A mantra is a sacred verse or sound that is believed to have a special spiritual power: A mantra is sometimes repeated as an aid to meditation or prayer. Mantra is believed to relieve the reciter’s mind from mental anxieties. Mantras are mostly written in Vedic Sanskrit Languages.

 

Popular Sanskrit Mantras with English Meaning:

Mantra 1:

ॐ गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णु गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः।
गुरुर्साक्षात परब्रह्म तस्मै श्री गुरुवे नमः।।

Meaning: Guru is Brahma, Guru is Vishnu and Guru is Lord Shankar. Guru is the real Parabrahman. I bow to such a guru.

 

Mantra 2:

वक्रतुण्ड महाकाय सूर्यकोटि समप्रभ।
निर्विघ्नं कुरु मे देव सर्वकार्येषु सर्वदा॥

Meaning: O Lord Ganesha, one with a huge body, a curved elephant trunk, and whose brilliance is equal to billions of Suns,
May you always remove all obstacles from my endeavors.

 

Mantra – 3:

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि।
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात॥

Meaning: We meditate on the glory of God, who created this world, who is worshipable, who is the storehouse of knowledge, who is the remover of sins and ignorance – may he show us the light and lead us on the path of truth.

 

Mantra – 4:

ॐ सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः ।
सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु माकश्चिद्दुःख भाग्भवेत।।

Meaning: May all be happy, May all be disease-free, May everyone’s life be happy and May no one be the partaker of sorrow. O Lord, give us such a boon!

 

Mantra – 5:

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशम् ।
विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम् ।
लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यम् ।
वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम् ॥