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.)

Happiness

The atman which is in knowledge unites with the atman which is in the mind. But apart from this, a part of the atman is in happiness. The atman which is in happiness merges with the atman which is in knowledge. The atman which is in happiness also has the form of a bird. Happiness from seeing objects of desire is the head, happiness from obtaining objects of desire is the right wing, happiness from savouring objects of desire is the left wing, and ordinary happiness is the centre of the body. Happiness from uniting with the brahman is the tail. There is a Shloka about this.

"Upanishads"  

Happiness

The atman which is in knowledge unites with the atman which is in the mind . But apart from this, a part of the atman is in happiness. The atman which is in happiness merge with the atman which is in knowledge. The atman which is in happiness also has the form of a bird. happiness from seeing objects of desire is the head, happiness from obtaining objects of desire is the right wing, happiness from savouring objects of desire is the left wing, and ordinary happiness is the centre of the body. happiness from uniting with the brahman is the tail.

"Upanishads"