Mantras
मन्त्रWidely recited mantras with their source text, a public-domain English translation where one exists, and a simple Hindi meaning.
Vedic & Upanishad mantras · वैदिक एवं उपनिषद् मन्त्र
गायत्री मन्त्र
Gayatri Mantra
Rig Veda 3.62.10 · with ‘bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ’ as in Shukla Yajurveda (Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā) 36.3
महामृत्युंजय मन्त्र
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
Rig Veda 7.59.12
गणानां त्वा गणपतिं
Ganapati Mantra (Gaṇānāṃ tvā)
Rig Veda 2.23.1
नमः शिवाय
Namah Shivaya (from Shri Rudram)
Shukla Yajurveda (Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā) 16.41 — Rudrādhyāya
असतो मा सद्गमय
Asato Mā Sad Gamaya
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 1.3.28
ॐ सह नाववतु
Saha Nāvavatu (Shanti mantra)
Taittirīya Upaniṣad 2.1 (opening of Brahmānanda-vallī)
ॐ शं नो मित्रः
Śaṃ no Mitraḥ (Shanti mantra)
Taittirīya Upaniṣad 1.1 (Śikṣā-vallī, first anuvāka)
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम्
Pūrṇamadaḥ (Shanti mantra)
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 5.1.1
द्यौः शान्तिः
Dyauḥ Śāntiḥ (Shanti path)
Shukla Yajurveda (Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā) 36.17
भद्रं कर्णेभिः शृणुयाम देवाः
Bhadraṃ Karṇebhiḥ
Rig Veda 1.89.8
ईशा वास्यमिदं सर्वम्
Īśā Vāsyam
Īśa Upaniṣad 1 (= Shukla Yajurveda 40.1)