Geeta Chanting Yajna 2023

Bhagavad Geeta Chapter 3: Karma Yogaḥ

Date: April 8, 2023 (Saturday)

170 adults and children ranging in age from 3 to 85 participated in this year’s Geeta Chanting Yajna. We are excited to announce the results. Congratulations to all the leading chanters and all the participants.

Arjuna (Grade PreK-KG)

Participant Name Rank
Padmini Viswanath 1
Raam Prasannakumar 1
Raman Vishwanath 2
Sandhya Karthik 2
Akira Krishnaraj 3
Pavitra Ruparel 3
Saanvi Jha 3
Amrutha Nalkund Honorable Mention
Neeraja Nittala Honorable Mention
Sanya Murthy Honorable Mention
Shubham Joshi Honorable Mention
Vishruth Vangipuram Honorable Mention

Dhananjaya (Grade 7-8)

Participant Name Rank
Neha Pandya 1
Shrikar Nag 1
Ishanvi Putta 2
Pranav Annavajjhala 2
Samhita Holla 2
VijayKrishna Venkateswaran 2
Aadarshini Anand 3
Siddhant Pant 3
Sonali Sharma 3
Viyona Kotecha 3
Krupa Nakhate Honorable Mention
Prachi Pishe Honorable Mention
Pratik Bhatt Honorable Mention
Sahana Gopinath Honorable Mention
Saketh elumalai Honorable Mention
Zukhil Subramanian Honorable Mention

Bharata (Grade 1-2)

Participant Name Rank
Aashrith Sai Masetty 1
Ayaan Mandavilli 1
Keshav Nittala 2
Naikhil Jayapala 2
Tej Ruparel 3
Atharv Krishnan 3
Reyansh Seetharaman Honorable Mention
Sanskrita Ramana Honorable Mention
Suvir Nagboth Honorable Mention

Keshava (Grade 9-12 Memory)

Participant Name Rank
Sinchana Holla 1
Srilalitha Nair 1
Rishi Bhatt 2
Yamini Nittala 2
Nalini Kotecha 3
Roshan Ramesh Honorable Mention

Kaunteya (Grade 9-12 Reading)

Participant Name Rank
Harshitha Venkateswaran 1
Aditya Kota 2
Sai Sahasra Makamchenna 3
Vaynil Narayanan 3
Mukil Narayanan Honorable Mention

Partha (Grade 3-4)

Participant Name Rank
Vaishnavi Shashikantha 1
Pradyut Putta 2
Soham Saxena 2
Vedantika Rathi 2
Abhay Mukunda Akkenepalli 3
Hansini Viswanath 3
Aarit Aithal Honorable Mention
Aneesh Sharma Honorable Mention
Narayanee Vashi Honorable Mention
Sahasra Maheshwar Honorable Mention
Sushil Venkatraman Honorable Mention

Parantapa (Adults - Memory)

Participant Name Rank
Jayashree Sundaram 1
Subhashini Raghavendran 1
Arati Joshi 2
Jigar Pandya 2
Niveditha Namilikonda 2
Amitha Hebbar 3
Padma Parthasarathy 3
Sridhar Lakshmikanthan 3
Nirupama Henjarappa Honorable Mention
Viswanath Valluri Honorable Mention

Mahabaho (Adults - Reading)

Participant Name Rank
Pramodha Thiagarajan 1
Sandhya Swaminathan 1
Divya Madhyasta 2
Madhu M 2
Radharani Venkatraman 2
Suman Kumar 2
Archana Pishe 3
Arun Lakya 3
Aruna Venkataraman 3
Gayathri Sashi Honorable Mention
Harini Sekar Honorable Mention
Praveena HN Honorable Mention
Ruchira Khanna Honorable Mention
Srivatsankara Rao Valluri Honorable Mention

Hrishikesha (Grade 5-6)

Participant Name Rank
Abhay Annavajjhala 1
Mahathi Tanjore Vijayakumar 1
Riya Sharma 1
Rayan Somayaji 2
Riddhi Pant 2
Anushka Karki 3
Eshani Nittala 3
Neharika Rajesh 3
Aavart Joshi Honorable Mention
Arnav Ram Maniam Honorable Mention
Avish Saravana Honorable Mention
Maya Kumari Honorable Mention
Raaga Varesh Honorable Mention
Rusheek Jayapala Honorable Mention
Tapas Natraj Honorable Mention

Chapter 3 of Bhagavad Geeta shall be the topic of study this year. Following is the summary of Chapter 3 karma yoga.

In this chapter, Bhagavan Krishna talks about how any action can be a glorious sacrifice if only it is undertaken with the required purity of motive, with a spirit of surrender, and with the deep emotion of love. The chapter teaches how we should do our duty, yet not bound by it. Inaction out of fear of failure, rejection etc is not an option. The chapter dwells into the philosophy of “Karma” and “Karma phala” which is one of the core tenets of Sanatana Dharma.
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Verses Assigned by Group

Please note that the participants have to chant the assigned number of verses, based on the applicable group, in order to be evaluated and scored by the judge panel.

Group Grade Verses
Anagha Toddler Group (Will not be judged) 1-10 (All verses)
Arjuna PreK-KG 1-10 (All verses)
Bhārata Grades 1-2 1-16 (All verses)
Pārtha Grades 3-4 1-25
Hrishikesha Grades 5-6 1-30
Dhananjaya Grades 7-8 1-35
Keshava Grades 9-12 (Memory) 1-35
Kaunteya Grades 9-12 (Reading) 1-43
Medhaavi Grades 1-6 (Memory)

(Optional additional group – Will not be judged)

1-43
Parantapa Adults – Memory 1-35
Mahābaho Adults – Reading + 3 minute talk on a randomly assigned set of verses from the list below. Please be prepared to speak on all 3 sets of verses:
Set 1: 3.9-3.10
Set 2: 3.34-3.35
Set 3: 3.38-3.39
1-43
Audio

Chapter 3 – Reference Audio Chanted by Swami Shantananda-Ji


Chapter 3 – Instructional Audio (Provided by CCMT, All quarters repeated twice)

Video Instructions

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