Vachanamrut Jayanti
Bhagwan Swaminarayan — the divine speaker of the Vachanamrut
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Vachanamrut Jayanti — Posh Sud 4 — the appearance day of the Vachanamrut, the foundational scripture of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. The day Bhagwan Swaminarayan delivered His first recorded discourse at Gadhada on 21 December 1819. Observed at every BAPS mandir with grand parayan assemblies — devotees recite all 273 Vachanamruts continuously across the day. The single most important scripture-day of the Swaminarayan year.
Dates 2026–2027
Mantra
स्वामिनारायण स्वामिनारायण / Swaminarayan Swaminarayan
Swaminarayan mahamantra — chanted alongside the parayan recitation of the Vachanamrut
O Swaminarayan! O Swaminarayan!
How to recite
Spend the day in reading the Vachanamrut — the 273 spiritual discourses given by Bhagwan Swaminarayan between 1819 and 1829, recorded verbatim by four of His paramhansas. Visit a BAPS mandir for the Vachanamrut parayan (full-text recitation) assembly. Perform mahamantra jaap. Reflect on a single Vachanamrut deeply — the favoured method of Pramukh Swami Maharaj and Mahant Swami Maharaj.
Benefits
Vachanamrut Jayanti commemorates Posh Sud 4, V.S. 1876 (21 December 1819) — the day Bhagwan Swaminarayan delivered the first of His 273 recorded discourses at Gadhada. The Vachanamrut is the foundational scripture of the Swaminarayan Sampraday — direct words of the Supreme Being (Parabrahman) on every aspect of dharma, spiritual practice, the nature of the soul (jiva), maya, Aksharbrahman, and Purushottam. Pramukh Swami Maharaj called it 'the most precious gift Bhagwan Swaminarayan has given us'.
✦ Special Note
Per the official BAPS calendar (baps.org). Visit your nearest BAPS mandir for the all-day Vachanamrut parayan — typically the recitation starts at sunrise and continues until sunset, with devotees taking turns reading. Many satsangis also begin a fresh personal commitment to read 1 Vachanamrut every day for the coming year.
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Gujarati satvik prasad — sukhdi, mohanthal, khichdi-kadhi — taken with the assembly after the Vachanamrut parayan
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