Sairam,
here is a website (
http://www.dalsabzi.com/Mantras/mantra_for_teaching.htm) with the subject:
Mantra for Teaching / Learning
This particular Mantra is for those who teach and/or learn. I find it particularly fascinating, since it realises that whenever a teacher and student meet, there is all possibility of there arising an ego-clash and hence an argument. So besides an enlightening study, the mantra invokes peace.
Om!
Sah naavavatu
Sah nau Bhunaktu
Sah Veeryam Karvaa vahai
Tejasvee naav dheeta mastu
Maa Vidvishaa vahai
Om! Shanti Shanti Shanti
Om
Sah
Together
nau
us both
Avatu
may He protect
Sah
Together
nau
us both
Bhunaktu
may He look after (The Study)
Sah
Together
Veeryam
putting an effort enthusiastically
karva vahai
exert together (for the study)
Tejasvee
lustrous
nau
of both of us
Adheetam
study
astu
maybe
Ma vid vishaa vahai
(May both of us) never quarrel
Om! may He protect us both (teacher and student)
May He look after us, so that we both enjoy (the fruits of our study)
May our study acquire a lustre
May we never quarrel with each other.
GLOSSARY (Pronunciation)
A Like in 'but'
Aa Like in 'Far'
Ai Like in 'hair'
Ey Like in Whey
I Like in 'Pin'
Oo Like in 'Shoot'
Oon 'n' has got a nasal sound.
U Like in 'Put'
SANSKRIT
Sanskrit believes that the sound of the word never gets ruined and that it has an everlasting value.
Words in Sanskrit open out from their seed (beej) form.
A root is always a single syllable that contains one of the basic sounds a, I, u, ri
The root or seed may create a word, yet the word will vibrate to its best, and gives it tremendous power.
The Vedic or the Sanskrit view gives more importance to the special sound it should produce, than to the meaning of the spoken word.
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I hope this helps you too.
Mario