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Vedic peace prayer: May All Beings Be Happy
In short
May all be happy, may all be free from illness, may all see what is good, may none suffer. A universal prayer of compassion and peace.
“sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ, sarve santu nirāmayāḥ”
Traditional Vedic shanti (peace) mantra · exact scriptural origin uncertainMay all be happy, may all be free from illness, may all see goodness, may none suffer.
A beloved prayer chanted across the tradition, voiced for the wellbeing of all beings. (It is widely recited but its precise original source is not firmly established — often misattributed to the Upanishads.)
What it means
May all be happy, may all be free from illness, may all see goodness, may none suffer.
A beloved prayer chanted across the tradition, voiced for the wellbeing of all beings. (It is widely recited but its precise original source is not firmly established — often misattributed to the Upanishads.)
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What does Vedic peace prayer mean?
May all be happy, may all be free from illness, may all see goodness, may none suffer. (Traditional Vedic shanti (peace) mantra · exact scriptural origin uncertain.) Godify shows this verse verbatim from a verified corpus with its exact source, never a paraphrase passed off as the original.
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