Shanti Mantra — Om Purnamadah, Asato Ma Sadgamaya, Dyauh Shanti — with meaning
Shanti Mantra are recited at the start and end of any puja, paath or study; each mantra ends with 'Om Shantih Shantih Shantih' — for peace from all three kinds of suffering.
Om Purnamadah (Ishavasya Upanishad)
Om purnamadah purnamidan purnatpurnamudachyate ।
Purnasya purnamaday purnamevavashishyate ॥
Om shantih shantih shantih ॥
That (God) is whole, this (world) is also whole; from the whole, the whole arises. Even when the whole is taken from the whole, the whole remains. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
Asto Ma Sadgamay (Brihadaranyak Upanishad)
Om asto ma sadgamay ।
Tamso ma jyotirgamay ।
Mrityorma amritan gamay ।
Om shantih shantih shantih ॥
O Lord, lead me from untruth to truth, from darkness to light, and from death to immortality.
Dyauh Shanti (Yajurved 36.17)
Om dyauh shantirantarikshan shantih
Prithivi shantirapah shantiroshdhayah shantih ।
Vanaspatayah shantirvishvedevah shantirbrahma shantih
Sarvan shantih shantirev shantih sa ma shantiredhi ॥
Om shantih shantih shantih ॥
May there be peace in the sky, the space between, the earth, the waters, the herbs, the plants, all the gods and Brahman — may everything be peaceful, and may that peace come to me too.
Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Om sarve bhavantu sukhinah sarve santu niramyah ।
Sarve bhadrani pashyantu ma kashchidduhkhabhagbhavet ॥
Om shantih shantih shantih ॥
May all be happy, may all be free from disease, may all see what is good, may no one suffer.
Sah Navvatu (Kathopanishad)
Om sah navvatu । sah nau bhunaktu ।
Sah viryan karavavhai ।
Tejaswi navadhitamastu ma vidwishavhai ॥
Om shantih shantih shantih ॥
May God protect us both (teacher and student), nourish us together, may we gain strength together, may our learning shine, and may we never bear ill will towards each other.
The paath of Shanti Mantra is complete.
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