Mantras & Shlokas

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्॥

We meditate on the radiant glory of the Sun, the divine source of life. May that light illumine and guide our understanding.

Rig Veda (Gayatri Mantra) 3.62.10

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्। उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात्॥

We worship the three-eyed Lord Shiva, fragrant and nourishing. As a ripe cucumber is freed from its stem, may we be freed from bondage and fear, toward immortality.

Rig Veda (Mahamrityunjaya Mantra) 7.59.12

ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः। सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत्॥

May all be happy, may all be free from illness, may all see what is good, and may no one suffer.

Shanti Path (Vedic prayer) Brihadaranyaka tradition

ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय। तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय॥

Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28

ॐ सह नाववतु। सह नौ भुनक्तु। सह वीर्यं करवावहै। तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै॥

May we be protected together, may we be nourished together, may we work together with great energy; may our study be radiant, and may we never quarrel.

Taittiriya Upanishad Shanti Mantra

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन। मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥

You have a right to your actions alone, never to their fruits. Do not let the fruits of action be your motive, nor let attachment draw you to inaction.

Bhagavad Gita 2.47

मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः। आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत॥

Contact with the world brings heat and cold, pleasure and pain. These come and go and are impermanent; learn to endure them with patience.

Bhagavad Gita 2.14

यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत। अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम्॥

Whenever righteousness declines and unrighteousness rises, the Divine manifests itself to restore balance in the world.

Bhagavad Gita 4.7

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत्। आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः॥

Lift yourself by your own effort and do not let yourself sink, for the self alone is the friend of the self, and the self alone is its enemy.

Bhagavad Gita 6.5

अनन्याश्चिन्तयन्तो मां ये जनाः पर्युपासते। तेषां नित्याभियुक्तानां योगक्षेमं वहाम्यहम्॥

For those who worship with undivided devotion, ever steadfast, the Divine secures what they lack and preserves what they have.

Bhagavad Gita 9.22

यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः। हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः॥

One who neither troubles the world nor is troubled by it, free from elation, envy, fear and anxiety — such a person is dear to the Divine.

Bhagavad Gita 12.15

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज। अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः॥

Letting go of all anxieties, take refuge in the Divine alone. You will be freed from all that binds you — do not grieve.

Bhagavad Gita 18.66

विद्या ददाति विनयं विनयाद्याति पात्रताम्। पात्रत्वाद्धनमाप्नोति धनाद्धर्मं ततः सुखम्॥

Knowledge gives humility; from humility comes worthiness; from worthiness one gains prosperity; from prosperity, righteous action; and from that, happiness.

Hitopadesha (Subhashita) Subhashita

उद्यमेन हि सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः। न हि सुप्तस्य सिंहस्य प्रविशन्ति मुखे मृगाः॥

Tasks are accomplished by effort, not by mere wishing. Deer do not walk into the mouth of a sleeping lion.

Hitopadesha (Subhashita) Subhashita

सत्यं वद। धर्मं चर।

Speak the truth. Walk the path of righteousness.

Taittiriya Upanishad (Shiksha Valli) 1.11.1

अहं ब्रह्मास्मि॥

I am Brahman — the innermost self is one with the infinite, universal reality.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (Mahavakya) 1.4.10