Sikshavallyadhyaya

May the god Mitra grant us happiness. May the god varuna grant us happiness. may the god Aryama grant us happiness. May the god vishnu, whose footsteps are gigantic, grant us happiness. We bow in obeisance befor the god vayu; he is the brahman himself. O vayu! We worship you. You are the brahman who is before us. We will call you the brahman, we call you incantations of the sacred texs, we will call you truth. May the brahman protect me, may the brahman protect the one who is the spearker (of these words). May the brahman protect me, may the brahman protect the one who is the speaker. Let there be peace. Let there be peace. Let there be peace.

(The above shloka is often recited and the sanskrit is as follows.)

Oum sham no mitrah sham varunah

sham no bhavatvaryama

shama no indro brihaspatih

sham no vishnururukramah

namo brahmane

namaste vayo

tvameva pratyaksham brahmasi

tvameva pratyaksham brahma vadishyami

ritam vadishyami

satyam vadishyami

tanmamavatu tadvaktaramavatu

avatu mam avatu vaktaram

oum shantih shantih shantih

(This shloka is also the shanti patha for the Taittriya Upanishad, together with the shloka that was gven as the shanti patha for the kena Upanishad.)