Supreme Brahman

śānti pañcakam

(Shanti Panchakam in English (IAST))

From Taittiriya Upanishad

Also known as om sanno mitrassamva runah sanno bhavatvaryama

Shanti Panchakam is a profound collection of five foundational Vedic invocations primarily derived from the Taittiriya Upanishad. These verses seek divine protection and peace by invoking cosmic deities such as Mitra, Varuna, Indra, and Brihaspati, culminating in a salutation to the formless Brahman. Spiritually, the stotra is chanted to dissolve obstacles, foster intellectual clarity, and cultivate harmony between the seeker and the universal consciousness. Reciting these mantras daily is believed to purify the practitioner’s mind, invoke tranquility in the surrounding environment, and align one’s speech and actions with eternal truth.

oṃ śa-nno̭ mitraśśaṃ-va~rṷṇaḥ | śa-nno̭ bhavatvaryamā | śa-nna indro bṛhaspatiḥ̭ | śa-nno viṣṇṷrurukramaḥ | namo brahma̭ṇe | nama̭ste vāyo | tvameva pratyakṣa-mbrahmā̭si | tvameva pratyakṣa-mbrahma̭ vadiṣyāmi | ṛtaṃ-va~̭diṣyāmi | satyaṃ-va~̭diṣyāmi | tanmāma̭vatu | tadvaktāra̭mavatu | ava̭tu mām | ava̭tu vaktāram |
oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ̭ || 1 ||
śa-nno̭ mitraśśaṃ-va~rṷṇaḥ | śa-nno̭ bhavatvaryamā | śa-nna indro bṛhaspatiḥ̭ | śa-nno viṣṇṷrurukramaḥ | namo brahma̭ṇe | nama̭ste vāyo | tvameva pratyakṣa-mbrahmā̭si | tvāmeva pratyakṣa-mbrahmāvā̭diṣam | ṛtama̭vādiṣam | satyama̭vādiṣam | tanmāmā̭vīt | tadvaktāra̭māvīt | āvīnmām | āvīdvaktāram |
oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ̭ || 2 ||
oṃ saha nā̭vavatu | saha naṷ bhunaktu | saha vīrya̭-ṅkaravāvahai | tejasvināvadhī̭tamastu mā vi̭dviṣāvahai |
oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ̭ || 3 ||
namo̭ vāce yā co̭ditā yā cānṷditā tasyai̭ vāce namo
namo̭ vāce namo̭ vācaspata̭ye nama ṛṣi̭bhyo mantrakṛdbhyo mantra̭patibhyo
mā māmṛṣa̭yo mantrakṛto̭ mantrapata̭yaḥ parā̭durmā-'hamṛṣī-nmantrakṛto̭
mantrapatī-nparā̭dāṃ-vai~śvadevīṃ-vā~ca̭mudyāsagṃ śivā mada̭stāñjuṣṭāṃ
devebhya-śśarma̭ me dyau-śśarma̭ pṛthivī śarma viśva̭mida-ñjaga̭t |
śarma̭ candraśca sūrya̭śca śarma̭ brahma prajāpatī |
bhūtaṃ-va~̭diṣye bhuva̭naṃ-va~diṣye tejo̭ vadiṣye yaśo̭ vadiṣye tapo̭ vadiṣye
brahma̭ vadiṣye satyaṃ-va~̭diṣye tasmā̭ ahamida-mṷpastara̭ṇa-mupa̭stṛṇa
upastara̭ṇa-mme prajāyai̭ paśūnā-mbhṷ̄yādupastara̭ṇamaha-mprajāyai̭ paśūnāṃ
