Tehrvi Ceremony Mantras and Prayers
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 3 sections
Tehrvi Pagdi Ceremony Post Funeral None sanskar
Pitru Prarthana (Invocation of Ancestors)
Original
ॐ पितृभ्यः स्वधा नमः। ॐ पितृगणाय विद्महे, जगत धारिणी धीमहि, तन्नो पितृ प्रचोदयात्॥
Transliteration
Om Pitrubhyah Swadha Namah. Om Pitruganaya Vidmahe, Jagat Dharini Dhimahi, Tanno Pitru Prachodayat.
Meaning / Translation
Salutations to the ancestors through the offering of Swadha. We meditate upon the lineage of our ancestors, the sustainers of the world; may they inspire, guide, and bless us.
Shanti Mantra (Prayer for Universal Peace)
Original
ॐ द्यौ: शान्तिरन्तरिक्षं शान्ति:, पृथ्वी शान्तिराप: शान्तिरोषधय: शान्ति:। वनस्पतय: शान्तिर्विश्वे देवा: शान्तिर्ब्रह्म शान्ति:, सर्वं शान्ति:, शान्तिरेव शान्ति:, सा मा शान्तिरेधि॥
Transliteration
Om Dyau: Shantirantariksham Shantih, Prithvi Shantirapah Shantiroshadhayah Shantih. Vanaspatayah Shantirvishve Devah Shantirbrahma Shantih, Sarvam Shantih, Shantireva Shantih, Sa Ma Shantiredhi.
Meaning / Translation
May there be peace in the heavens, peace in the sky, peace on earth, peace in the waters, peace in the medicinal herbs, peace in the trees, peace in all the gods, peace in Brahma, peace in everything. May that peace come to me.
Atma Shanti Mantra (Prayer for the Departed Soul)
Original
ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय। तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय। मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय॥ ॐ शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति:॥
Transliteration
Om Asato Ma Sadgamaya. Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya. Mrityorma Amritam Gamaya. Om Shantih Shantih Shantih.
Meaning / Translation
Lead us from the unreal to the real. Lead us from darkness to light. Lead us from death to immortality. Om Peace, Peace, Peace.