Yoga Wisdom with Swami Satchidananda

This prayer is repeated before meals at Satchidananda Ashram and all Integral Yoga centers worldwide. It is chanted in Sanskrit by Swami Satchidananda. The original slokas were written by Sri Shankaracharya. Translation: Annapūrṇe Sadāpūrṇe Śaṅkara Prāṇa Vallabhe Jñāna Vairāgya Siddhyartham Bhiksham Dehī Cha Pārvati Mātā Cha Pārvatī Devī Pitā Devo Maheśvaraha Bāndhavāḥ Śiva Bhaktāha Svadeśo Bhuvana Trayam Hari OM Tat Sat Brahmāpaṇamastu Lokāḥ Samastāḥ Sukhino Bhavantu Jai Srī Sadguru Mahārāj Ki! Jai! Om Beloved Mother Nature. You are here on our table as our food. You are endlessly bountiful, benefactress of all. Please grant us health and strength, wisdom and dispassion, to find permanent peace and joy and to share that peace and joy with one and all. Mother Nature is my mother. My father is the Lord of all. The whole creation is my family. The entire universe is my home. I offer this unto OM, that truth which is universal. May the entire world be filled with peace and joy, love and light. May the light of truth overcome all darkness. Victory to that light.