Prayer of IVS - International Vedanta Society

Guru Vandana

[Six Stanzas of Guru Gita]

Gurur brahma gurur vishnu gurur devo maheshvara
Gurureva param brahma tasmai shri guruve namah || 26 ||

Ajnanatimirandhyasya jnananjana shalakaya
Chakshurunmilitam yena tasmai shri gurave namah || 27 ||

Akhanda mandalaakaaram vyaaptam yena charaacharam
Tadpadam darshitam yena tasmai shri guruve namah || 28 ||

Mannathah shrijagannatho madguruh shrijagadguruh
Mamatma sarvabhutatma tasmai shri gurave namah || 37 ||

Dhyanamulam gurormurtim pujamulam guroh padam
Mantramulam gurorvakyam mokshamulam guroh kripa || 39 ||

Brahmanandam paramasukhadam kevalam jnanamurtim
Dvandvatitam gaganasadrisham tatvamashyadilakshyam
Ekam nityam vimalachalam sarvadhisakshibhutam
Bhavatitam trigunarahitam sadgurum tam namami || 49 ||

Sadgurum tam namami ! (3 Times)

Vedic Stotraṃ (Hymns)

(As sung at the IVS centres during the evening prayer)

Auṃ Asato mā sad gamaya,
Tamaso mā jyotir gamaya,
Mṛtyor māmṛtaṃ gamaya ||1.3.28||

(Brihadaranyakopanishad)

Āvirāvirma ye dhi

Rudra yat te dakṣiṇaṃ mukhaṃ
Tena māṃ pāhi nityaṃ ||4.21||

Auṃ Yo brahmāṇaṃ vidadhāti pūrvaṃ
Yo vai vedāṃś ca prahiṇoti tasmai
Taṃ ha devaṃ ātma-buddhi-prakāśaṃ
Mumukṣur vai śaraṇam ahaṃ prapadye ||6.18||

(Svetasvataropanishad)

Auṃ Namo vedāntavedya gurave buddhisākśīṇe
Sacchidānandarūpāya nirguṇāya guṇātmaneḥ

Auṃ Bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devā
Bhadraṃ paśyemākṣibhiryajatrāḥ
Sthirairaṃgaistuṣṭuvāṃ sastanūbhirvyaśema
Devahitaṃ yadāyuḥ
Auṃ Śāntiḥ ! Śāntiḥ !! Śāntiḥ !!!

(Prasnopanishad, Mundakopanishad)

Auṃ Saha nāvavatu saha nau bhunaktu
Saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai
Tejasvi nāvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai
Auṃ Śāntiḥ ! Śāntiḥ !! Śāntiḥ !!!

(Kathopanishad)

Auṃ Āpyāyantu mamāṃgāni vākprāṇaścakṣuḥ
Śrotramatho balamindriyāṇi ca sarvāṇi
Sarvaṃ brahmaupaniṣadaṃ māhaṃ brahma nirākuryāṃ
Mā mā brahma nirākarodanirākaraṇamastvanirākaraṇaṃ me 'stu
Tadātmani nirate ya upaniṣatsu dharmāste mayi santu
Te mayi santu
Auṃ Śāntiḥ ! Śāntiḥ !! Śāntiḥ !!!

(Chandogyopanishad)

Auṃ vāṃ me manasi pratiṣṭhitā mano me vāci pratiṣṭhitamāvirāvīrmā edhi
Vedasya ma āṇīsthaḥ śrutaṃ me mā prahāsīḥ
Anenādhītenāhorātrānsandadhāmi ritaṃ vadiṣyāmi
Satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi
Tanmāmavatu
Tadvaktāramavatu
Avatu māmavatu vaktāramavatu vaktāram
Auṃ Śāntiḥ ! Śāntiḥ !! Śāntiḥ !!!

(Aitareyopanishad)

Auṃ Śaṃno mitraḥ saṃ varuṇaḥ
Śaṃno bhavatvaryamā
Saṃna indro brihaspatiḥ
Saṃno viṣṇu-rurukramaḥ
Namo brahmaṇe namaste vāyo
Tvameva pratyakśaṃ brahmāsi
Tvāmeva pratyakśaṃ brahma vadiṣyāmi
Ritaṃ vadiṣyāmi satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi
Tanmāmavatu tadvaktāramavatu
Avatu māṃ avatu vaktāraṃ
Auṃ Śāntiḥ ! Śāntiḥ !! Śāntiḥ !!!

