Vedic Prayer

[shian]

Vanakkam,

i have many times hear this prayer :

Sarve bhavantu sukhinah
Sarve santu niramayah
Sarve bhadrani pashyantu
Ma kashchit dukha mapnuyat

O Lord! in Thee may all be happy May all be free from misery may all realize goodness, and may no one suffer pain.


But many peoples and also google search only said this is Vedic prayer.


anyone know this prayer is from which text of Veda ?

[Shuddhasattva]

Namaste

This is a Shanti mantra, used to open or close other mantras, especially Gayatri.

Shanti mantras are always found at the end of Upanishads; which Shanti mantra is generally correlated to which Veda the Upanishad is connected with. They're also found elsewhere.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vedic-wisdom/message/554

Also, on these forums:

http://www.hindudharmaforums.com/showthread.php?t=547

Namaste

[shian]

Thank you,
Wonderful

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah,
Sarve Santu Niraamayah,
Sarve Bhadraani Pashyantu,
Maa Kaschid Dukha Mapnuyat.
Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi.

May all be happy;
May all be without disease;
May all look for well-being of others;
May none have misery of any sort.

— Brihadaaranyaka Upanishad 1.4.14
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Ayam nijah parovetthi gananam laghu-chetasaam|
Udaar charitanam tu vasudhaiva kutumbakam|| "

"Myself, this is mine, that is yours is a petty way (Small mindness)
of people in seeing reality; for those with noble consciousness
(Udarcharit) , the whole world is a family.

— Maha Upanishad, Fifth Chapter / Verse 71