Pitru Gaya Pind Daan Ritual Prayers
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 4 sections
Pitru Gaya Pilgrimage Pind Daan Lord Vishnu other
Invocation to Lord Vishnu (The Lord of Gaya)
Original
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय। गयाक्षेत्रे विष्णवे नमः॥
Transliteration
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya. Gayakshetre Vishnave Namah.
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to the Lord Vasudeva. Salutations to Lord Vishnu, the presiding deity of the sacred land of Gaya.
Pitru Tarpan Mantra (Offering to Ancestors)
Original
ॐ पितृभ्यः स्वधा नमः। ॐ पितृभ्यः स्वधा नमः। इदं तस्मै स्वधा नमः॥
Transliteration
Om Pitrubhyah Swadha Namah. Om Pitrubhyah Swadha Namah. Idam tasmai swadha namah.
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to the ancestral deities with the offering of Swadha. This offering is made unto them.
Pind Daan Prayer for Salvation (Moksha)
Original
हे देव नारायण, गया तीर्थ में पिंडदान कर, पितरों को सद्गति प्रदान करें। हे प्रभु, हमारे पूर्वजों को वैकुण्ठ धाम में स्थान दें और उनके सभी पापों का नाश करें।
Transliteration
He Deva Narayana, Gaya Teerth mein Pind Daan kar, Pitron ko Sadgati pradan karein. He Prabhu, hamare purvajon ko Vaikuntha Dham mein sthaan dein aur unke sabhi paapon ka naash karein.
Meaning / Translation
O Lord Narayana, through this Pind Daan performed in the holy pilgrimage of Gaya, grant salvation to my ancestors. O Lord, grant my forefathers a place in the divine abode of Vaikuntha and destroy all their sins.
Concluding Peace Mantra
Original
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥
Transliteration
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih.
Meaning / Translation
Om, Peace, Peace, Peace.