Universal prayers from the oldest scriptures
Vedic & Peace Mantras
These are the universal mantras of the Vedas and Upanishads — prayers for light, truth, wholeness and peace that belong to no single deity and are chanted all over the world.
Each mantra here is given in full, with an easy reading, the exact Sanskrit and a line-by-line English meaning.
Vedic & Peace Hymns with Meaning
Gayatri Mantra · 1 verses
Gayatri Mantra
The most revered prayer of the Vedas — a meditation on the light of the divine sun, asking it to awaken and illuminate our minds.
Mantra · 1 verses
Asato Ma Sadgamaya
Three short lines from the Upanishads that sum up the whole spiritual journey: lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality.
Mantra · 1 verses
Om Purnamadah Purnamidam
The Upanishads’ great mantra of wholeness: “That is whole, this is whole; from the whole the whole arises — and when the whole is taken from the whole, the whole remains.”
Mantra · 1 verses
Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu
The beloved prayer for the whole world — “May all beings everywhere be happy and free” — chanted at the end of yoga classes, kirtans and pujas across the globe.
Stuti · 1 verses
Tvameva Mata Cha Pita Tvameva
A simple, heart-opening prayer: “You alone are my mother and father, my family and friend, my knowledge and wealth — you are my everything, O God of gods.”