PEACE SHANT FOR GLOBAL WELL-BEING
LOKAKSHEMA
स्वस्तिप्रजाभ्यः परिपालयंतां, न्यायेन मार्गेण महीं महीशाः ।
गोब्राह्मणेभ्यः शुभमस्तु नित्यं, लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनोभवंतु ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः |
svastiprajābhyaḥ paripālayantāṁ nyāyēna mārgēṇa mahīṁ mahīśāḥ ।
gōbrāhmaṇēbhyaḥ śubhamastu nityaṁ lōkāḥ samastāḥ sukhinōbhavantu ॥
ōm̐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥
May there be well being (auspiciousness) to the people;
May the kings rule the earth along the right path;
May the cows (& bulls) and the Brahmans (knower of Vedas) always be fortunate.
May all the beings in all the worlds become happy;
Peace, peace and peace.
The origin of the Lokaskema, often called the Mangala Mantra, is obscure. While some yoga practitioners and Hindu scholars erroneously point to the Rig Veda or the invocation of the Katha Upanishad, the only written attribution or textual source of "lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu" seems to be stone inscriptions from the Rulers of the Sangama Dynasty (1336 A.D.-1485 A.D.). However the spirit and syntax of the prayer is very in keeping with other Vedic shantipatha, or peace chants. more...
LOKAKSHEMA
स्वस्तिप्रजाभ्यः परिपालयंतां, न्यायेन मार्गेण महीं महीशाः ।
गोब्राह्मणेभ्यः शुभमस्तु नित्यं, लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनोभवंतु ॥
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः |
svastiprajābhyaḥ paripālayantāṁ nyāyēna mārgēṇa mahīṁ mahīśāḥ ।
gōbrāhmaṇēbhyaḥ śubhamastu nityaṁ lōkāḥ samastāḥ sukhinōbhavantu ॥
ōm̐ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ॥
May there be well being (auspiciousness) to the people;
May the kings rule the earth along the right path;
May the cows (& bulls) and the Brahmans (knower of Vedas) always be fortunate.
May all the beings in all the worlds become happy;
Peace, peace and peace.
The origin of the Lokaskema, often called the Mangala Mantra, is obscure. While some yoga practitioners and Hindu scholars erroneously point to the Rig Veda or the invocation of the Katha Upanishad, the only written attribution or textual source of "lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu" seems to be stone inscriptions from the Rulers of the Sangama Dynasty (1336 A.D.-1485 A.D.). However the spirit and syntax of the prayer is very in keeping with other Vedic shantipatha, or peace chants. more...