bhṷ̄yāsa-mprāṇā̭pānau mṛtyormā̭pāta-mprāṇā̭pānau mā mā̭ hāsiṣṭa-mmadhṷ
maniṣye madhṷ janiṣye madhṷ vakṣyāmi madhṷ vadiṣyāmi madhṷmatī-ndevebhyo
vāca̭mudyāsagṃ śuśrūṣeṇyā-mmanuṣyebhyasta-mmā̭ devā a̭vantu
śobhāyai̭ pitaro-'nṷmadantu ||
oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ̭ || 4 ||
śanno vātaḥ̭ pavatā-mmātariśvā śanna̭ stapatu sūryaḥ̭ |
ahā̭ni śa-mbha̭vantu na śśagṃ rātriḥ prati̭dhīyatām ||
śamuṣā no vyṷcchatu śamā̭ditya udḙtu naḥ |
śivā na śśanta̭mābhava sumṛḍīkā sara̭svati | māte vyo̭ma sandṛśi̭ || 1
iḍā̭yai vāstva̭si vāstumadvāstumanto̭ bhūyāsma mā vāstośchiths
mahyavāstu ssa bhṷ̄yād yo-'smā-ndveṣṭi ya-ñca̭ vaya-ndviṣmaḥ ||
pratiṣṭhā-'si̭ pratiṣṭhāva̭nto bhūyāsma mā pra̭tiṣṭhāyāchiths mahya
pratiṣṭhassa bhṷ̄yād yo-'smā-ndveṣṭi ya-ñca̭ vaya-ndviṣmaḥ || 2
āvā̭ta vāhi bheṣajaṃ-vi~vā̭ta-vāhi yadrapaḥ̭ |
tvagṃhi viśvabhḙṣajo devānā-ndūta īya̭se ||
dvāvimau vātaṷ vāta āsindhorā pa̭rāvataḥ̭ |
dakṣa̭-mme anya āvātu parā-'nyo vā̭tu yadrapaḥ̭ ||
yadado vā̭ta te gṛhḙ-'mṛta̭sya nidhirhitaḥ |
tato̭ no dehi jīvase tato̭ no dhehi bheṣajam |
tato̭ no maha āva̭ha vāta āvā̭tu bheṣajam ||
śambhūr-ma̭yobhūr-no̭ hṛde praṇa āyugṃ̭ṣi tāriṣat | indra̭sya gṛho̭-'si ta-ntvā pra̭padye sagussāśvaḥ̭ | saha yanme asti tena̭ || 3
bhūḥ prapa̭dye bhuvaḥ prapa̭dye suvaḥ prapa̭dye bhūrbhuvassuvaḥ prapa̭dye vāyuṃ
prapadye-'nārtā-ndevatā-mprapadye-'śmā̭namākhaṇa-mprapa̭dye prajāpa̭ter
brahmakośa-mbrahma prapa̭dya o-mprapa̭dye ||
antari̭kṣa-mma urva̭ntara̭-mbṛhadagnayaḥ parva̭tāśca yayā vātaḥ̭ svastyā
sva̭stimāntayā svastyā sva̭sti māna̭sāni ||
prāṇā̭pānau mṛtyor mā̭ pāta-mprāṇā̭pānau mā mā̭ hāsiṣṭa-mmayi̭ medhā-mmayi̭ prajā-mmayyagni stejo̭ dadhātu
mayi̭ medhā-mmayi̭ prajā-mmayīndra̭ indriya-nda̭dhātu
mayi̭ medhā-mmayi̭ prajā-mmayi sūryo bhrājo̭ dadhātu || 4
dyubhiraktubhiḥ pari̭pāta-masmā-nari̭ṣṭebhiraśvinā saubha̭gebhiḥ |
tanno̭ mitro varṷṇo māmahantā-madi̭tiḥ-sindhuḥ̭ pṛthivī utadyauḥ ||
kayā̭naścitra ābhṷva dūtī sadāvṛ̭dha ssakhā | kayāśaci̭ṣṭhayā vṛtā ||
kastvā̭ satyo madā̭nā-mmagṃhi̭ṣṭho mathsadandha̭saḥ |
dṛḍhā-ci̭dā-ruje-vasṷ ||
abhīṣuṇa ssakhī̭nā-mavitā-ja̭rit-ṝṇām | śata-mbha̭vāsyūtibhiḥ̭ ||
vaya̭ssuparṇā upa̭sedurindra̭-mpriyamḙdhā ṛṣa̭yo nādha̭mānāḥ |
apa̭ddhvāntamūrṇuhi pūrdhicakṣṷr mumugdhya̭smā-nnidhayḙva baddhān ||
śanno̭ devīrabhiṣṭa̭ya āpo̭ bhavantu pītaye | śaṃyo~-rabhisra̭vantunaḥ ||
