सर्व कल्याण व शान्ति मंत्र

Checked against Subhashita Ratna Bhandagaram, fifth edition, Nirnaya Sagar Press (1911), scan p. 4055 variant readings notedSee the scanHow we check

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Verse

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ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत्।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥

Om Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah Sarve Santu Niramayah |
Sarve Bhadrani Pashyantu Ma Kashchid-Duhkha-Bhag-Bhavet |
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih ||

English meaning: May all living beings be happy; may all be free from illness and suffering. May all see good everywhere; may no one suffer grief. Om Peace, Peace, Peace.

हिंदी अर्थ: सभी प्राणी सुखी हों और निरोग रहें। सभी को शुभ दिखाई दे और किसी को दुःख का भागी न बनना पड़े। ॐ शांति, शांति, शांति।

Roman Hindi meaning: Sabhi praani sukhi hon aur nirog rahen. Sabhi ko shubh dikhai de aur kisi ko dukh ka bhaagi na banna pade. Om shanti, shanti, shanti.

Variant reading

Sarve Bhavantu — opening ॐ and closing peace line Addition

Published: The verse is framed with an opening ॐ and a closing line ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥ (Sanskrit Documents — Shloka collection containing Sarve Bhavantu)

Other reading: The verse alone, under the heading आशीर्वचनम्, with no ॐ and no peace line (Subhashita Ratna Bhandagaram, 1911) Scan leaf 405, after printed page 393.

The words of the verse follow the 1911 print exactly. The frame is kept as displayed and disclosed; whether to keep it is an owner decision recorded in doc/shanti-mantra-source-gate.md.

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ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय।
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।
मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥

Om Asato Ma Sad-Gamaya |
Tamaso Ma Jyotir-Gamaya |
Mrityor-Mamritam Gamaya |
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih ||

English meaning: Lead us from untruth to Truth. Lead us from darkness to Light. Lead us from mortality to Immortality. Om Peace, Peace, Peace.

हिंदी अर्थ: हमें असत्य से सत्य की ओर, अंधकार से प्रकाश की ओर और मृत्यु से अमरत्व की ओर ले चलें। ॐ शांति, शांति, शांति।

Roman Hindi meaning: Hamein asatya se satya ki or, andhkaar se prakash ki or aur mrityu se amritatva ki or le chalen. Om shanti, shanti, shanti.

4 variant readings

Asato Ma — opening ॐ Addition

Published: ॐ असतो मा सद्गमय (Sanskrit Documents — Shloka collection containing Sarve Bhavantu)

Other reading: No ॐ: the formula is quoted inside the prose (जपेदसतो मा सद्गमय) (Isha and Other 108 Upanishads — Nirnaya Sagar print (1913), Asiatic Society copy) Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28, scan leaf 181, printed page 155.

Other reading: ॐमसतो मा सत् गमय (Isha and Other 108 Upanishads — Nirnaya Sagar print (1913), Asiatic Society copy) Akshi Upanishad in the same volume, scan leaf 925, printed page 899: ॐ joined to असतो by sandhi.

The controlling Brihadaranyaka passage has no ॐ; the same 1913 volume prints the formula with ॐ in the Akshi Upanishad. The displayed ॐ is kept and disclosed.

Asato Ma — मृत्योर्मा अमृतं Spelling

Published: मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय (Isha and Other 108 Upanishads — Nirnaya Sagar print (1913), Asiatic Society copy; GRETIL — Brihadaranyaka Upanishad text)

Other reading: मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय (Sanskrit Documents — Shloka collection containing Sarve Bhavantu)

Other reading: मृत्योर्माऽमृतं गमय (Isha and Other 108 Upanishads — Nirnaya Sagar print (1913), Asiatic Society copy) Akshi Upanishad, leaf 925, printed page 899, with avagraha.

Both occurrences in the dated 1913 print join मा and अमृतं by sandhi. The page follows the controlling print since 16 October 2026, after a second independent check (doc/wording-second-check.md). The meaning is the same.

Asato Ma — सद्गमय Spelling

Published: सद्गमय (Isha and Other 108 Upanishads — Nirnaya Sagar print (1913), Asiatic Society copy; Sanskrit Documents — Shloka collection containing Sarve Bhavantu)

Other reading: सत् गमय (Isha and Other 108 Upanishads — Nirnaya Sagar print (1913), Asiatic Society copy) Akshi Upanishad, leaf 925.

The controlling Brihadaranyaka reading is kept.

Asato Ma — closing peace line Addition

Published: A closing line ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः॥ follows the three requests (Sanskrit Documents — Shloka collection containing Sarve Bhavantu)

Other reading: No peace line: the Upanishad continues with its explanation of the formula (Brihadaranyaka) or with उष्णो भगवान्… (Akshi) (Isha and Other 108 Upanishads — Nirnaya Sagar print (1913), Asiatic Society copy)

The peace line is the recitation frame used on this page; it is kept as displayed and disclosed.

What is Sarv Kalyan Mantra & Shanti Path?

Sarv Kalyan Mantra is a common search name for prayers wishing well-being and peace for all. This selected page presents two distinct prayers: Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah, a widely circulated benediction, and Asato Ma Sadgamaya from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28.

Sarv Kalyan Mantra and Shanti Path scope

This is a selected two-prayer collection, not one continuous text. Only Asato Ma Sadgamaya is attributed here to Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1.3.28. Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah is presented as a widely circulated benediction without forcing the same attribution onto it.

Meaning in brief

The first prayer wishes happiness, health, auspicious vision, and freedom from suffering for all. The second asks to be led from the unreal to the real, darkness to light, and death to immortality.