శ్రేయో భూయాత్ సకల జనానాం

 మైత్రీం భజత, అఖిల హృత్ జైత్రీం

ఆత్మవదేవ పరాన్నపి పశ్యత

యుద్ధం త్యజత, స్ఫర్ధాం త్యజత

త్యజత పరేషు అక్రమాక్రమణం!!

జననీ పృథివీ కామదుఘాస్తే

జనకో దేవః సకల దయాళుః

‘దామ్యత, దత్త, దయధ్వం’ జనతాః

శ్రేయో భూయాత్ సకల జనానాం!!

Cultivate friendship with all.

Look upon others as thyself.

Renounce war. Forswear competition.

Give up aggression on others!!

Earth our Mother is here, to fulfill our desires, just like Kamadhenu.

God is compassionate to all.

Ye people of this world! Restraint yourself, donate, and be kind.

May all people be happy and prosperous!!

Maithreem Bhajata मैत्रीं भजत is a benediction composed in Sanskrit by Paramacharya of Kanchi.

This was rendered at the United Nations on the occasion of UN Day by Bharat Ratna Smt. M. S. Subbulakshmi. 

This song tells us how we should all live our lives, in the short span we have, called life.

కౌండిన్య – 01/03/2024