Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinah, Sarve Santu Niramayah / Sarve Bhadrani Pashyantu, Ma Kaschid Dukhabhag Bhavet.
May all be happy. May all be free from illness. May all see auspiciousness. May no one suffer.
Drawn from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and widely recited as a closing shanti mantra regardless of which specific deity a preceding prayer or ritual was addressed to, this verse functions almost like a universal postscript — a way of widening whatever request or worship just took place outward to include everyone.
Its structure is notably free of any specific request for the reciter’s own gain. There’s no ask for wealth, victory, or personal advancement anywhere in the four lines — only a wish, extended outward without restriction, that happiness, health, and good fortune reach everyone, and that suffering reach no one.
When it’s said: At the close of pujas, satsangs, and community gatherings, often chanted together by a full room. Also a common closing line in yoga classes and meditation sessions.
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