Gems from the Upanishads

Vaang me manasi

वाङ् मे मनसि प्रतिष्ठिता ।
मनो मे वाचि प्रतिष्ठितम् ।
आविराविर्म एधि ।
वेदस्य म आणीस्थः ।
श्रुतं मे मा प्रहासीः ।
अनेनाधीतेनाहोरात्रान्सन्दधामि

ऋतं वदिष्यामि ।
सत्यं वदिष्यामि ।
तन्मामवतु ।
तद्वक्तारमवतु ।
अवतु माम् ।
अवतु वक्तारम् ।
अवतु वक्तारम् ।

ऐतरे उपनिषद्

Vaaṅg me manasi pratiṣhṭhitaa
mano me vaachi pratiṣhṭhitam
Aavir-aaviram edhi vedasya ma aaṇeesthah
Shrutam me maa prahaaseeh
Anena-adheetena-ahoraatraan-san-dadhaami.
Ritam vadiṣhyaami
Satyam vadiṣhyaami
Tanmaam-avatu
Tad-vaktaaram-avatu
Avatu maam
Avatu vaktaaraam-avatu vaktaaram.

(Aitareya Upanishad)

May my Speech be in sync with my mind;
May my mind be in sync with My Speech,
May my consciousness evolve (absence of self-doubt)
Let the Vedas be the foundation (for speech/mind)
May no negative sounds heard be retained.
What is gained by studying day and night be retained.
(May) I speak the Divine Truth

I speak the Absolute Truth
May that protect me
May that protect the preceptor
May that protect me
May that protect the preceptor, may the preceptor be protected.

Note: Ritam and satyam are two concepts of vedic wisdom. Ritam is truth, satyam is ultimate truth. The difference is logical versus factual, for example, logically the sun never “sets”, factually there are 12 hours of night without sunlight. Another example, if there is a flowing river, the existence of the river is satyam, the flow is ritam, they both compliment each other. Example: Husband & Wife relationship can sever, but it is husband and wife, thus ritam; mother and child cannot sever/separate, thus satyam.

वाङ् speech मे me mine मनसि in mind प्रतिष्ठिता established, valued, prozed मनो mind वाचि speech आविराविर्म = let my consciousness grow मे आविः आविः एधि increasingly evident आवि् (आविः) evidently, apparent, manfest आवि् evidently, apparent, manfest म् particle of thought वेदस्य of the veda म आणीस्थः pinnacle, main point, linchpin श्रुतम् heard, listen मे me my मा not प्रहासीः leave, assume अनेन by this अधीत studied अधीतेन by what was studied अहोरात्रा् by days or nights सन्दधामि join, hold ऋतम् divine law वदिष्यामि I speak, proclaim सत्यम् truth तत् that वच् speech वक्तारम् speaker अव् to protect, to move अवतु may that move, be  अवतु to protect, to move माम् me वक्तारम् speech, speaker

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