Kayena Vaca in Sanskrit, English with Meaning

Kayena Vaca

कायेन वाचा मनसेंद्रियैर्वा
बुध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतेः स्वभावात् ।
करोमि यद्यत् सकलं परस्मै
नारायणायेति समर्पयामि ॥

kāyena vācā manaseṃdriyairvā
budhyātmanā vā prakṛteḥ svabhāvāt .
karomi yadyat sakalaṃ parasmai
nārāyaṇāyeti samarpayāmi ..

Whatever I do either by body, speech, mind or sensory organs, either with my personal knowledge or natural trait, I surrender and submit all to that to supreme divine Narayana.

Description

Word by Word meaning
kāyena — with the body; vācā — speech; manasā — mind; indriyaiḥ — senses; vā — or; buddhyā — with the intelligence; ātmanā — the purified consciousness; vā — or; anusṛta — followed; svabhāvāt — according to one’s conditioned nature; karoti — one does; yat yat — whatever; sakalam — all; parasmai — to the Supreme; nārāyanāyaiti — thinking, “This is for Nārāyaṇa”;samarpayet — he should offer; tat — that.

Significance of Kayena Vacha Shlokam
This Shlokam prays for and builds the attitude of total surrender to the Lord as we go through each day in our life. Most of us go through life’s various activities. In our own ignorance we arrogate to ourselves, the ownership of the activities and when the results are not in-sync with our expectations, we become sad and dejected.One of the most powerful ways on the route to spirituality is to do any action as an agent. If there is an attitude, that I have to do an activity because it is my obligation, I will not worry about the results. Just as a soldier kills on the battlefield as an agent of the country and he will not be punished for any act, similarly if we do any act as an agent of the supreme, there is no impact. Every action incidentally which is done with a feeling of ownership has a karmic impact with strong potential for a rebirth due to that action. However any action done with a true feeling that it is my obligation to serve humanity or this activity is for a larger cause beyond my selfishness, will not have any karmic impact.

This Shlokam is a great way to reduce our karmic footprint while surrendering to the Lord.

There are two sources for this Shlokam:
From Mukundamala: कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा । बुद्ध्यात्मना वा प्रकृतिस्वभावात् । करोमि यद्यत्सकलं परस्मै । नारायणयेति समर्पयामि ॥ Kaayena Vaacaa Manase[a-I]ndriyairvaa Buddhy[i]-Aatmanaa Vaa Prakrteh Svabhaavaat | Karomi Yad-Yat-Sakalam Parasmai Naaraayannayeti Samarpayaami ||
Meaning: 1: Whatever I do with the Body, Speech, Mind or the Sense Organs, 2: Either by discrimination of the Intellect, or by the deeper feelings of the Heart, or by the existing Tendencies of the Mind, 3: I Do them All (i.e. Whatever work is to be done) without Ownership, 4: And I Surrender them at the feet of Sri Narayana.

From Srimad Bhagavatam (11.2.36): कायेन वाचा मनसेन्द्रियैर्वा बुद्ध्यात्मना वानुसृतस्वभावात् । करोति यद्यत्सकलं परस्मै नारायणयेति समर्पयेत्तत् ॥ Kaayena Vaacaa Manase[a-I]ndriyairvaa Buddhy[i]-Aatmanaa Va-Anusrta-Svabhaavaat | Karoti Yad-Yat-Sakalam Parasmai Naaraayannayeti Samarpayet-Tat ||
Meaning: 1: Whatever is done with the Body, Speech, Mind or the Sense Organs, 2: Either by discrimination of the Intellect, or by the deeper feelings of the Heart, or by the existing Tendencies of the Mind, 3: The devotee does them All (i.e. Whatever work is done) without Ownership, 4: And Surrenders them at the feet of Sri Narayana.

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