Invocation
Original Sanskrit
ॐ आप्यायन्तु ममाङ्गानि वाक्प्राणश्चक्षुः श्रोतमथोबलमिन्द्रियाणि च ।सर्वाणि सर्वं ब्रह्मोपनिषदं माहं ब्रह्म निराकुर्यांमा मा ब्रह्मनिराकरोदनिराकरणमस्त्वनिराकरणं मेस्तु तदात्मनि निरते यउपनिषत्सुधर्मास्ते मयि सन्तु ते मयि सन्तु ॥ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
Musean translation
Machine-assisted translation from Sanskrit. Source transcription by Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Om. May my limbs be nourished—speech, breath, sight, hearing,and strength and every sense.All is Brahman, the teaching of the Upanishads. May I never cast Brahman aside.May Brahman nevercast me aside. Let there be no rejection; let there be none for me. In me, devoted to that Self, may the waysof the Upanishadsabide. May they abide in me.Om. Peace, peace, peace.
Plain English translation
Independent machine-assisted translation from Sanskrit. Source transcription by Sanskrit Wikisource contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Om. May my limbs grow strong: speech, life-breath, sight, hearing,and strength and all the senses.Everything is Brahman as taught in the Upanishads. May I not reject Brahman.May Brahmannot reject me. Let there be no rejection; let there be no rejection of me. Devoted to that Self, may the teachingsof the Upanishadsbe in me. May they be in me.Om. Peace. Peace. Peace.
About this section
Invocation is part of Maitri Upanishad by Unknown. This page sets the Sanskrit original beside 2 direct-source translations, so any line can be checked against the source. It is section 1 of 8 in the work, which is kept in the Hindu tradition.
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