VEDIC PRAYER FOR UNIVERSAL WELL-BEING
भ॒द्रं
कर्णे॑भिः शृणु॒याम॑ देवाः ।
भ॒द्रं
प॑श्येमा॒क्षभि॒र्यज॑त्राः ।
स्थि॒रैरङ्गैस्तुष्टु॒वास॑स्त॒नूभिः॑
।
व्यशे॑म
दे॒वहि॑तं॒ यदायुः॑ ।
स्व॒स्ति
न॒ इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒द्धश्र॑वाः ।
स्व॒स्ति
नः॑ पू॒षा वि॒श्ववे॑दाः ।
स्व॒स्ति
न॒स्तार्क्ष्यो॒ अरि॑ष्टनेमिः ।
स्व॒स्ति
नो॒ बृह॒स्पति॑र्दधातु ॥
ओं शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति: ॥
O Gods! Let us hear auspicious words through our ears.
Let us see auspicious things through our eyes in the sacrifices.
Let us enjoy a life that is beneficial to Gods.
Let us praise the Gods with bodies having strong limbs.
Let Indra of
ancient fame be propitious to us.
May the all-knowing Pusha be auspicious to us.
Let Garuda, who destroys evils, be favorably
disposed towards us.
Let Brhaspati grant us welfare.
This Shanti (Peace) invocation appears in the Mundaka,
Mandukya and Prasna Upanishads.
This Peace Chant ends with the prayer for protection from the Tapatrayas (Threefold
miseries) in terms of Adhyatmika (Body, Mind), Adhi Bhautika (Animals,
other living Beings) and Adhi Daivika (Natural calamities like
Earthquake, Flood, Tsunami, etc.).
जय जय श्रीराधे