A nice rendition of the Moola Mantra

[Jainarayan]

I stumble across all kinds of things on the interwebz. This is one of the nicer ones.

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Om -- We are calling on the highest energy of all
Sat -- The formless, Unmanifest Potential
Chit -- Infinite Consciousness of the Universe
Ananda -- Pure love, bliss and joy
Parabrahma -- The Supreme Creator
Purushothama -- Who has incarnated in human form to help guide mankind
Paramatma -- Who comes to me in my heart, and becomes my inner voice whenever I ask
Sri Bhagavati -- The Divine Mother, the power aspect of creation
Sametha -- Together within Non-Duality
Sri Bhagavate -- The Father of Creation which is unchangeable and permanent
Namaha-- I thank you and acknowledge this presance in my life. I ask for your guidance at all times

Not my translations, I found it. Btw, there is a version of the sarveshaam prayer set to this exact same music. Together they make a really nice and up-lifting feeling.

 

[Maya3]

This is beautiful. Thank you so much for finding it.

Maya

 

[Vinayaka]

Never heard of it until now. Perhaps I should have since moolam is my nakshatra.

 

[StarryNightshade]

Very nice.

 

[Jainarayan]

Yes, I think it's a very nice simple prayer. I've been finding some very nice mantras and verses from the Vedas that I use as prayers. I'll post some of them in a while.

 

[Apple Sugar]

Beautiful.

 

[Jainarayan]

Yes, I think it's a very nice simple prayer. I've been finding some very nice mantras and verses from the Vedas that I use as prayers. I'll post some of them in a while.

OK, here are some of the verses I've found, from the Upanishads. I think they are different shanti mantras...

Taittiriya Upanishad

auṃ śaṃ no mitraḥ śaṃ varuṇaḥ |
śaṃ no bhavatvaryamā |
śaṃ na indro brihaspatiḥ |
śaṃ no viṣṇururukramaḥ |
namo brahmaṇe |
namaste vāyo |
tvameva pratyakṣaṃ bhrahmāsi |
tvāmeva pratyakṣam brahma vadiṣyāmi |
ṝtaṃ vadiṣyāmi |
satyaṃ vadiṣyāmi |
tanmāmavatu |
tadvaktāramavatu |
avatu mām |
avatu vaktāram |
Auṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||

Aum May Mitra be blissful to us. May Varuna be blissful to us.
May Aryaman be blissful to us.
May Indra and Brihaspati be blissful to us.
May Vishnu, of long strides, be blissful to us.
Salutation to Brahman.
Salutation to you, O Vayu.
You, indeed, are the immediate Brahman. You alone I shall call the direct Brahman.
I shall call you righteousness. I shall call you truth.
May He protect me.
May He protect the reciter.
May He protect me.
May He protect the reciter.
Aum, peace, peace, peace!

Mundaka Upanishad

auṃ bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ śruṇuyāma devāḥ |
bhadraṃ paśyemākṣabhiryajatrāḥ
sthirairaṅgaistuṣṭuvāṃsastanūbhiḥ |
vyaśema devahitam yadāyuḥ |
svasti na indro vṛddhaśravāḥ |
svasti naḥ pūṣā viśvavedāḥ |
svasti nastārkṣyo ariṣṭanemiḥ |
svasti no bṛhaspatirdadhātu
auṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||

Aum! O gods, may we hear auspicious words with the ears;
While engaged in yagnas,
May we see auspicious things with the eyes;
While praising the gods with steady limbs,
May we enjoy a life that is beneficial to the gods.
May Indra of ancient fame be auspicious to us;
May the supremely rich (or all-knowing) Pusa (god of the earth)
Be propitious to us;
May Garuda, the destroyer of evil,
Be well disposed towards us;
May Brihaspati ensure our welfare.
Aum! Peace! Peace! Peace!

(No mention of the source of this one):
aum dyauḥ śāntirantarikṣaṁ śāntiḥ
pṛthivī śāntirāpaḥ śāntiroṣadhayaḥ śāntiḥ
vanaspatayaḥ śāntirviśvedevāḥ śāntirbrahma śāntiḥ
sarvaṁ śāntiḥ śāntireva śāntiḥ
sā mā śāntiredhi
Aum śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ

May peace radiate there in the whole sky as well as in the vast ethereal space everywhere.
May peace reign all over this earth, in water and in all herbs, trees and creepers.
May peace flow over the whole universe.
May peace be in the Supreme Being Brahman.
And may there always exist in all peace and peace alone.
Aum peace, peace and peace to us and all beings!

