Spiritual Amit

Shanti Mantras
By Sri Swami Shivananda
The Divine Life Society, Rishikesh
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Om sarveshaam swastir bhavatu
Sarveshaam shantir bhavatu

Sarveshaam poornam bhavatu
Sarveshaam mangalam bhavatu

Sarve bhavantu sukhinah
Sarve santu niraamayaah

Sarve bhadraani pashyantu
Maakaschit duhkha bhaag bhavet

Meaning:

Auspiciousness (swasti) be unto all; peace (shanti) be
unto all;
fullness (poornam) be unto all; prosperity (mangalam)
be unto all.

May all be happy! (sukhinah)
May all be free from disabilities! (niraamayaah)

May all look (pashyantu) to the good of others!
May none suffer from sorrow! (duhkha)


Om asato maa satgamaya
Tamaso maa jyotir gamaya
Mrityor maa amritam gamaya

Meaning:
Lead us from the unreal to the Real
From darkness to Light
From death to Immortality



Om poornamadah poornamidam
Poornaat poornamudachyate

Poornasya poornamaadaya
Poornamevaavashishyate

Meaning:

That (pure consciousness) is full (perfect); this (the
manifest
universe of matter; of names and forms being maya) is
full. This
fullness has been projected from that fullness. When
this fullness
merges in that fullness, all that remains is fullness.
- Peace invocation - Isa Upanishad


Om sham no mitrah sham varunah sham no bhavatvaryamaa
Sham na indro brihaspatih sham no vishnururukramah

Namo brahmane namaste vaayo twameva pratyaksham
Brahmaasi twaameva pratyaksham brahma vadishyaami

Tanmaamavatu tadvaktaaramavatu
Avatu maam avatu vaktaaram.
Om shantih shantih shantih!

Meaning:

May Mitra, Varuna and Aryama be good to us! May Indra
and Brihaspati
and Vishnu of great strides be good to us!
Prostrations unto Brahman!
(Supreme Reality). Prostrations to Thee, O Vayu! Thou
art the visible
Brahman. I shall proclaim Thee as the visible Brahman.
I shall call
Thee the just and the True. May He protect the teacher
and me! May he
protect the teacher! Om peace, peace, peace!



Om saha naavavatu sahanau bhunaktu
Saha veeryam karavaavahai

Tejasvi naavadheetamastu maa vidvishaavahai
Om shantih shantih shantih

Meaning:

May He protect us both (teacher and the taught)! May
He cause us both
to enjoy the bliss of Mukti (liberation)! May we both
exert to
discover the true meaning of the sacred scriptures!
May our studies be
fruitful! May we never quarrel with each other! Let
there be threefold
peace.



Namaste sate te jagat kaaranaaya
Namaste chite sarva lokaashrayaaya

Namo dvaita tattwaaya mukti pradaaya
Namo brahmane vyaapine shaashvataaya

Meaning:

Salutations to that Being, the cause of the universe!
Salutations to
that Consciousness, the support of all the worlds!
Salutations to that
One Truth without a second, which gives liberation!
Salutations to
that pure, eternal Brahman who pervades all regions!



Om yaschandasaamrishabho vishwaroopah
Chhandobhyo dhyamritaat sambabhoova

Sa mendro medhayaa sprinotu
Amritasya devadhaarano bhooyaasam

Shareeram me vicharshanam
Jihwaa me madhumattamaa

Karnaabhyaam bhoori vishruvam
Brahmanah Koshoasi medhayaapihitah

Shrutam me gopaaya
Om shantih shantih shantih!

Meaning:

May He, the Lord of all, pre-eminent among the Vedas
and superior to
the nectar contained in them, bless me with wisdom!
May I be adorned
with the knowledge of Brahman that leads to
immortality! May my body
become strong and vigorous (to practise meditation)!
May my tongue
always utter delightful words! May I hear much with my
ears! Thou art
the scabbard of Brahman hidden by worldly taints (not
revealed by
impure, puny intellects). May I never forget all that
I have learnt!
Om peace, peace, peace!



Om aham vrikshasya rerivaa
Keertih prishtham gireriva

Urdhwapavitro vaajineeva swamritamasmi
Dravinam savarchasam

Sumedhaa amritokshitah
Iti trishankor vedaanu vachanam
Om shantih, shantih, shantih!

Meaning:

I am the destroyer of the tree (of samsar; worldly
life). My
reputation is as high as the top of the hill. I am in
essence as pure
as the sun. I am the highest treasure. I am all-wise,
immortal and
indestructible. This is Trishanku's realisation. Om
peace, peace,
peace!



Om aapyaayantu mamaangaani vaak
Praanashchakshuh shrotramatho

Balamindriyaani cha sarvaani sarvam brahmopanishadam
Maaham brahma niraakuryaam maa maa brahma niraakarod

Niraakaranamastva niraakaranam me astu;
Tadaatmani nirate ya upanishatsu dharmaaste

Mayi santu te mayi santu.
Om shantih, shantih, shantih!



Meaning:

May my limbs, speech, Prana, eye, ear and power of all
my senses grow
vigorous! All is the pure Brahman of the Upanishads.
May I never deny
that Brahman! May that Brahman never desert me! Let
that relationship
endure. Let the virtues recited in the Upanishads be
rooted in me. May
they repose in me! Om peace. peace. peace!

