Shanti Mantra is a category rather than one fixed formula. This page preserves six complete Vedic and Upanishadic prayers from the Hindi source, including longer passages for shared study, cosmic peace, auspicious hearing, and movement from untruth to truth.
Quick Facts
Shanti Mantra Texts
Om Saha Navavatu
Teacher-student Shanti prayerOm Saha Navavatu
Saha Nau Bhunaktu
Saha Viryam Karavavahai
Tejasvi Navadhitam Astu Ma Vidvishavahai
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
English Meaning
May we both be protected and nourished. May we work together with strength; may our study be luminous, and may we not be hostile toward one another. Om, peace, peace, peace.
Om Purnamadah Purnamidam
Upanishadic Shanti mantraOm Purnamadah Purnamidam Purnat Purnam Udachyate
Purnasya Purnam Adaya Purnam Evavashishyate
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
English Meaning
That is whole; this is whole. From wholeness, wholeness arises. When wholeness is taken from wholeness, wholeness alone remains. Om, peace, peace, peace.
Sham No Mitrah
Long Vedic Shanti passageOm Sham No Mitrah Sham Varunah
Sham No Bhavatv Aryama
Sham Na Indro Brihaspatih
Sham No Vishnur Urukramah
Namo Brahmane
Namaste Vayo
Tvam Eva Pratyaksham Brahmasi
Tvam Eva Pratyaksham Brahma Vadishyami
Ritam Vadishyami
Satyam Vadishyami
Tan Mam Avatu
Tad Vaktaram Avatu
Avatu Mam
Avatu Vaktaram
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
English Meaning
May Mitra, Varuna, Aryaman, Indra, Brihaspati, and far-striding Vishnu bring well-being. Salutations to Brahman and to Vayu, recognized as directly present Brahman. I will speak cosmic order and truth. May that protect me and the speaker—protect us both. Om, peace, peace, peace.
Dyauh Shantir Antariksham Shantih
Cosmic peace mantraDyauh Shantir Antariksham Shantih
Prithivi Shantir Apah Shantir Oshadhayah Shantih
Vanaspatayah Shantir Vishve Devah Shantir Brahma Shantih
Sarvam Shantih Shantir Eva Shantih
Sa Ma Shantir Edhi
English Meaning
May there be peace in heaven, the mid-space, earth, waters, healing plants, trees, all the gods, and Brahman. May everything be peace; may peace itself deepen, and may that peace come to me.
Om Bhadram Karnebhih
Vedic auspiciousness and Shanti prayerOm Bhadram Karnebhih Shrinuyama Devah
Bhadram Pashyemakshabhir Yajatrah
Sthirair Angais Tushtuvamsas Tanubhir Vyashema Devahitam Yad Ayuh
Svasti Na Indro Vriddhashravah
Svasti Nah Pusha Vishvavedah
Svasti Nas Tarkshyo Arishtanemih
Svasti No Brihaspatir Dadhatu
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
English Meaning
O gods, may we hear what is auspicious and see what is auspicious. With steady bodies praising the divine, may we live the life allotted for sacred purpose. May Indra, Pusha, Tarkshya, and Brihaspati grant well-being. Om, peace, peace, peace.
Asato Ma Sad Gamaya
Upanishadic Pavamana prayerAsato Ma Sad Gamaya
Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya
Mrityor Ma Amritam Gamaya
English Meaning
Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, and from death to the deathless state.
Why Shanti Mantra Is a Collection
The source brings together prayers with different settings: teacher and student, philosophical wholeness, Vedic invocation, peace across the cosmos, auspicious hearing and sight, and the inward journey toward truth and light.
Several units end with Shantih repeated three times, while the cosmic peace and Pavamana prayers have their own endings. The template preserves those actual endings instead of forcing one refrain onto all six.
How to Read the Shanti Mantras
Choose the Shanti text appropriate to the study, prayer, or reflection and read the whole unit in its stored order. The long Sham No Mitrah and Bhadram Karnebhih passages should not be shortened silently.
These texts belong to Vedic and Upanishadic recitation traditions. Roman transliteration assists general reading but does not replace training in Vedic accent.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. It is a category containing different Vedic and Upanishadic peace prayers.
That threefold close is preserved where it appears in the source; it is not added to units that do not contain it.
No. They are separate Upanishadic prayers with different wording and purposes.
No. Every stored line of each selected sacred unit is preserved.
Original Sanskrit
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Om Saha Navavatu
Teacher-student Shanti prayerसह नौ भुनक्तु।
सह वीर्यं करवावहै।
तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥
Om Purnamadah Purnamidam
Upanishadic Shanti mantraपूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥
Sham No Mitrah
Long Vedic Shanti passageशं नो भवत्वर्यमा।
शं न इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिः।
शं नो विष्णुरुरुक्रमः।
नमो ब्रह्मणे।
नमस्ते वायो।
त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षं ब्रह्मासि।
त्वामेव प्रत्यक्षं ब्रह्म वदिष्यामि।
ऋतं वदिष्यामि।
सत्यं वदिष्यामि।
तन्मामवतु।
तद्वक्तारमवतु।
अवतु माम्।
अवतु वक्तारम्।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥
Dyauh Shantir Antariksham Shantih
Cosmic peace mantraपृथिवी शान्तिरापः शान्तिरोषधयः शान्तिः।
वनस्पतयः शान्तिर्विश्वे देवाः शान्तिर्ब्रह्म शान्तिः
सर्वं शान्तिः शान्तिरेव शान्तिः
सा मा शान्तिरेधि॥
Om Bhadram Karnebhih
Vedic auspiciousness and Shanti prayerभद्रं पश्येमाक्षभिर्यजत्राः।
स्थिरैरङ्गैस्तुष्टुवांसस्तनूभिर्व्यशेम देवहितं यदायुः॥
स्वस्ति न इन्द्रो वृद्धश्रवाः।
स्वस्ति नः पूषा विश्ववेदाः।
स्वस्ति नस्तार्क्ष्यो अरिष्टनेमिः।
स्वस्ति नो बृहस्पतिर्दधातु॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥
Asato Ma Sad Gamaya
Upanishadic Pavamana prayerतमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय॥