ॐ सह नाववतु |
सह नौ भुनक्तु ।
सह वीर्यं करवावहै ।
तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै ।ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
OM SAHA NAVAVATU|
SA NAU BHUNAKTU |
SA VIRYA KARAVAVAHAI|
TEJASVI NAVADHITAMASTU MA VIDVISHAVAHAI|
OM SHANTIHI SHANTIHI SHANTIHI ||
THE GOD WHICH IS OMKAR, PROTECT BOTH OF US
NOURISH US GIVE BOTH OF US THE STRENTH TO DO EFFORTS.
THE STUDY THAT WE HAVE DONE, BECOME MORE BRIGHT OR GLOWING. LET US NOT HATE ANYBODY.
PEACE -PEACE-PEACE |
This is called SHATI MANTRA, which means it is for the peace. This is done in many chanting as the beginning or at the end or at bot times. It is done as prayer. In this Upanishad, Nachiket is talking to Lord of Death, So we have SADUN- with qualities OR GUNAS- God. So this is humanization of the God so, the prayer is appropriate.
The concept of Upanishads was that the Teacher gave discourse to a student and so at the end of the discourse the prayer involves two -the teacher and the student. In Sanskrit there is difference in the verb for singular, pleural and also one for TWO . They are asking for the blessing and at the same time stating that when we study we know he meaning of the words , but we may not know the implied meaning and we will ot get enlightened. So they are praying enlighten our STUDY. Certainly one can not study if there is threat or one is hungry and so the they are asking to be protected and also nourish us .
The request for PEACE ,THREE TIMES has some meaning . The peace of environment is needed , the peach of mind is needed and then the peace for past Karma should be there too. These are called ADHIBHAUTIC - meaning related to BHUTA or living beings -ADHIDAIVIC - meaning related to FATE and lastly ADHYATMIC - meaning related to ATMA or MIND . So we need all three to be at PEACE.
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