Shiva Sankalpa Suktam | Sanskrit Vedic Mantra | Pure Resolution for the Mind

Śivasaṅkalpasūktam
- Commissioned by the Jyotirniddhi Nyasa Trust for Gurupurnima 2020
With Gratitude for the grace of the teacher, the tradition and the teaching

Produced at Auburn Jam Music


yajjāgrato dūramudaiti daivaṃ tadu suptasya tathaivaiti
dūraṅgamaṃ jyotiṣāṃ jyotirekaṃ tanme manaḥ śivasaṅkalpamastu

yena karmāṇyapaso manīṣiṇo yajñe kṛṇvanti vidatheṣu dhīrāḥ
yadapūrvaṃ yakṣamantaḥ prajānāṃ tanme manaḥ śivasaṅkalpamastu

yatprajñānamuta ceto dhṛtiśca yajjyotirantaramṛtaṃ prajāsu
yasmānna'ṛte kiṃ cana karma kriyate tanme manaḥ śivasaṅkalpamastu

yenedaṃ bhūtaṃ bhuvanaṃ bhaviṣyatparigṛhītamamṛtena sarvam
yena yajñastāyate saptahotā tanme manaḥ śivasaṅkalpamastu

yasminnṛcaḥ sāma yajūm̐ṣi yasmin pratiṣṭhitā rathanābhāvivārāḥ
yasmim̐ścittam̐ sarvamotaṃ prajānāṃ tanme manaḥ śivasaṅkalpamastu

suṣārathiraśvāniva yanmanuṣyānnenīyate 'bhīśubhirvājina 'iva
hṛtpratiṣṭhaṃ yadajiraṃ javiṣṭhaṃ tanme manaḥ śivasaṅkalpamastu


That divine intelligence, the one far shining light of lights, ranges far in waking and goes the same way in sleep
May my mind rest in That, intent on the highest good

That which empowers the keepers of holy traditions, when they gather to perform sacred acts
That causal spirit in all beings May my mind rest in That, intent on the highest good

That knowledge, memory and will; That immortal light within all creatures, without which no action can be done
May my mind rest in That, intent on the highest good

That eternity which contains all this – the world, the past, the future; That through which the sacrifice by seven priests unfolds
May my mind rest in That, intent on the highest good

That in which the ṛk sāma and yajur vedas are fixed like spokes in the hub of a wheel; That on which the heart the mind, the memory of all beings are woven
May my mind rest in That, intent on the highest good

Just as a skilled charioteer controls his steeds with reins, so impetuous man is governed by That which dwells in the heart, agile and swiftest of all May my mind rest in That, intent on the highest good

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