Sacred Learning
Oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
Closing of Vedic/Upanishadic śānti-pāṭha (threefold peace: adhidaiva, adhibhūta, adhyātma — traditional explanation).
Closing of Vedic/Upanishadic śānti-pāṭha (threefold peace: adhidaiva, adhibhūta, adhyātma — traditional explanation).
Canonical source text
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
IAST transliteration
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
Close translation
Oṃ. Peace, peace, peace.
Reader-friendly meaning
Three peaces: toward the gods, toward the world, toward the inner life — as the tradition explains the triple śānti.
Meenananda editorial explanation
Let a rite, a class, or an angry day end here. The Ashram does not treat the triple peace as decoration; it is a real wish that harm quieten in three directions.
Practice context
Close a recitation. No further count.
Word meanings
- शान्तिः — peace
Standard Upanishadic śānti close; public domain. Sanskrit: public domain. Foundation translations: CC BY-SA 4.0.