My parents have taught me that whenever I offer food to our deities we chant the following sloka:
"OM praanaaya swaahaa,
OM apaanaaya swaahaa,
OM vyaanaaya swaahaa,
OM udaanaaya swaahaa,
OM samaanaaya swaahaa"
I have recently read that those 5, namely praanayaaya, apaanaaya, vyaanaaya, udaanaaya, and samaanaaya are i believe the 5 types of winds that resides within us (i think?)
so why do we chant this?
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