This booklet is about pronouncing Sanskrit words correctly.

Chanting of Sanskrit mantra-s and shloka-s is of value only if the Sanskrit words are pronounced correctly. To the modern Indian young men and women, it could be said in the language they would readily understand, that:

“Chanting of Sanskrit mantra-s and shloka-s without making an effort to pronounce Sanskrit words correctly is like winking at your love in the dark. You think you have winked but your love does not even know it! When you chant to appease a god of your understanding without making an effort to pronounce Sanskrit words correctly, you may think you are chanting to appease the god of your understanding, but your god would not even know that you are chanting for him!

So, if you chant Sanskrit mantra-s or shloka-s, chant correctly. Otherwise forget chanting and do some better work like watering a plant, giving milk to a hungry child or going to a Gurdwara and washing utensils there!