EnglishTranslation of Sanskrit Verses

असतो मा सद् गमय

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय

मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय

ॐ शान्ति: शान्ति: शान्ति:

Pronounciation:

asato maa sad gamaya
tamaso maa jyotir gamaya
mrutyor maa mrutam gamay
om shaantih shaantih shaantih

Translation:

From Untruth lead us to Truth.
From Darkness lead us to Light.
From Death lead us to Immortality.
Om Peace, Peace, Peace.
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मातृ देवो भव
पितृ देवो भव

Pronounciation:

maatru devo bhava
pitru devo bhava

Translation:

Honour thy mother as God.
Honour thy father as God.
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क्रोधात् भवति संमोह:

संमोहात् स्मृतिविभ्रम:

स्मृतिभ्रंशात् बुद्धिनाशो

बुद्धिनाशात् प्रणश्यति

Pronounciation:

krodhaat bhavati sammohah
sammohaat smrutivibhramah
smrutibhrashaat buddhinaasho
buddhinaashaat pranashyati

Translation:

From Anger comes Delusion,
From Delusion loss of Memory,
From loss of Memory the destruction of Discrimination,
From the destruction of Discrimination, one Perishes