Vang Me Manasi Pratisthita

ॐ वाङ् मे मनसि प्रतिष्ठिता ।
मनो मे वाचि प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
आविराविर्म एधि ।
वेदस्य म आणीस्थः ।
श्रुतं मे मा प्रहासीः
अनेनाधीतेनाहोरात्रान्सन्दधामि ।
ऋतं वदिष्यामि ।
सत्यं वदिष्यामि ।
तन्मामवतु ।
तद्वक्तारमवतु ।
अवतु माम् ।
अवतु वक्तारामवतु वक्तारम् ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥

oṃ vāṅ me manasi pratiṣṭhitā .
mano me vāci pratiṣṭhitam .
āvirāvirma edhi .
vedasya ma āṇīsthaḥ .
śrutaṃ me mā prahāsīḥ
anena adhītena ahorātrān sandadhāmi .
ṛtaṃ vadiṣyāmi .
satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi .
tanmāmavatu .
tadvaktāramavatu .
avatu mām .
avatu vaktārāmavatu vaktāram ..
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ..

Let my speech be established in my mind, Let my mind be established in my speech, Let the knowledge of the self-manifest atman grow in me, Let my mind and speech be the support to experience the knowledge of the vedas, Let what is heard by me (from the Vedas) be not a mere appearance …But what is gained by studying day and night be retained, I speak about the divine truth, I speak about the absolute truth, May that protect me, May that protect the preceptor (teacher), May that protect me, May that protect the preceptor (teacher), May that protect the preceptor (teacher), Om Peace! Peace! Peace!

Description

This Shanti (Peace) invocation appears in the Aitareya Upanishad. This Peace Chant ends with the prayer for protection from the Tapatrayas (Threefold miseries) Adhyatmika (Body, Mind), Adhi Bhautika (Animals, other living Beings) and Adhi Daivika ( Natural calamities like Earthquake, Flood,Tsunami, etc.)