Article #323
Subject: Peace chant from the Mandukya Upanishad
Author: Andrew W. Harrell
Posted: 11/10/2013 10:30:58 AM

Article #93

Subject: Mandukya Upanishad Peace Chant

Author: Andrew W. Harrell

Posted: 2/13/2009 12:17:20 PM



Chant to be sung before and after* transmission of the teaching of the 12

verses in the Mandukya Upanishad



OM Shanti Shanti Shanti



Bhadram karnebhih srinayamah devah



(may our ears hear what is blessed and good)



Bhadram pasyemak-sh-abhhir-yajatrah



(may our eyes see what is blessed and good)



Sthir-air-angai-s-tush-tuvamsa stanubhih



(may our spiritual bodies,strong of limb, stand upright while)



vyasema devahitam yadayuh



(giving worship to the Gods)



Svasti na indro vriddhasaravah



(Hail to indra (Lord of heaven) who hears the waves in the senses)



Svasti nah pushah visvadevah



(Hail to the nourishment that comes from the divinity of all the world)



Svasti nastarksyo aristenanemih



(Hail to the great and strong protection (intellectual) from God and Christ

living in heaven above us)



Svasti no brihaspatirdadhatu.



(Hail to its great strides and swift motion).



Shanti Shanti Shanti



OM May Peace dwell in me, May Peace dwell in you, May Peace dwell in us

both.



* There is a tradition for both the Hindu (Sanskrit) and Hebrew prayers that

they begin and end with a prayer for Peace. This is linguistic evidence that

both these religions (Vedanta and Judaism) came from a common origin. The

fact that both Arabaic and Hebrew are read from right to left is powerful

evidence that the two religions using these two languages also are

fundamentally related.



Transliteration by Swami Sivanandaji



See his book on the Mandukya Upanishad for a translation of the rest of the

Upanishad