to the Hindu Trinity. Gurur brahmah gurur vishnu Gurur devo maheshwaraha Gurur saakshaat param brahmah Tasmai shree guravey namaha Meaning: The teacher is equal to Brahma and Vishnu. The teacher is Maheshwara. The guru is equivalent to the Almighty.
7. Guravey Sarva
This is for saluting Dakshinaamoorthy (Lord Shiva is also called so as he did penance facing the South). Guravey sarva lokaanaam Bishajey bhava rohinaam Nidhaye sarva vidyanaam Shree dakshinaa moorthaye namaha Meaning: We bow down to the God of South (the universal guru) who is the teacher to the entire world and curer of all the diseases in the world.
8. Vidyaarthee Sloka
Bow to Lord Ganesha with this sloka. Vidyaarthee lapathey vidyaam Dhanaarthee lapathey dhanam Puthraarthee lapathey puthraan Mokshaarthee lapathey gathim Meaning: Aspire for knowledge, you’ll get it; yearn for wealth, you’ll get it; ask for a child, you’ll get it; and strive for salvation, and you’ll reach it.
9. Vakrathunda Sloka
The sloka is about seeking Lord Ganesha’s blessings for removing any obstacles on your path to success. Vakrathunda mahaakaaya Suryakoti samaprabha Nirvignam kurumey deva Sarvakaryeshu sarvada Meaning: O Lord with a curved trunk and huge body, and the brilliance of a million suns, I seek your blessings to grace my new beginning and remove all the obstacles as I begin to work.
10. Yaa Kundendu
Pray to the Goddess of Knowledge, Saraswati, before you begin your lessons every day. Yaa kundendu tushaarahaara dhavalaa Yaa shubhra vastraavritaa Yaa veenaa varadanda manditakaraa Yaa shveta padmaasanaa Yaa brahmaachyuta shankara Prabhritibihi devaih sadaa pujitaa Saa maam pattu saravatee Bhagavatee nihshesha jaadyaapahaa Meaning: Goddess Saraswati is white like the moonlight, snow, and the pearl and is adorned in pure ivory white. Whilst she plays the veena with her two hands, she gives blessings with the other two hands or punishments when required. She is sitting on a beautiful white lotus. Goddess Saraswati is worshipped by all the divine lords Brahma, the creator, Vishnu, the preserver and Maheshwara, the destroyer. May Goddess Saraswati remove any obstacles from my life and shelter me.
11. Sarva Kalyaani Mantra
A prayer to the Goddess for success and prosperity. Sarva mangala mangalye shive sarvaartha saadhike Sharanye trayambake Gauri Narayani namosthute Meaning: O Goddess of all auspiciousness, who is so harmonious, the fulfiller of our objectives, the giver of refuge, who has three eyes and is in golden color, our salutations to you, Gauri Narayani.
12. Saraswati namastubhyam
Pray to the Goddess of Knowledge and seek her blessings for attaining wisdom. Saraswati namastubhyam varade kaamaruupini Vidyaarambham karishhyaami siddhirbhavatu me sadaa Meaning: My salutations to Goddess Saraswati. You bless and fulfill all our aspirations. As I am beginning my path to wisdom, I seek your blessings. May I accomplish my goals.
13. Hyagreevam Stuthi
Hayagreeva is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Children may recite this sloka before beginning their day at school. Gyaananandamayam devam Nirmala spadikakruthim Aadaram sarva vidyanaam Hyagreevam upasmahe Meaning: Salutations to Sri Hayagreeva, the Lord with a Horse face. You are the presiding God for all the knowledge in the world. We offer our prayers to you; please bless us with knowledge and wisdom.
14. Deepam Sloka
This sloka is a prayer to the lamp. Shubham karoti kalyaanam Aarogyam dhana sampadaa Shatrubudhi vinaashaaya Diipajyoti namoastute Meaning: The one who is our light, which brings auspiciousness, prosperity, sound health, abundant wealth, and destroys the intellect’s enemy, our salutations to you.
15. Lakshmi Sloka
This prayer is to seek the blessings of the Goddess of wealth Lakshmi. Namastestu mahamaye Sripithe sura pujite, Sankha chakra gada haste Mahalaksmi namostute Meaning: Salute to Mahalakshmi, who is the Cause of Creation, and who is worshiped by the Suras. Salute to the goddess who is adorned with the conch, disc and mace in her hands. I respectfully bow in front of you.
16. Sastha Dasakam
Here is a prayer to Ayyappa, the lord of Sabarimala. Mattha mathanga gamanam Karunyamrutha pooritham Sarva vigna haram devam Sastharam pranamamyaham Meaning: Salutations to Lord Ayyappa, who gallops like an elephant, is filled with immense compassion, and is the destroyer of hurdles.
17. Bhoothanatha Sloka
Bhoothanatha sadananda Sarva bhootha daya para Raksha raksha maha baho Sasthre thubham namo nama Meaning: Salutations to Lord Sastha, robust like an elephant and who is ever happy and is filled with mercy for all beings in this universe, the God who removes all obstacles.
