How this agent works
1. Intake
Type (sloka, mantra, Vedic chant, or bhajan), deity, language, mood. The agent refuses mockery, politics, scams, sexual content, lyric-copy, scripture dumps and restricted diksha mantras.
2. Discover
Wikipedia, Internet Archive and public search pages. Metadata and links only — no scraped lyrics, no downloaded audio. Public traditional mantras are linked, not dumped. Listings are checked for a source and https URL.
3. Compose
If nothing suitable is listed, an original verse is written, then checked: critic pass, machine metre, anti-collision against the verse store, and a calibrated confidence rubric. Vedic-style lines stay labelled original.
A group that already has a typed PDF uses Songs update / extract further down this page (sticky bar: Ask · Group PDFs · Account · Songs update / extract). Words stay in this browser. Signed-in coordinators use Group PDFs.
Words this page uses
- Sloka
- A couplet-style verse for recitation. Here it is original unless a public page is listed.
- Mantra
- A short repeatable line. Public traditional mantras are linked. Diksha / initiation-only formulas are refused.
- Vedic chant
- Cadence inspired by Vedic recitation. Never claimed as authentic recitation from a named shakha (school).
- Shakha
- A Vedic recension. This agent does not reproduce a school’s oral corpus.
- Transliteration
- The same line in Latin letters so you can voice it without the native script. Use Speak for a browser pronunciation of that line.
- Dakshina
- A voluntary gift after a verse is delivered. Nothing is paywalled. The free tier is sustained by the community, not by ads.
- Group collection
- A mandali’s own PDF repertoire, imported as an extra layer. Provenance is labelled separately from public sources and generated originals. Reviewer sign-off is required before members see an entry.
- Songs update / extract (this device)
- The PDF update and extract path further down this page (Songs update / extract). A single group kept in the browser (localStorage + IndexedDB). Export a .mandali.json file to share. Words are never uploaded or sent to Ask. No account.
The one rule: never sell the mantra. Public scripture and basic access stay free forever; revenue comes from craft, convenience, personalisation and institutional service.