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Upaveetam - In sanskrit with meaning
उपवीतं श्लोक
Upaveetam Sloka
Upaveeta (Sacred Thread)
ॐ यज्ञोपवीतं परमं पवित्रं प्रजापतेर्यत्सहजं पुरस्तात् ।
आयुष्यमग्र्यं प्रतिमुञ्चशुभ्रं यज्ञोपवीतं बलमस्तु तेजः ।
नवभिस्तन्तुभिर्युक्तं त्रिगुणं देवतामयम् ।
उपवीतं मया दत्तं गृहाण गणनायक ॥
Om Yajnyopaviitam Paramam Pavitram Prajaapater-Yat-Sahajam Purastaat |
Aayussyam-Agryam Pratimun.ca-Shubhram Yajnyopaviitam Balam-Astu Tejah |
Navabhis-Tantubhir-Yuktam Tri-Gunnam Devataamayam |
Upaviitam Mayaa Dattam Grhaanna Gannanaayaka ||
Meaning:
(O Lord, Please accept this Upaveetam)
1: Om, this
Yagyopaveeta which is
very Sacred and
born from
Prajapati in the
beginning, ...
2: ... Which is
foremost in
giving Long Life, this
Yagyopaveeta which is
worn as a
White Thread, which gives
Strength (Bala) and fills one with
Splendour (Tejas), ...
3: ... Which is created by
joining Nine Threads, which represents the
Three Gunas (Trigunas) and contains the
Deities, ...
4: ... This (Sacred)
Upaveeta given by
me, Please accept O
Gananayaka (Leader of the Ganas).

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Translated by greenmesg
Bharatavarsha - The Land of Gods and Sages:
1. Stotras
2. Scriptures
3. Pilgrimages
4. Festivals
5. Saints: Ramakrishna - Vivekananda - Ramana
6. Sadhana
7. Sanskrit
8. Nature