Shubham Karoti Kalyanam, the Evening Lamp Shloka
शुभं करोति कल्याणम् आरोग्यं धनसम्पदा ।
शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
Śubhaṃ karoti kalyāṇam ārogyaṃ dhana-sampadā
Śatru-buddhi-vināśāya dīpa-jyotir namo’stu te
“You who bring auspiciousness, wellbeing, health and abundance, and who destroy hostile thoughts, to you, O light of the lamp, salutations.”
Traditional dīpa-stuti
Word by word
A shloka a child understands is a shloka they keep. Here is what each word is actually doing.
At dusk, while lighting the evening lamp or diya, and especially through Diwali and Karthika month.
- Marks the turn of the day with a small, beautiful ritual
- Children love it because they get to light or hold the lamp
- A calming close to the afternoon
- Central to Diwali celebrations and school events
A verse with fire in it will always win. Let a child light the diya, or hold it while an adult does, and chant together. Note the third line for older children: the lamp is asked to destroy shatru-buddhi, enemy-thinking, not enemies. That distinction is the whole lesson.
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Questions parents ask
It salutes the light of the lamp as that which brings auspiciousness, wellbeing, health and abundance, and destroys hostile thinking.
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