Daçaçänti
These Ten
Sänti-mantras from all the four Vedas, are traditionally chanted before an
Advaita Vedänta class.
Text in Roman with Free Translation
1. oà çanno mitraç-çaà varuëaù| çanno
bhavatvaryamä|
çanna indro båhaspatiù| çanno viñëur-urukramaù|
namo brahmaëe| namaste väyo|
tvam eva pratyakñaà brahmäsi|
tvam eva pratyakñaà brahma vadiñyämi|
åtaà vadiñyämi| satyaà vadiñyämi|
tan-mäm avatu| tad vaktäraà avatu|
avatu mäm| avatu vaktäram|
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||1||
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda, Taittiréya
Upaniñad - I. 1
May Mitra, the Sun
deity be auspicious to us.
May Varuëa, the
Ocean deity be auspicious to us.
May Aryamä, the Lord
of the manes be auspicious to us.
May Indra, the King
of the gods be auspicious to us.
May Båhaspati, the
preceptor of the gods be auspicious to us.
May Viñëu, the
all-pervasive sustainer of the creation be auspicious to us.
May Urukrama, Lord Vämana
be auspicious to us.
Salutations to
Brahman (Hiraëyagarbha/Saguëa Brahman).
Salutations to Väyu,
the Wind deity.
You (Väyu)! are
indeed the perceptible Brahman.
I understand
(declare) you to be the perceptible Brahman.
I declare you to be
the right understanding.
I understand you to
be the truthfulness in speech.
May that Truth
protect me.
May that Truth
protect my teacher.
May that Truth
protect me. May that Truth protect my Teacher.
Om Peace Peace
Peace. (1)
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda,
Taittiréya Upaniñad - I. 1
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2. om sa ha
nävavatu|
sa ha nau bhunaktu|
saha véryaà karavävahai|
tejasvinävadhétamastu|
mä vidviñävahai|
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||2||
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda,
Taittiréya Upaniñad - II. 1
May He (the Lord)
protect both of us (the teacher and me).
May He indeed
nourish both of us.
May we together
acquire the capacity (to study and understand the scriptures).
May what is studied,
be brilliant.
May there not be
disagreement between both of us (the teacher and the disciple).
Om Peace Peace
Peace. (2)
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda, Taittiréya
Upaniñad - II. 1
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3. oà yaçchandasäà
åñabho viçvarüpaù|
chandobhyo’dhyamåtät saàbabhüva|
sa mendro medhayä spåëotu|
amåtasya devadhäraëo bhüyäsam|
çaréraà me vicarñaëam|
jihvä me madhumattamä|
karëäbhyäà bhüri viçruvam|
brahmaëaù koço’si medhayä pihitaù|
çrutaà me gopäya|
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||3||
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda, Taittiréya
Upaniñad - I.4
That
Oàkära, which manifested from the eternal Vedas, is the greatest among the
Vedic mantras, and is endowed with
all forms. May that Lord (Om) strengthen me with intelligence. O Lord! May I become upholder of that eternal
knowledge. May my physical body remain fit for the pursuit of knowledge. May my
tongue speak pleasing words. May my ears listen to the scriptures more and
more. You are the abode of Brahman, veiled by the knowledge of objects. May you
protect my knowledge.
Om Peace Peace
Peace. (3)
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda, Taittiréya
Upaniñad - I.4
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4. ahaà våkñasya rerivä|
kértiù påñöhaà girer-iva|
ürdhvapavitro väjinéva svamåtam-asmi|
draviëagà savarcasam|
sumedha amåtokñitaù|
iti triçaìkor-vedänuvacanam||
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||4||
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda, Taittiréya
Upaniñad - I. 10
After
gaining Self-knowledge, the Seer Triçaìku declared, 'I am the sustainer of the
tree of samsära. My fame is like the
peak of a mountain. I am pure. I am in the form of pure awareness' that is the
same as that which exists in the Sun. I am in the form of shining knowledge
that is like wealth. I am endowed with the most auspicious knowledge. I am free
from death and decay.
Om Peace Peace
Peace. (4)
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda, Taittiréya
Upaniñad - I. 10
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5. om pürëam-adah pürëam-idam pürëät pürëam-udacyate|
pürëasya pürëam-ädäya pürëamevävaçiñyate’||
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||5||
- Çukla-Yajurveda, Éçäväsya I.1,
Båhadäraëyaka V.1
That (Brahman) is
whole. This (jagat) is whole.
From that (Brahman)
whole, this (jagat) whole has come.
