Maha Lakshmi Ashtakam

Namastheasthu Maha-maaye Shri-peete Sura-poojite
Shankha Chakra Ghadha-hasthe -- Maha Lakshmi Namostuthe

Namasthe Garudaarudhe -- Kolaasura Bhayankari
Sarva Paapa Hare Devi -- Maha Lakshmi Namostuthe

Sarvajane Sarva-varade Sarva-dhushta Bhayankari
Sarva Dhukka Hare' Devi -- Maha Lakshmi Namostuthe

Siddhi Buddhi-pradhe Devi -- Bukhti Mukti Pradhaayini
Mantra Moorte Sadhaa Devi -- Maha Lakshmi Namostuthe

Aadhyantha-rahite Devi -- Aadhya Shakti Maheshwari
Yogaje Yoga-sambhoote --Maha Lakshmi Namostuthe

Sthoola Sookshma Mahaa-raudre -- Maha Shakti Mahodare
Mahaa Paapa Hare Devi -- Maha Lakshmi Namostuthe

Padma-asana Sthithe Devi Para-Brahma Svaroopini
Parame shi Jagan-maataah: -- Maha Lakshmi Namostuthe

Shveta-ambara-dhare Devi Naanaa-lankaara Bhooshite
Jagad-sthithe Jagan-maataah -- Maha Lakshmi Namosthudhe

Nag Panchami

This year, Nag Panchami falls on 14th August.

On this special day, people influenced by Kaal Sarpa Dosha of Rahu and Ketu should also worship ‘Ashta Naag’ with ‘Sarpa Sutra’ and ‘Naag Gayatri’ to get rid of ill effects of this Dosha.

Naag Gayatri Mantra :
Om Navkullaya Vidmahe Vishdantaaye Dhimahee Tanno Sarpah Prachodayat.

Navagraha Gayatri

Budha Gayatri(Mercury) om gajadhwajaaya vidmahae sukha hastaaya dheemahi tanno budha: prachodayaat	Shukra Gayatri(Venus) om aswadhwajaaya vidmahae dhanur hastaaya dheemahi tanno shukra: prachodayaat	Chandra Gayatri(Moon) om padmadhwajaaya vidmahae hema rupaaya dheemahi tanno soma: prachodayaat
Guru Gayatri(Jupiter) om vrishabadhwajaaya vidmahae kruni hastaaya dheemahi tanno guru: prachodayaat	Surya Gayatri (Sun) om aswadhwajaaya vidmahae paasa hastaaya dheemahi tanno surya: prachodayaat	Angaaraka Gayatri(Mars) om veeradhwajaaya vidmahae vighna hastaaya dheemahi tanno bhouma: prachodayaat
Kethu Gayatri om aswadhwajaaya vidmahae soola hastaaya dheemahi tanno ketu: prachodayaat	Sanishwara Gayatri(Saturn) om kaakadhwajaaya vidmahae khadga hastaaya dheemahi tanno mandah: prachodayaat	Raahu Gayatri om naakadhwajaaya vidmahae padma hastaaya dheemahi tanno raahu: prachodayaat

The Miracles of Panchamukhi Vinayaka by P. Mohan Chandran

The Miracles of Panchamukhi Vinayaka by P. Mohan Chandran

Mahamrityunjaya Mantra

tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhiṃ puṣṭi-vardhanam
urvārukam iva bandhanān mṛtyor mukṣīya māmṛtāt

"OM. We worship and adore you, O three-eyed one, O Shiva. You are sweet gladness, the fragrance of life, who nourishes us, restores our health, and causes us to thrive. As, in due time, the stem of the cucumber weakens, and the gourd is freed from the vine, so free us from attachment and death, and do not withhold immortality."
Literal rendering:

three-eyed one / we praise / the fragrant / the beneficent
like a cocumber / (drops off) from its stem / from death / liberate / not from immortality

Grammatical analysis:

tri-ambaka-m "the three-eyed-one" (accusative)
yaja-mahe "we praise" (1st pl. middle)
sugandhi-m "the fragrant" (acc.)
pusti-vardhana-m "the prosperity-increaser" (acc.)
urvāruka-m "cocumber, musk melon" (acc.)
iva "-like"
bandhanāt "from attachment Stem (of the gourd); but more generally,unhealthy attachment" ("from the stem", ablative)
mṛtyos "from death" (ablative)
mukṣīya "may you liberate"
mā "not"
amṛtāt from immortality (ablative)