(Taittiriyopanishad)

Auṃ Madhu vātā ṛtāyate madhu kṣaranti sindhavaḥ
Mādhvīrnaḥ santvoṣadhīḥ
Madhu naktam utoṣaso madhumat pārthivaṃ rajaḥ
Madhu dyaurastu naḥ pitā
Madhumān no vanaspatir madhumāṃ astu sūryaḥ
Mādhvīrgavo bhavantu naḥ
Auṃ Madhu ! Auṃ Madhu !! Auṃ Madhu !!! ||6.3.6||

(Brihadaranyakopanishad)

Auṃ Pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idaṃ
Pūrṇāt pūrṇam udachyate
Pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya
Pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate
Auṃ Śāntiḥ ! Śāntiḥ !! Śāntiḥ !!!

(Ishopanishad)

Jay Bhaktadhin Sri Bhagavan Ki – Jay (3 Times)
Jay International Vedanta Society Ki – Jay (3 Times)

Nirvana Śatakaṃ

[Six Stanzas of Nirvana Satakam/Atma Satakam by Adi Sankaracharya]

Auṃ Mano buddhyāhankāra chittāni nāhaṃ
Na cha śrotra jihve na cha ghrāṇa netre
Na cha vyoma bhumirna tejo na vāyuḥ
Chidānanda rūpaḥ śivo 'haṃ śivo 'haṃ ||1||

[Om. I am neither the mind, intelligence, ego, nor chitta (the seat of memory),Neither the ears nor the tongue, nor the senses of smell and sight; neither ether nor air, nor fire nor water nor earth; I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness - I am Shiva! I am Shiva!]

Na cha prāṇa sañjno na vai pañcha vāyuḥ
Na va saptadhāturna va pañcha kośāḥ
Na vāk pāṇi pādau na choupāstha pāyu
Chidānanda rūpaḥ śivo 'haṃ śivo 'haṃ ||2||

[I am neither the prana nor the five vital breaths. Neither the seven elements of the body, nor its five sheathes,Not hands nor feet nor tongue, nor either organs of action; I am eternal Bliss and Awareness - I am Shiva! I am Shiva!]

Na me dveṣa rāgau na me lobha mohau
Mado naiva me naiva matsarya bhāvaḥ
Na dharmo na chartho na kāmo na mokśaḥ
Chidānanda rūpaḥ śivo 'haṃ śivo 'haṃ ||3||

[Neither greed not delusion, loathing nor liking have I; Nothing of pride or ego, of dharma or Libertion; Neither desire of the mind nor object for its desiring: I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness – I am Shiva! I am Shiva!]

Na puṇyaṃ na pāpaṃ na saukhyaṃ na dukhaṃ
Na mantro na tīrthaṃ na vedā na yajñaḥ
Ahaṃ bhojanaṃ naiva bhojyaṃ na bhoktā
Chidānanda rūpaḥ śivo 'haṃ śivo 'haṃ ||4||

[Nothing of pleasure and pain, of virtue and vice do I know; Of mantra of sacred place, of Vedas of sacrifice; Neither am I the eater, the food or the act of eating; I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness I am Shiva! I am Shiva!]

Na me mrityu śankā na me jāti bhedaḥ
Pitā naiva me naiva mātā na janma
Na bandhurna mitraṃ gururnaiva śiṣyaḥ
Chidānanda rūpaḥ śivo 'haṃ śivo 'haṃ ||5||

[Death or fear I have none, nor any distinction of caste; Neither father nor mother, nor even birth, have I; Neither friend nor comrade, neither disciple nor guru: I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness.. I am Shiva! I am Shiva!]

Ahaṃ nirvikalpo nirākāra rūpaḥ
Vibhurvyapya sarvatra sarvendriyanaṃ
Sadā me samatvaṃ na muktirna bandhaḥ
Chidānanda rūpaḥ śivo 'haṃ śivo 'haṃ ||6||

[I have no form or fancy: the all pervading am I ; everywhere I exist, and yet I am beyond the senses; neither salvation am I, nor anything to be known: I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness... I am Shiva! I am Shiva!]