īśā̭nā vāryā̭ṇā-ṅkṣaya̭ntī ścarṣaṇīnām | apo yā̭cāmi bheṣajam ||
sumitrāna āpa oṣa̭dhaya ssantu durmitrāstasmai̭ bhūyā-suryo-'smān
dveṣṭi ya-ñca̭ vaya-ndviṣmaḥ || 5
āpohiṣṭhā ma̭yobhuva-stāna̭ ūrje da̭dhātana | mahe raṇā̭ya cakṣa̭se |
yo vaḥ̭ śivata̭mo rasastasya̭ bhājayateha naḥ̭ | uśatīri̭va mātaraḥ̭ |
tasmā ara̭-ṅgamāmavo yasya kṣayā̭ya jinva̭tha | āpo̭ janaya̭thā canaḥ ||
pṛthivī śāntā sā-'gninā̭ śāntā sā mḙ śāntā śucagṃ̭ śamayatu |
antari̭kṣagṃ śānta-ntad vāyunā̭ śānta-ntanmḙ śāntagṃ śucagṃ̭ śamayatu |
dyau-śśāntā sā-''dityena̭ śāntā sā mḙ śāntā śucagṃ̭ śamayatu || 6
pṛthivī śānti̭rantari̭kṣagṃ śāntir dyau śśāntir diśa-śśānti̭-ravāntaradiśāḥ-śānti̭-ragniśśānti̭r-vāyuśśānti̭-rāditya śśānti̭-
ścandramā śśāntir-nakṣa̭trāṇi śānti-rāpaśśānti-roṣa̭dhaya śśāntir-
vanaspata̭ya śśāntir-gau śśānti̭-rajā śānti-raśva śśāntiḥ purṷṣa śśāntir brahma śānti̭r brāhmaṇa śśānti-śśānti̭-reva śānti śśānti̭r me astu śāntiḥ̭ ||
tayā-'hagṃ śāntyā sa̭rva śāntyā mahya̭-ndvipade catṷṣpade ca
śānti̭-ṅkaromi śānti̭r me astu śāntiḥ̭ || 7
eha śrīśca hrīśca dhṛti̭śca tapo̭ medhā pra̭tiṣṭhā śraddhā satya-ndharma̭ścaitāni
motti̭ṣṭhanta-manūtti̭ṣṭhantu māmāg śrīśca hrīśca dhṛti̭śca tapo̭ medhā pra̭tiṣṭhā
śraddhā satya-ndharma̭ścaitāni̭ mā mā hā̭siṣuḥ ||
udāyṷṣā svāyuṣo-doṣa̭dhīnāgṃ raseno-tparjanya̭sya śuṣmeṇoda̭sthā-
mamṛtāgṃ anṷ || taccakṣṷr devahi̭ta-mpurastā-cchukramuccara̭t || 8
paśyḙma śarada̭śśata-ñjīvḙma śarada̭śśata-nnandā̭ma śarada̭śśata-mmodā̭ma
śarada̭śśata-mbhavā̭ma śarada̭śśatagṃ śṛṇavā̭ma śarada̭śśata-mprabra̭vāma
śarada̭śśata-majī̭tāsyāma śarada̭śśata-ñjokca sūrya̭-ndṛśe ||
ya uda̭gā-nmahato-'rṇavān vibrāja̭māna-ssarirasya maddhyāthsa mā̭
vṛṣabho lo̭hitākṣa ssūryo̭ vipaści-nmana̭sā punātu || 9
brahma̭ṇaścota̭nyasi brahma̭ṇa āṇīstho brahma̭ṇa āvapa̭namasi dhāriteyaṃ
pṛ̭thivī brahma̭ṇā mahī dhā̭rita-mḙnena mahadantari̭kṣa-ndiva̭-ndādhāra
pṛthivīgṃ sadḙvāṃya~dahaṃve~da tadaha-ndhā̭rayāṇi māmadvedo-'dhi visra̭sat |
medhāmanīṣe māvi̭śatāgṃ samīcī̭ bhūtasya bhavyasyāva̭ruddhyai
sarvamāyṷrayāṇi sarvamāyṷrayāṇi || 10
ābhir gīrbhir yadato̭na ūnamāpyā̭yaya harivo vardha̭mānaḥ |
yadā stotṛbhyo mahi̭ gotrā rujāsi̭ bhūyiṣṭhabhājo adha̭te śyāma |
brahma prāvā̭diṣma tanno māhā̭sīt ||
oṃ śānti-śśānti-śśāntiḥ̭ || 5 ||

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