Pitru Tarpan Mantra
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 4 sections
Pitru Gayatri Mantra (Invocation)
Original
ॐ पितृगणाय विद्महे जगतधारिणे धीमहि तन्नो पितृः प्रचोदयात्।
Transliteration
Om Pitruganaya Vidmahe Jagatdharine Dhimahi Tanno Pitruh Prachodayat
Meaning / Translation
Om, let us meditate upon the Pitrus (ancestors), the sustainers of the world. May those ancestors inspire and guide our consciousness.
Main Tarpan Offering (Swadha Mantra)
Original
ॐ पितृभ्यः स्वधा नमः। तस्मै स्वधा नमः। तस्मै स्वधा नमः। तस्मै स्वधा नमः।
Transliteration
Om Pitrubhyah Swadha Namah. Tasmai Swadha Namah. Tasmai Swadha Namah. Tasmai Swadha Namah.
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to the ancestors with the sacred offering of Swadha. To them, I offer this nourishment; to them, I offer this nourishment; to them, I offer this nourishment.
Prayer for Ancestral Peace
Original
ॐ पितृदेवताभ्यो नमः। सर्वे पितृभ्यो नमः। सर्वे पितृदेवताभ्यो नमः।
Transliteration
Om Pitrudevatabhyo Namah. Sarve Pitrubhyo Namah. Sarve Pitrudevatabhyo Namah.
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to the divine ancestral deities. Salutations to all the ancestors. Salutations to all the ancestral deities.
Final Salutation for Liberation
Original
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः।
Transliteration
Om Shanti, Shanti, Shantihi.
Meaning / Translation
Om, Peace, Peace, Peace.