Some Vedic Mantras and chants #1

 Some Vedic  mantras to chant during a meditative session and discuss or introspect its meaning: Hinduism : Dharma: Veda:

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Gayatri Mantra
( from Rig Veda)

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

Om bhūr bhuvaḥ suvaḥ
tatsaviturvareṇyaṃ
bhargo devasyadhīmahi
dhiyo yo naḥ prachodayāt
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Om-Bhur =Brahma-embodiment of vital spiritual force (Pran)

Bhuvah-Svah=Destroyer of sufferings-embodiment of happiness

Tat-Savitur-Varenyam=That-bright like Sun-best choiceset

Bhargo-Devasya-Dheemahi=Destroyer of sins-divine-may imbibe (apply to meditation)

Dhiyo-Yo-Nah-Prachodayaat=(prayer to God)Intellect-who-our-may inspire

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Goddess Gayatri is referred to as the mother of the Vedas, known to eliminate darkness by enlightening our minds.

From Rig Veda. Attributed to Sage Vishwamitra.

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  Peace message
( from Upanishad)

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

Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah
Sarve Santu Nir-Aamayaah |
Sarve Bhadraanni Pashyantu
Maa Kashcid-Duhkha-Bhaag-Bhavet |
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

Meaning:
1: Om, May All become Happy,
2: May All be Free from Illness.
3: May All See what is Auspicious,
4: May no one Suffer.
5: Om Peace, Peace, Peace.


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 (Taittiriya, Katha, Mandukya, Shvetashvara Upanishads)

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सह नाववतु ।
सह नौ भुनक्तु ।
सह वीर्यं करवावहै ।
तेजस्वि नावधी तमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om 

Saha Naav[au]-Avatu |
Saha Nau Bhunaktu |
Saha Viiryam Karavaavahai |
Tejasvi Naav[au]-Adhiitam-Astu Maa Vidvissaavahai |
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

Meaning:
1: Om, May God Protect us  ,
2: May God Nourish us ,
3: May we Work Together with Energy and Vigour,
4: May our Study be Enlightening , and not giving rise to Hostility 
5: Om, Peace, Peace, Peace (be there in the three levels

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(Brihadaranyaka, Ishavasya Upanishads)
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पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पुर्णमुदच्यते
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om 

Puurnnam-Adah Puurnnam-Idam Puurnnaat-Purnnam-Udacyate
Puurnnasya Puurnnam-Aadaaya Puurnnam-Eva-Avashissyate ||
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

Meaning:
1: Om, That (Outer World) is Purna (Full with Divine Consciousness); This (Inner World) is also Purna (Full with Divine Consciousness); From Purna comes Purna (From the Fullness of Divine Consciousness the World is manifested) ,
2: Taking Purna from Purna, Purna Indeed Remains (Because Divine Consciousness is Non-Dual and Infinite).
3: Om Peace, Peace, Peace.

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ॐ 

सर्वेशां स्वस्तिर्भवतु ।
सर्वेशां शान्तिर्भवतु ।
सर्वेशां पुर्णंभवतु ।
सर्वेशां मङ्गलंभवतु ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om 

Sarveshaam Svastir-Bhavatu |
Sarveshaam Shaantir-Bhavatu |
Sarveshaam Purnnam-Bhavatu |
Sarveshaam Manggalam-Bhavatu |
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

Meaning:
1: May there be Well-Being in All,
2: May there be Peace in All,
3: May there be Fulfilment in All,
4: May there be Auspiciousness in All,
5: Om Peace, Peace, Peace.

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Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra 

ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे
सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम्
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्
मृत्योर्मुक्षीय मामृतात् ॥

Om Traymbakam Yajaamahe 
Sugandhim Pushti-Vardhanam
Urvaarukam-Iva Bandhanaan 
Mrytyor-Mokshi Maa-Amrutaat ||

Meaning:
1: Om, We Worship the Three-Eyed One (Lord Shiva), 
2: Who is Fragrant (Spiritual Essence) and Who Nourishes all beings.
3: May He severe our Bondage of Samsara (Worldly Life), like a Cucumber (severed from the bondage of its Creeper), ...
4: ... and thus Liberate us from the Fear of Death, by making us realize that we are never separated from our Immortal Nature. 
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असतो मा सद्गमय ।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय ।
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय ।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

Om 

Asato Maa Sad-Gamaya |
Tamaso Maa Jyotir-Gamaya |
Mrtyor-Maa Amrtam Gamaya |
Om Shaantih Shaantih Shaantih ||

Meaning:
1: Om, (O Lord) Keep me not in the Unreality (of the bondage of the Phenomenal World), but lead me towards the Reality (of the Eternal Self),
2: (O Lord) Keep me not in the Darkness (of Ignorance), but lead me towards the Light (of Spiritual Knowledge),
3: (O Lord) Keep me not in the (Fear of) Death (due to the bondage of the Mortal World), but lead me towards the Immortality (gained by the Knowledge of the Immortal Self beyond Death),
4: Om, (May there be) Peace, Peace, Peace 

(at the the three levels - Adidaivika, Adibhautika and Adhyatmika).
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Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ      ॐ मणिपद्मे हुम्

  ... Awakening the Buddha within...

As the Jewel is within, which opens up like a Lotus flower, opens up with a thousand petals..

 Lotus usually grows in shallow ponds and mud but is spectacular bright and colorful and gives a feeling of opening up.

