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Ashtanga closing mantra: Swasti Prajabhyah
The prayer chanted at the end of Ashtanga practice, for the well-being of all.
Awaiting subject reviewWritten from our source material and not yet checked by a teacher of this practice. Read it as reference, and learn the practice from someone who teaches it.
स्वस्ति प्रजाभ्यः परिपालयन्तां न्यायेन मार्गेण महीं महीशाः । गोब्राह्मणेभ्यः शुभमस्तु नित्यं लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥
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Meaning
May there be well-being for all people. May those who govern protect the earth with justice, by the right path. May there always be goodness for all creatures and for the knowers of Brahman. May all the worlds be happy. Peace, peace, peace.
When it is chanted
Chanted at the end of Ashtanga practice, before Savasana or after it.
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Sources and tradition
- YOG Union App Content Map, 2 November 2026, p. 9, mantra list
- Text as commonly chanted; the exact recension, transliteration and translation await subject review