Mantra collection
Mantras for Inner Peace
Mantras for moments when the mind feels scattered, emotionally heavy or overstimulated. These chants offer a steady devotional focus for reflection, quiet prayer and returning to the present moment.
Where Deep Sleep is about crossing into rest, Inner Peace is for any hour of the day — the chant you put on to stop circling a thought, at a desk, on a commute or between two difficult conversations.
A mantra may support more than one intention; the line under each chant explains why it has been included here.
Begin with Om Namo Narayanaya
Om Namo Narayanaya — Ashtakshara Mantra
ॐ नमो नारायणाय
Repetitive remembrance of Narayana offers a simple, steady focus.
Mental stillness
4 chantsEven, uncluttered chants for a mind that will not settle.
Shiva Gayatri Mantra — Rudra Gayatri
ॐ तत्पुरुषाय विद्महे महादेवाय धीमहि तन्नो रुद्रः प्रचोदयात् ॥
Its threefold movement steadies a restless mind and turns it gently toward clarity.
Karpur Gauram Divyangam — Shiva Dhyana Shloka
कर्पूरगौरं दिव्याङ्गं चन्द्रमौलिं कपर्दिनम् । व्याघ्रचर्मोत्तरीयं च गजचर्माम्बरं शुभम् ॥
A meditation verse that asks for nothing — it gives the mind one luminous form to look at instead of the day.
Omkareshwar Jyotirlinga Mantra
कावेरिका नर्मदयोः पवित्रे, समागमे सज्जनतारणाय । सदैव मान्धातृपुरे वसन्तं, ओम्कारमीशं शिवमेकमीडे ॥
Centred on the sound of Om — the least ornamented chant in the collection.
Grishneshwar Jyotirlinga Mantra
इलापुरे रम्यविशालकेऽस्मिन् समुल्लसन्तं च जगद्वरेण्यम् । वन्दे महोदारतरस्वभावं घृष्णेश्वराख्यं शरणं प्रपद्ये ॥
Even and undemanding; nothing in it asks for your attention back.
Surrender
3 chantsFor the thought you keep picking back up.
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय नमः
Surrender as a practical technique: the thought is handed over rather than argued with.
Om Namo Narayanaya — Ashtakshara Mantra
ॐ नमो नारायणाय
Repetitive remembrance of Narayana offers a simple, steady focus.
Om Shiva Om Shiva — Paratpara Shiva
ॐ शिव ॐ शिव, परात्परा शिव ओङ्कार शिव तव शरणम् । नमामि शङ्कर भजामि शङ्कर उमामहेश्वर तव शरणम् ॥
A slow refrain of refuge that lets a circling thought finally be set down.
Emotional comfort
4 chantsWarm, praising verses rather than austere ones.
Karpur Gauram Karunavataram — Shiva Stuti
कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं संसारसारम् भुजगेन्द्रहारम् । सदावसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे भवं भवानी सहितं नमामि ॥
Warm and praising rather than austere — comfort when the heart feels heavy.
Kararavindena Padaravindam — Bala Mukunda Verse
करारविन्देन पदारविन्दं मुखारविन्दे विनिवेशयन्तम् । वटस्य पत्रस्य पुटे शयानं बालं मुकुन्दं मनसा स्मरामि ॥
Tenderness rather than effort: the infant Krishna asleep on a banyan leaf, for a heart that feels heavy rather than restless.
Mangalam Bhagwan Shambhu — Shiva Mangala Sloka
मंगलम् भगवान शम्भु, मंगलम् वृषभध्वज। मंगलम् पार्वती नाथो, मंगलम् तनो हर।।
Auspiciousness repeated until it becomes the mind's background rather than its exception.
Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga Mantra
श्रीशैलश्रृङ्गे विबुधातिसङ्गे तुलाद्रितुङ्गेऽपि मुदा वसन्तम् । तमर्जुनं मल्लिकपूर्वमेकं नमामि संसारसमुद्रसेतुम् ॥
Its imagery of a peak above the clouds gives a scattered mind somewhere to rest.
Contemplative repetition
5 chantsChants that reward staying with them a long time.
Om Vishnave Namah — Vishnu Nāma Mantra
ॐ विष्णवे नमः
Short enough to repeat indefinitely, which is the point of contemplative japa.
Namaste Bhagwan Rudra — Shiv Puran Mantra
नमस्ते भगवान रुद्र भास्करामिततेजसे । नमो भवाय देवाय रसायाम्बुमयात्मने ॥
Two salutations and nothing asked for — an unhurried chant that rewards staying with it well past the first restlessness.
Shivoham Shivoham — 'I am Shiva'
शिवोहम् शिवोहम् शिवोहम् शिवोहम्
A contemplative refrain for sitting with the question of who is listening.
Somnath Jyotirlinga Mantra
सौराष्ट्रदेशे विशदेऽतिरम्ये ज्योतिर्मयं चन्द्रकलावतंसम्। भक्तिप्रदानाय कृपावतीर्णं तं सोमनाथं शरणं प्रपद्ये॥
Long and unvarying — it rewards staying with it past the first restlessness.
Trimbakeshwar Jyotirlinga Mantra
सह्याद्रिशीर्षे विमले वसन्तं गोदावरीतीरपवित्रदेशे । यद्दर्शनात्पातकमाशू नाशं प्रयाति तं त्र्यम्बकमीशमीडे ॥
A measured chant that holds one pace from beginning to end.
Using these chants
These work as well at a desk as on a cushion. Let the sound stay in the background if the mind is busy; there is no requirement to follow every repetition, and no benefit lost by listening at low volume.
Related intentions
- Deep SleepLong, gentle mantras for when the mind is tired and the heart wants to rest. Let the chant become the last sound of the night.
- HealingGentle devotional sound for emotional release, forgiveness, and inner renewal.
- Morning MeditationBegin the day with a softer mind, a steadier breath, and a sacred sound before the world becomes loud.
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