This (jagat) whole (in spite of) having come
from that (Brahman) whole,
Whole (Brahman)
alone remains.
Om Peace Peace
Peace. (5)
- Çukla-Yajurveda,
Éçäväsya I.1, Båhadäraëyaka V.1
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6. om äpyäyantu mamäìgäni väk-präëaç-cakñuç-çrotram-
atho-balam-indriyäëi ca sarväëi|
sarvaà brahmaupaniñadam|
mähaà brahma niräkuryäm|
mä mä brahma niräkarod|
aniräkaraëam-astvaniräkaraà me-'stu|
tad-ätmani nirate ya upaniñatsu dharmäs-
te mayi santu te
mayi santu|
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||6||
-Sämaveda, Kenopaniñad I.1, Chändogya
Upaniñad- I.1
May
my limbs including speech, präëa,
eyes, ears and other sense-organs, and my strength grow in their power.
Everything is Brahman that is unfolded in the Upaniñads. May I not reject
Brahman (for want of çraddhä). May not
Brahman, the Lord, reject me. May there be non-rejection (acceptance) of the
Lord by me; may there be non-rejection (acceptance) of the Lord for me. May all
those qualities that are mentioned as qualifications in the Upaniñads be in me,
who is committed to the pursuit of knowledge of Brahman. May those qualities be
in me.
Om Peace Peace
Peace. (6)
- Sämaveda, Kenopaniñad I.1, Chändogya
Upaniñad- I.1
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7. väìg me manasi pratiñöhitä|
mano me väci pratiñöhitam|
ävirävirma edhi|
vedasya ma äëésthaù|
çrutaà me ma prahäséù|
anenädhétena|
ahoräträn sandadhämi|
åtaà vadiñyämi| satyaà vadiñyämi|
tan-mäm avatu| tad vaktäram avatu|
avatu mäm| avatu vaktäram| avatu vaktäram||
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||7||
- Ågveda, Aitareya Upniñad
May
my speech be in harmony with my mind. May my mind be in harmony with my speech.
O Self-effulgent Brahman! May You reveal yourself to me. May my mind and speech
enable me to comprehend the truth revealed in the Vedas. May not my studies
abandon me. May I contemplate day and night what is studied by me. I understand
that as the Truth. I declare that as the Truth. May that (Truth) protect me.
May that (Truth) protect the teacher. May that (Truth) protect me. May that (Truth)
protect the teacher. May that (Truth) protect the teacher.
Om Peace Peace
Peace. (7)
- Ågveda, Aitareya Upniñad
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8. bhadraà no apivätaya manaù||’
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||8||
- Ågveda-X.20.1
O Mind! May you
bring about auspiciousness for us.
Om Peace Peace
Peace. (8)
- Ågveda-X.20.1
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9. oà bhadraà karëebhiç-çåuëuyäma deväù|
bhadraà paçyemäkñabhiryajaträù|
sthirair-aìgaistuñöuvägà sastanübhiù|
vyaçema devahitaà yad-äyuù||
svasti na indro vådhhaçraväù| svasti naù puñä
viçvavedäù|
svasti nastärkñyo ariñöanemiù| svasti no-båhaspatir-dadhätu||
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||9|
- Atharvaveda, Praçna, Muëòaka,
Mäëòükya Upaniñad
O Gods! May we
listen with our ears, to what is meaningful.
May we see with our
eyes, things that are blemish-free.
May we enjoy our
complete lives,
glorifying You with
the Vedic mantras, with strong limbs.
May the famous Indra
bless us with auspiciousness.
May the omniscient
Sun deity bless us with auspiciousness.
May Garuòa, of
unobstructed flight bless us with auspiciousness.
Om Peace, Peace,
Peace. (9)
- Atharvaveda, Praçna, Muëòaka,
Mäëòükya Upaniñad
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10. oà yo brahmäëaà vidadhäti pürvaà, yo vai
vedäàç-ca prahiëoti tasmai|
taà ha devam ätmabuddhi prakäçaà mumukñur-vai
çaraëam aham prapadye||
oà çäntiççäntiççäntiù||10||
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda, Çvetäçvatara.Upaniñad.-VI.18
I, a seeker of
freedom, seek refuge in that Lord, who reveals self-knowledge, who created Präjapati
Brahma (Hiraëyagarbha) in the beginning of the creation, and who indeed taught
him the Vedas.
Om
Peace, Peace, Peace. (10)
- Kåñëa-Yajurveda, Çvetäçvatara.Upaniñad.-VI.18
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