Apyayantu Mamangani
May my limbs, speech, vital air, eyes, ears, strength, and all the senses be fully developed, all that is revealed by the Upanishads is Brahman. May I never deny Brahman, May Brahman never disown me,
Asatoma Sadgamaya
Lead me from the unreal to the real, lead me from darkness to light, lead me from death to immortality.
Bhadram Karne
This peace invocation is from the Atharva Veda. This is a shanti mantra from the Mandukya Upanishad. It is also found in other Upanishads, like, Prashna and Mundaka Upanishad. It is an invocation for…
Dyauh Shaantir Antarikssam
May peace radiate there in the whole sky as well as in the vast ethereal space everywhere. May peace reign all over this earth, in water and in all herbs, trees and creepers. May peace flow over the…
Gayatri Mantra
Om, the Lord, is earth, the space in between and the heavens. That Lord is the one who is the most worshipful. We meditate on that effulgent, all-knowledge Lord. May he set our intellects in the…
Kale Varshatu Parjanyah
May there be prosperity to the subjects, the rulers protecting the world in a lawful manner; may the cows and brahmanas have auspiciousness eternally, may all the people be prosperous, may the rains…
Om
Of all the mantras the most powerful and the significant one is the single syllabled incantation called the pranava. This is the Om. The available literature upon the significance of this Vaidika…
Purnamadha Purnamidam
That is Whole and this is Whole, the perfect has come out of the perfect; having taken the perfect from the perfect, only the perfect remains. Let there be Peace, Peace, Peace.
Sahana Vavatu
May he (the Lord) protect both of us. May he nourish both of us (with knowledge). May both of us make effort for the capacity (for knowledge to take place). May what is studied by us, be brilliantly…
Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Let all be happy, let all be free from debilitation, let all see goodness, let there be no victims of sorrow.
Sarveshaam Svastirbhavatu
Aum, let there be well-being for all, let there be peace for all, let there be completeness for all, let there be auspiciousness for all.
Sham No Mitrah Sham
May Mitra be blissful to us. May Varuna be blissful to us. May Aryaman be blissful to us. May Indra and Brihaspati be blissful to us. May Vishnu, with long strides, be blissful to us. Salutation to…
Svasti Prajabhyah Paripala
May there be prosperity to the subjects, the rulers protecting the world in a lawful manner; may the cows and brahmanas have auspiciousness eternally, may all the people be prosperous, may the rains…
Vang Me Manasi Pratisthita
Let my speech be established in my mind, Let my mind be established in my speech, Let the knowledge of the self-manifest atman grow in me, Let my mind and speech be the support to experience the…