Aitareya Upanishad
Shanti
Upanishad
Aitareya Upanishad
Sanskrit
omOm:
Om (primordial sound) vanvāṅ:
speech meme:
in manasimanasi:
in the mind pratisthitapratiṣṭhitā:
established manomano:
mind meme:
in vacivāci:
in speech pratisthitampratiṣṭhitam:
established aviravirmaāvirāvirma:
clearly reveal edhiedhi:
become vedasyavedasya:
of the Veda mama:
not anisthahāṇīsthaḥ:
retain srutamśrutaṃ:
heard meme:
in mamā:
not prahasihprahāsīḥ:
forsake anenadhitenahoratransandadhamianenādhītenāhorātrānsandadhāmi:
by this study (anena:by this | adhītena:study); connect day and night (ahorātrān:day and night | sandadhāmi:connect) rtamṛtaṃ:
right vadisyamivadiṣyāmi:
I shall speak satyamsatyaṃ:
truth vadisyamivadiṣyāmi:
I shall speak tanmamavatutanmāmavatu:
may that protect me (tat:that | mām:me | avatu:protect) tadvaktaramavatutadvaktāramavatu:
may it protect the speaker (tat:that | vaktāram:speaker | avatu:protect) avatuavatu:
protect mammām:
me avatuavatu:
protect vaktaramvaktāram:
speaker avatuavatu:
protect vaktaramvaktāram:
speaker omOm:
Om (primordial sound) shantiśāntiḥ:
peace shantiśāntiḥ:
peace shantiśāntiḥ:
peace
Om (primordial sound) vanvāṅ:
speech meme:
in manasimanasi:
in the mind pratisthitapratiṣṭhitā:
established manomano:
mind meme:
in vacivāci:
in speech pratisthitampratiṣṭhitam:
established aviravirmaāvirāvirma:
clearly reveal edhiedhi:
become vedasyavedasya:
of the Veda mama:
not anisthahāṇīsthaḥ:
retain srutamśrutaṃ:
heard meme:
in mamā:
not prahasihprahāsīḥ:
forsake anenadhitenahoratransandadhamianenādhītenāhorātrānsandadhāmi:
by this study (anena:by this | adhītena:study); connect day and night (ahorātrān:day and night | sandadhāmi:connect) rtamṛtaṃ:
right vadisyamivadiṣyāmi:
I shall speak satyamsatyaṃ:
truth vadisyamivadiṣyāmi:
I shall speak tanmamavatutanmāmavatu:
may that protect me (tat:that | mām:me | avatu:protect) tadvaktaramavatutadvaktāramavatu:
may it protect the speaker (tat:that | vaktāram:speaker | avatu:protect) avatuavatu:
protect mammām:
me avatuavatu:
protect vaktaramvaktāram:
speaker avatuavatu:
protect vaktaramvaktāram:
speaker omOm:
Om (primordial sound) shantiśāntiḥ:
peace shantiśāntiḥ:
peace shantiśāntiḥ:
peace
Commonly known as a Shanti-Paath (peace chant) from the Aitareya Upanishad, which is part of the Rigveda.
Oṃ, may my speech be established in my mind, and my mind be established in my speech.
May the sacred knowledge reveal itself clearly to me.
May I retain what I have learned.
May I connect day and night through this study, contemplating its meaning unceasingly. I shall speak what is right (ṛtaṃ), I shall speak what is true (satyam).
May that truth protect me and the teacher. May it protect both of us. Let there be peace, peace, peac
oṃ vāṅ me manasi pratiṣṭhitā
mano me vāci pratiṣṭhitam
āvirāvirma edhi
vedasya ma āṇīsthaḥ
śrutaṃ me mā prahāsīḥ
anenādhītenāhorātrānsandadhāmi
ṛtaṃ vadiṣyāmi
satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi
tanmāmavatu
tadvaktāramavatu
avatu mām
avatu vaktāram
avatu vaktāram
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
Translations
| Sanskrit | English | Transliteration |
|---|---|---|
| ॐ | sacred syllable | oṃ |
| वाङ् | speech | vāṅ |
| मे | my | me |
| मनसि | in the mind | manasi |
| प्रतिष्ठिता | established | pratiṣṭhitā |
| मनो | mind | mano |
| मे | my | me |
| वाचि | in speech | vāci |
| प्रतिष्ठितम् | established | pratiṣṭhitam |
| आविराविर्म | clearly reveal | āvirāvirma |
| एधि | become | edhi |
| वेदस्य | of the Veda | vedasya |
| म | to me | ma |
| आणीस्थः | retain | āṇīsthaḥ |
| श्रुतं | heard | śrutaṃ |
| मे | my | me |
| मा | not | mā |
| प्रहासीः | forsake | prahāsīḥ |
| अनेनाधीतेन | by this study (anena:by this | adhītena:study) | anenādhītena |
| अहोरात्रान्सन्दधामि | connect day and night (ahorātrān:day and night | sandadhāmi:connect) | ahorātrānsandadhāmi |
| ऋतं | right | ṛtaṃ |
| वदिष्यामि | I shall speak | vadiṣyāmi |
| सत्यं | truth | satyaṃ |
| वदिष्यामि | I shall speak | vadiṣyāmi |
| तन्मामवतु | may that protect me (tat:that | mām:me | avatu:protect) | tanmāmavatu |
| तद्वक्तारमवतु | may it protect the speaker (tat:that | vaktāram:speaker | avatu:protect) | tadvaktāramavatu |
| अवतु | protect | avatu |
| माम् | me | mām |
| अवतु | protect | avatu |
| वक्तारम् | speaker | vaktāram |
| अवतु | protect | avatu |
| वक्तारम् | speaker | vaktāram |
| ॐ | sacred syllable | oṃ |
| शान्तिः | peace | śāntiḥ |
| शान्तिः | peace | śāntiḥ |
| शान्तिः | peace | śāntiḥ |