Importance of Chanting

Aum Sairam

Some might say that they do not understand the meaning of the Sanskrit
words in the stotram and therefore do not feel comfortable chanting it.
The chanting of prayers even without knowing the meaning is a
worthwhile act, and can be compared to finding a box of treasure
without the key. As long as we have the box, we can open it whenever we
get the key of knowledge later, but the treasure will be already there.
Some could feel that they do not know the correct pronunciation, and so
do not want to chant incorrectly. Here is the analogy of a mother to
whom a child goes and asks for an orange. The child does not know how
to pronounce the word "orange", and so asks for "ange". The mother does
not turn away the child and does not refuse to give the child the
orange just because the child does not know how to pronounce the word.
It is the spirit or bhava that matters; so as long as one chants the
name of God with sincerity, considerations such as not knowing the
meaning, not knowing the pronunciation, etc., do not matter, and God
who is the Mother of all of us will confer His blessings on us.

Allah Malik