Sham No Mitrah Sham

ॐ शं नो मित्रः शं वरुणः ।
शं नो भवत्वर्यमा ।
शं नो इन्द्रो बृहस्पतिः ।
शं नो विष्णुरुरुक्रमः ।
नमो ब्रह्मणे ।
नमस्ते वायो ।
त्वमेव प्रत्यक्षं ब्रह्मासि ।
त्वामेव प्रत्यक्षं ब्रह्म वदिष्यामि ।
ॠतं वदिष्यामि ।
सत्यं वदिष्यामि ।
तन्मामवतु ।
तद्वक्तारमवतु ।
अवतु माम् ।
अवतु वक्तारम् ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

oṃ śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ .
śaṃ no bhavatvaryamā .
śaṃ no indro bṛhaspatiḥ .
śaṃ no viṣṇururukramaḥ .
namo brahmaṇe .
namaste vāyo .
tvameva pratyakṣaṃ brahmāsi .
tvāmeva pratyakṣaṃ brahma vadiṣyāmi .
ṝtaṃ vadiṣyāmi .
satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi .
tanmāmavatu .
tadvaktāramavatu .
avatu mām .
avatu vaktāram ..
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ..

May Mitra be blissful to us. May Varuna be blissful to us. May Aryaman be blissful to us. May Indra and Brihaspati be blissful to us. May Vishnu, with long strides, be blissful to us. Salutation to Brahman. Salutation to you, O Vayu. You, indeed, are the immediate Brahman. You alone, I shall call the direct Brahman. I shall call you righteousness. I shall call you truth. May He protect me. May He protect the teacher. May He protect me. May He protect the teacher. Om, peace, peace, peace!

Description

Shamno Mitra, one of the Shanti mantras, is a Vedic era Sanskrit text from the Taittiriya Upanishad. Composed around the 6th Century and passed down orally and intact through the ages. A call for peace and oneness, It is chanted to calm the mind of the reciter and his or her environment. Shanti Mantras always end with “Shanti” which means “Peace”. This peace invocation is from the Yajur Veda.