Om vaang me manasi pratishthitaa
Mano me vaachi pratishthitam

Aaveeraaveerma edhi vedasya ma aanisthah
Shrutam me maa prahaaseer anenaadheetena

Ahoraatraan samdadhaami ritam vadishyaami
Satyam vadishyaami tanmaamavatu tadvaktaaramavatu
Avatu maam avatu vaktaaram avatu vaktaaram
Om shantih, shantih, shantih!

Meaning:

Let my speech be rooted in my mind. Let my mind be
rooted in my
speech. Let Brahman (Supreme Reality) reveal Himself
to me. Let my
mind and speech enable me to grasp the truths of the
Vedas. Let not
what I have heard forsake me. Let me spend both day
and night
continuously in study. I think truth, I speak the
truth. May that
Truth protect me! May that Truth protect the teacher!
Let peace
prevail against heavenly, worldly and demoniacal
troubles. Om peace,
peace, peace!



Om bhadram no apivaataya manah.
Om shantih, shantih, shantih!

Meaning:
Salutations! May my mind and all these (the body,
senses,
breath etc.) be good and well! Om peace, peace. peace!



Om bhadram karnebhih shrunuyaama devaah
Bhadram pashyemaakshabhiryajatraah

Sthirairangaistushtuvaamsastanoobhih
Vyashema devahitam yadaayuh

Swasti na indro vridhashravaah
Swasti nah pooshaa vishwavedaah

Swasti nastaarkshyo arishtanemih
Swasti no brihaspatir dadhaatu.

Om shantih, shantih, shantih!

Meaning:

Om, O worshipful ones, may our ears hear what is good
and auspicious!
May we see what is auspicious! May we sing your
praise, live our
allotted span of life in perfect health and strength!
May Indra (who
is) extolled in the scriptures, Pushan, the
all-knowing Trakshya, who
saves from all harm, and Brihaspati who protects our
spiritual lustre,
vouchsafe prosperity in our study of the scriptures
and the practice
of the truths contained therein! Om peace, peace,
peace!



Om yo brahmaanam vidadhaati poorvam
Yo vai vedaanshcha prahinoti tasmai

Tam ha devmaatma buddhi prakaasham
Mumukshurvai sharanamaham prapadye

Om shantih, shantih, shantih!

Meaning:

He who creates this entire universe in the beginning,
and He about
whom the Vedas gloriously praise and sing, in Him I
take refuge with
the firm faith and belief that my intellect may shine
with
Self-knowledge. Om peace, peace, peace!



Om vishwaani deva savitar duritaani paraasuva
Yad bhadram tanma aasuva

Meaning:

O all pervading, Supreme Lord, the effulgent Creator,
we place our
faith and trust entirely in Thee. Keep away from us
all that is evil
and bestow upon us all that is good.



Om agne naya supathaa raaye asmaan
Vishwaani deva vayunaani vidvaan;

Yuyodhyas majjuhu raanmeno
Bhooyishthaam te nama-uktim vidhema.

Meaning:

O Supreme Lord, who art light and wisdom, Thou knowest
all our
thoughts and deeds. Lead us by the right path to the
fulfilment of
life, and keep us away from all sin and evil. We offer
unto Thee, O
Lord, our praise and salutation.



Tvamekam sharanyam tvamekam varenyam
Tvamekam jagatpaalakam svaprakaasham;

Tvamekam jagatkartu paatruprahartru
Tvamekam param nishchalam nirvikalpam.

Meaning:

O Thou my only refuge, O Thou my one desire, O Thou
the one protector
of the world, the radiant One. O Thou the creator,
sustainer and
dissolver of the whole world, O Thou the one great
motionless Being,
free from change and modification.



Vayam tvaam smaraamo vayam tvaam bhajaamo
Vayam tvaam jagat saakshiroopam namaamah;

Sadekam nidhaanam niraalambameesham
Bhavaambhodhi potam sharanyam vrajaamah.

Meaning:

O Thou eternal all-pervading witness of the whole
universe, we
meditate on the one Truth. We silently adore Thee and
offer Thee our
salutation. We take complete refuge in that one
Almighty Being, the
basis of everything, self-supporting and supreme, a
vessel in the
stormy sea of life.



Om dyauh shaantih
Antariksham shaantih

Prithivee shaantih
Aapah shaantih

Oshadhayah shaantih
Vanaspatayah shaantih

Vishvedevaah shaantih
Brahma shaantih

Sarvam shaantih
Shaantireva shaantih

Saamaa shaantiredhih
Om shaantih, shaantih, shaantih!

Meaning: (two interpretations)

(By Swami Shivananda, Rishikesh)

O Supreme Lord, Thy celestial regions are full of
peace and harmony;
peace reigns on Thy earth and Thy waters. Thy herbs
and trees are full
of peace. All Thy forces of nature are full of peace
and harmony.
There is peace and perfection in Thy eternal
knowledge; everything in
the universe is peaceful, and peace pervades
everywhere. O Lord, may
that peace come to me!

Meaning: (By Swami Abhedananda, Ramakrishna Vedanta
Math, India)

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 whole universe. May peace be
in the Supreme
Being Brahman.
And may there always exist in all peace and peace
alone.

Om peace, peace and peace to us and all beings!

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Source: http://www.hinduism.co.za/shanti.htm