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  Maha Vakya  -    Advaita Vedanta

Tat Tvam Asi (तत् त्वम् असि)

~ Chandogya Upanishad.   of Saam Veda

Aham Brahmāsmi (अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि) -

~ Brihadaranyakya Upanishad of Yajur Veda 

Pragjyanam Bhramha (प्रज्ञानम् ब्रह्म) 

~ Aitreya Upanishad  of Rig Veda

Ayam Atma Brahma. (अयम् आत्मा ब्रह्म)

~ Mandukya Upanishad of Atharva Veda

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  MA Mantra

Om Anandamayee  Chaitanyamayee  Satyamayee.  parame

 

-Sri Aurobindo

Om, She full of Bliss, She full of Consciousness, She full of Truth, She who is Supreme.

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 Laxmi / Lakshmi Mantra 

Om Mahalax-mai  Namo Namah

Om Vishnu-priya-yai Namo Namah

Om Dhana-prada-yai Namo Namah

Om Vishwa-Janan-yai Namo Namah

 

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 Durga Mantra  -

Rupang-dehi , Jayang-dehi, Yasho-dehi, Dwisho-jahi

 Grantor of beauty, victory, wealth,  destroy inner enemies.

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Durga Mantra  -

Jayanti Mangala Kali, Bhadrakali, Kapalini, Durga Shiva kshama dhatri swaha swadha namohstute 

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Durga shloka  -

Ya Chandi Madhukaita vadi daityadalani

Ya mahishon-mulini, Ya dhumekshana-chanda-munda-mathani

Ya raktabijaashini, 

Shakti shumbhani shumbha dailtya dalani

ya siddhi Lakshmip-para

Saa devi nava-koti murty sahita mang

paatu-vishveshwari

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Durga shloka  -

Shinghastha shashi-shekhara marakata-preksha

chaturvibhujai shankhan-chakra-dhanu saaranch-dadhati netraii- stribhi shobhitaa

aamuktaan gada har kankana

ranat kanchi kanan nupura

Durga durgati nashini

bhavatu-no ratno lassat kundala

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Durga Mantra  -

Sarva Mangala Mangalye

Shive Sarvarth Sadhike

Sharanye Trayambake Gauri

Narayani Namahstute

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 Bhagavad Gita

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन 

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि || 47 ||

karmaṇy-evādhikāras te mā phaleṣhu kadāchana

mā karma-phala-hetur bhūr mā te saṅgo ’stvakarmaṇi

karmaṇi—in prescribed duties; eva—only; adhikāraḥ—right; te—your; mā—not; phaleṣhu—in the fruits; kadāchana—at any time; mā—never; karma-phala—results of the activities; hetuḥ—cause; bhūḥ—be; mā—not; te—your; saṅgaḥ—attachment; astu—must be; akarmaṇi—in inaction

You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. 

Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, nor be attached to inaction.

- Bhagvad Gita, chapter 2, verse 47

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परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् |

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे || 8||

paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām

dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge

paritrāṇāya—to protect; sādhūnām—the righteous; vināśhāya—to annihilate; cha—and; duṣhkṛitām—the wicked; dharma—the eternal religion; sansthāpana-arthāya—to reestablish; sambhavāmi—I appear; yuge yuge—age after age

To protect the righteous, to annihilate the wicked, and to reestablish the principles of dharma I appear on this earth, age after age.

- Bhagvad Gita, chapter 4, verse 8

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यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत |

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् || 7||

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata

abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛijāmyaham

yadā yadā—whenever; hi—certainly; dharmasya—of righteousness; glāniḥ—decline; bhavati—is; bhārata—Arjun, descendant of Bharat; abhyutthānam—increase; adharmasya—of unrighteousness; tadā—at that time; ātmānam—self; sṛijāmi—manifest; aham—I

Whenever there is a decline in righteousness and an increase in unrighteousness, O Arjun, at that time I manifest Myself on earth.

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Hanuman :   

ॐ हं हनुमत्ये नमो नमः

श्री हनुमत्ये नमो नमः जय जय हनुमत्ये नमो नमः श्री राम दुताय नमो नमः ॥

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ॐ तत् सत्

Om Tat Sat

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ॐ ऐं ह्रीं श्रीं 

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ॐ श्रीं ह्रीं क्लीं श्रीं क्लीं वित्तेश्वराय नमः॥.       - Kuber Mantra

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कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं
संसारसारम् भुजगेन्द्रहारम् ।
सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे
भवं भवानीसहितं नमामि ॥

karpūragauraṁ karuṇāvatāraṁ
sansārsāram bhujagendrahāram |
sadāvasantaṁ hṛdayāravinde
bhavaṁ bhavānīsahitaṁ namāmi ||

• karpūra gauraṁ – The one who is as pure/white as camphor (Karpur).
• karuṇ āvatāraṁ – The personification of compassion.
• sansār sāram – The one who is the essence of the world.
• bhujagendra hāram – The one with the serpent king as his garland. (bhujagendra = sepent)
• sadā vasantaṁ hṛday āravinde – Always residing in the lotus-like heart. (Aravind = lotus)
• bhavaṁ – To the Lord
• bhavānī sahitaṁ namāmi – Accompanied by the Goddess Bhavani (A form of Goddess Parvati, Shiva’s consort), I bow