 

[Aupmanyav]

My initial search says it is a YajurVeda Mantra.
Further research says it is YajurVeda 36.17.
But I am still not sure.
[72] Dyauḥ śāntirantarikṣaṁ śāntiḥ pṛthavī śāntirāpaḥ śāntiroṣadhayaḥ śānti| vanaspatayaḥ śāntirviśvedevāḥ śāntirbrahma śāntiḥ sarvaṁ śāntiḥ śāntireva śāntiḥ sā mā śāntiredhi|| - Yajurveda,36.1.; Atharvaveda, 19.9.94; A.C. Bose, The Call of the Vedās, Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai,1999,p.281.
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Yes, it is YajurVeda 36.17 at http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/wyv/wyvbk36.htm and Ralph (Griffith) translates it as:

17 Sky alleviation, Air alleviation, Earth alleviation, Plants alleviation,
Trees alleviation, All-Gods alleviation, Brahma alleviation,
Universe alleviation, just Alleviation alleviation—may
that alleviation come to me!

Very unsatisfactory, Ralph.

 

[Jainarayan]

Thanks. Yeah, that translation is more than a little "awkward", shall we say? That's why as bad as my Sanskrit currently is, I prefer the Sanskrit because some translations can be downright silly. So I just say the kshama prarthana: yadakshara pada brashtam maatrahinam tu yad bhavet ...

Btw, the Pushpam Mantra, which I love, is also from the Yajur Veda. I am almost to the point of having it memorized completely. It's the last few lines I need to work on. After my puja I recite (read) it.

 

[Aupmanyav]

How about this (Aupmanyav's attempt):

(May the) heavens be at peace, (..) the space be at peace,
(..) earth be at peace, peace, (..) herbs be at peace,
(..) vegetation be at peace, visvedevas be at peace, the universe be at peace,
(..) all things be at peace, peace and peace,
give me no peace but bigger peace, (?)
peace, peace, peace.
(Some people take the triple peace as peace to me, peace to you, and peace to all)

 

[Vinayaka]

I finally listened. Not impressed.

I tried to find it without all the new-age music accompaniment, but I couldn't. For me personally, there is just something odd about all this taking Sanskrit slokas, slowing it down and putting it to elevator music. Yes, it's calming, but I think you have to lose something from the vibration created by the original sound.

Now this is my style ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHz_U039ZWY

 

[Jainarayan]

How about this (Aupmanyav's attempt):

(May the) heavens be at peace, (..) the space be at peace,
(..) earth be at peace, peace, (..) herbs be at peace,
(..) vegetation be at peace, visvedevas be at peace, the universe be at peace,
(..) all things be at peace, peace and peace,
give me no peace but bigger peace, (?)
peace, peace, peace.
(Some people take the triple peace as peace to me, peace to you, and peace to all)

Much better.

 

[Jainarayan]

Yes, it's calming, but I think you have to lose something from the vibration created by the original sound.

Now this is my style ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHz_U039ZWY

Definitely. Now, here's something (the first one) I'm sure you won't care for... I sure don't.

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But this one makes me want to dance, maybe not the proper effect, but it's happy and energetic:

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Here's the Pushpam Mantra I've been learning from. Definite chanting:

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[Poeticus]

I tried to find it without all the new-age music accompaniment, but I couldn't. For me personally, there is just something odd about all this taking Sanskrit slokas, slowing it down and putting it to elevator music. Yes, it's calming, but I think you have to lose something from the vibration created by the original sound.

It's because it gets voided if it is done improperly (i.e., incanted improperly; New-Age and stuff). It's a very peculiar rule of Sanskrit, but highly protectionist---it is a very phonetic language highly reliant upon correctly articulated sound. It helps retain Shabda and its meaning without even knowing the definition of the words that are being incanted. Allow me to explain:

correct and proper accompaniment + correct and proper articulation = not voided

and ...

not voided = meaning of the words is thus articulated (without even knowing what they mean)​

 

[Vinayaka]

Definitely. Now, here's something (the first one) I'm sure you won't care for... I sure don't.

Because its for Murugan, it's more tolerable. If there is music, I prefer Carnatic.

Mantra pushpam is always nice ... an easy one to learn too.

 

[Jainarayan]

I created a cheat sheet for the Pushpam Mantra, because only a few lines of it are different. Its meaning is very nice. I've come to like the Sulamangalam Sisters. One died over 20 years ago at age 50ish. I may get some of their music from Apple iTunes.