Kathopanishad- Verse 19 - kathopanishad-2-3-19-saha nāvavatu

Kathopanishad – Part 2 – Canto 3 – Verse 19 « »

ॐ सह नाववतु । सह नौ भुनक्तु । सहवीर्यं करवावहै ।
तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै ॥ १९॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
इति काठकोपनिषदि द्वितीयाध्याये तृतीया वल्ली ॥

saha nāvavatu . saha nau bhunaktu . saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai .
tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai .. 19..
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ..
iti kāṭhakopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāye tṛtīyā vallī ..

19 Peace Chant:
Om. May Brahman protect us both! May Brahman bestow upon us both the fruit of Knowledge! May we both obtain the energy to acquire Knowledge! May what we both study reveal the Truth! May we cherish no ill feeling toward each other!Om. Peace! Peace! Peace!

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Sri Shankara’s Commentary (Bhashya) translated by S. Sitarama Sastri

This sânti (expiatory prayer) is stated here for the purpose of removing all faults incurred by the disciple and preceptor, in the course of receiving, and imparting knowledge respectively, and caused by dereliction of rules due to oversight or excitement. Let him protect us both by illumining the nature of knowledge. Who? He alone, the Lord of all, revealed by the Upanishads. Again, let him protect us both, by revealing the fruits of such knowledge. Let us together acquire the strength produced by knowledge. Moreover, may what is studied by us, who are bright, be well studied! Or may what is studied, i.e., acquired by study, by us, be very potent! May we, disciple and preceptor, never hate each other, owing to blame incurred by us, by improper recital or instruction due to oversight! The repetition three times of ‘Peace,’ as ‘Peace! Peace! Peace!’ is for averting all evil. The word Om is to show that the Upanishad ends here.
॥ इति काठकोपनिषदि द्वितीयाध्याये तृतीया वल्ली ॥
|| iti kāṭhakopaniṣadi dvitīyādhyāye tṛtīyā vallī ||
Here ends the Kathopanishad.

Commentary by Swami Krishnananda of the great Divine Life Society

Oṁ sahanāvavatu, saha nau bhunaktu, saha vīryam karavāvahai, tejasvinavadhītamastu, mā vidviśāvahai, aum śāntih śāntih śāntih.

May we both, the teacher and the student, be protected together. May we be nourished together. May we work together with great energy and strength. May our studies bring us brilliance and enlightenment. May there be no enmity or misunderstandings between us. Om, peace, peace, peace.

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Various resources on the Kathopanishad
Upanishad Series – Katopanishad Commentary by Swami Chinmayananda

Kathopanishad – Verse 19 – kathopanishad-2-3-19-saha nāvavatu – In Sanskrit with English Transliteration, Meaning and Commentary by Adi Shankaracharya (Sankara Bhashya) – Katha-2-3-19