Chants
Guru Stotram
Hymn to the Guru
Gurur-Brahma Gurur-Vishnu
Gurur-Devo Maheshwarah.
Gurur-eva Param-Brahma
Tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
Chinmayam Vyapi yat-sarvam
trailokyam sacharacharam.
Tatpadam darshitam yena
tasmai Shri Gurave Namah.
Tvameva mata cha pita tvameva
tvameva bandhushcha sakha tvameva.
Tvameva vidya dravinam tvameva
tvameva sarvam mama-dev-deva.
The Guru himself is the creator, sustainer and the destroyer. He is verily the very transcendental divinity, (the timeless life-principle, which is the very essence of the creator etc.) My reverential salutations to that glorious teacher.
My salutations to that glorious Guru, who revealed to me that self-effulgent divinity (the pure unconditioned consciousness) which pervades all the three worlds, with all its movable and immovable objects. My reverential salutations to that glorious teacher.
You alone are my mother, my father, my brother, and my friend. You alone are the knowledge, my real wealth. You are
everything for me. You are verily my God alone [Your Essence is verily the Essence of God alone].
Shanti Mantras
Peace Chants
Sahanavavatu
Om, saha nāvavatu
saha nau bhunaktu
saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai
tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai
Om, śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
Om. Let both of us protect each other together
May both of us enjoy together
May both of us work together
Let our study become radiant, let there be no hatred between us
Om. Peace, Peace, Peace.
Purnamadah
Oṃ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidam pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate
Oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
Om. That is Absolute, This is Absolute, Absolute arises out of Absolute
If Absolute is taken away from Absolute, Absolute remains
Om. Peace, Peace, Peace.
Om Sham No Mitrah Sham Varunnah
From Taititiya Upanishad
Om Sham No Mitrah Sham Varunnah |
Sham No Bhavatv-Aryamaa |
Sham No Indro Bhraspatih |
Sham No Vissnnur-Urukramah |
Namo Brahmanne |
Namaste Vaayo |
Tvameva Pratyakssam Brahmaasi |
Tvaameva Pratyakssam Brahma Vadissyaami |
Rrtam Vadissyaami |
Satyam Vadissyaami |
Tan-Maan-Avatu |
Tad-Vaktaaram-Avatu |
Avatu Maam |
Avatu Vaktaaram ||
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||
Om, May Mitra be Propitious towards Us;
May Varuna be Propitious towards Us,
May Aryaman be Propitious towards Us,
May Indra and Brihaspati be Propitious towards Us,
May Vishnu who makes Wide Strides be Propitious towards Us
Salutations to Brahman (the Universal Soul),
Salutations to You, O Vayu (the Breath or Life-Force),
You Indeed are the Perceptible Brahman (i.e. the Breath or Life-Force is indeed the Perceptible Brahman or the Shakti of Brahman),
I Proclaim that You Indeed are the Perceptible Brahman,
I Proclaim the Divine Order,
I Proclaim the Truth,
May That (Truth) Move Me (i.e. May I be established in that Truth),
May That (Truth) Move the Proclaimer (i.e. May the Proclaimer be established in that Truth),
May that (Truth) Protect Me (i.e. May that Truth take me in its Fold) (i.e. May I Surrender to that Truth),
May that (Truth) Protect the Proclaimer (i.e. May that Truth take the Proclaimer in its Fold) (i.e. May the Proclaimer Surrender to that Truth),
Om Peace, Peace, Peace.
Devi Mantra
Mantra to the Goddess
Ya Devi Sarva Bhutesu Maa rupena samsthita I
Namestasyai II Namestasyai II Namestasyai II Namo Namah II
Ya Devi Sarva Bhutesu Shakti rupena samsthita I
Namestasyai II Namestasyai II Namestasyai II Namo Namah II
Ya Devi Sarva Bhutesu Buddhi rupena samsthita I
Namestasyai II Namestasyai II Namestasyai II Namo Namah II
Ya Devi Sarva Bhutesu Laxmi rupena samsthita I
Namestasyai II Namestasyai II Namestasyai II Namo Namah II
You the Goddess of all beings, with the form of the Divine Mother, established everywhere,
You the Goddess of all beings, with the form of Divine Energy, established everywhere,
You the Goddess of all beings, with the form of Divine Wisdom, established everywhere,
You the Goddess of all beings, with the form of Inner Wealth, established everywhere,
Prostrations to you, prostrations to you, again and again.
Shanti Mantra
From Mandukya Upanishad
oṃ bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ śruṇuyāma devāḥ |
bhadraṃ paśyemākṣabhiryajatrāḥ
sthirairaṅgaistuṣṭuvāṃsastanūbhiḥ |
vyaśema devahitam yadāyuḥ |
svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ |
svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ |
svasti nastārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ |
svasti no bṛhaspatirdadhātu
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||
Om ! O gods, may we hear auspicious words with the ears;
While engaged in yagnas,
May we see auspicious things with the eyes;
While praising the gods with steady limbs,
May we enjoy a life that is beneficial to the gods.
May Indra of ancient fame be auspicious to us;
May the supremely rich (or all-knowing) Pusa (god of the earth)
Be propitious to us;
May Garuda, the destroyer of evil,
Be well disposed towards us;
May Brihaspati ensure our welfare.
Om ! Peace ! Peace ! Peace !