A Bhojana Mantra Chanted by Hindus Before Meals

A Traditional Prayer of Gratitude To the Source of Sustenance

ॐ अन्नपूर्णे सदापूर्णे शङ्करप्राणवल्लभे।
ज्ञानवैराग्यसिद्ध्यर्थं भिक्षां देहि च पार्वती।।
माता च पार्वती देवी पिता देवो महेश्वरः।
बान्धवाः शिवभक्ताश्च स्वदेशो भुवनत्रयम्।।
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते।
पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते।।
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः।।
ॐ शिवार्पणमस्तु।।

Aum annapūrṇe sadāpūrṇe Śaṅkaraprāṇa vallabhe,
Jñānavairāgya siddhyarthaṁ bhikshāṁ dehi cha Pārvatī.
Mātā cha Pārvatī Devī pitā Devo Maheśvaraḥ,
Bāndhavāḥ Śiva bhaktāścha svadeśo bhuvanatrayam.
Aum pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṁ pūrṇātpūrṇam udachyate,
Pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇame vāva śishyate.
Aum śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ.
Aum Śivārpaṇamastu.

Aum, beloved Shakti of Siva, fullness everlasting and fully manifest as this food; O, Mother of the universe, nourish us with this gift of food so that we may attain knowledge, dispassion and spiritual perfection. Goddess Parvati is my mother. God Maheshvara is my father. All devotees of Siva are my family. All three worlds are my home. Aum, That is Fullness. Creation is fullness. From Divine Fullness flows this world’s fullness. This fullness issues from that Fullness, yet that Fullness remains full. Aum, peace, peace, peace. Aum, this I offer unto Siva.