Asato Ma Sad Gamaya
From the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad; said at Diwali and at the close of a lesson.
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Quick facts
- Type
- Mantra
- Deity
- Peace
- When it is sung
- From the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad; said at Diwali and at the close of a lesson.
- Languages
- Roman and Devanagari here; ten scripts in the app
Verse (Devanagari)
असतो मा सद्गमय
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय
मृत्योर्मा अमृतं गमय
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः
Transliteration
Asato ma sad gamaya
tamaso ma jyotir gamaya
mrityor ma amritam gamaya
Om shantih shantih shantih
What it means
Lead me from the unreal to the real, from darkness to light, from death to immortality. Peace, peace, peace.
Read it in your language
In the Muhurtha app you can read Asato Ma Sad Gamaya in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil and Telugu, count it on a japa mala, and open a link to hear it sung — all offline, with no account and no ads.