Sanskrit Shlokas with Meaning in English

29+ Sanskrit Slokas with meaning in English/Sanskrit Quotes With Meaning in English

Here are mention 25 Sanskrit slokas (verses) along with their meanings:

✔Sanskrit Slokas:1

सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः, सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।

सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु, मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत्॥

Transliteration:

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaḥ, Sarve Santu Nirāmayaḥ.

Sarve Bhadrāṇi Pashyantu, Mā Kaśchidduḥkhabhāgbhavet.

English Meaning:

May all be happy, may all be healthy.

May all see auspiciousness, may none suffer.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:2

आत्मनो मोक्षार्थं जगद्धिताय च।

Transliteration:

Ātmanō Mokṣārthaṁ Jagadvitāy Cha.

English Meaning: 

For the liberation of oneself and the welfare of the world.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:3

वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्।

Transliteration:

Vasudhēva Kutumbakaṁ

English Meaning:

The whole world is one family.

Sanskrit Quotes With Meaning in English

✔Sanskrit Slokas:4

योगः कर्मसु कौशलम्।

Transliteration:

Yogaḥ Karmasu Kōśalaṁ

English Meaning: 

Skill in action is Yoga.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:5

सत्यं वद, धर्मं चर।

Transliteration:

Satyaṁ Vada, Dharmaṁ Chara

English Meaning: 

Speak the truth, follow righteousness.

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✔Sanskrit Slokas:6

अहिंसा परमो धर्मः।

Transliteration:

Ahiṅsā Paramo Dharmaḥ

English Meaning:

Non-violence is the highest virtue.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:7

विद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानम्।

Transliteration:

Vidyādhanaṁ Sarvadhanapradhānaṁ

English Meaning: 

Knowledge is the greatest wealth.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:8

मातृदेवो भव, पितृदेवो भव।

Transliteration:

Mātr̥devo Bhava, Pitr̥devo Bhava.

English Meaning:

Treat your mother as God, treat your father as God.

Sanskrit Quotes With Meaning

✔Sanskrit Slokas:9

सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः, सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।

सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु, मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत्॥

Transliteration:

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaḥ, Sarve Santu Nirāmayaḥ.

Sarve Bhadraṇi Paśyantu, Mā Kaśchidduḥkhabhāgbhavet.

English Meaning:

May all be happy, may all be healthy.

May all see auspiciousness, may none suffer.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:10

अयं बन्धुरयं नेति, गणना लघुचेतसाम्।

Transliteration:

Ayaṁ Bandhurayaṁ Nati, Gaṇanā Laghuchetasāṁ

English Meaning:

This one is a relative, that one is not; this is the thinking of narrow-minded people.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:11

सर्वं खल्विदं ब्रह्म।

Transliteration:

Sarvaṁ Khalvidaṁ Brahm

English Meaning:

All this is verily Brahman.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:12

सत्यं वद, धर्मं चर।

Transliteration:

Satyaṁ Vad, Dharmaṁ Char.

English Meaning:

Speak the truth, follow righteousness.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:13

विद्याधनं सर्वधनप्रधानम्।

Transliteration:

Vidyādhanaṁ Sarvadhanapradhānaṁ

English Meaning: 

Knowledge is the greatest wealth.

Sanskrit Slokas with Meaning

✔Sanskrit Slokas:14

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्।

स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः॥

Transliteration:

Śreyānsvadharmo Vigunāḥ Paradharmātsvanuṣthitāt.

Svadharme Nidhanaṁ Śreyaḥ Paradharmo Bhayāvahaḥ

English Meaning:

It is better to die performing one's own duty, even imperfectly, than to perform another's duty perfectly. Performing one's own duty leads to excellence, while performing another's duty leads to fear.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:15

मातृदेवो भव, पितृदेवो भव, आचार्यदेवो भव, अतिथिदेवो भव।

Transliteration:

Mātr̥devo Bhava, Pitr̥devo Bhava, Ācharyadevo Bhava, Atithidevo Bhava.

English Meaning:

Treat your mother as God, treat your father as God, treat your teacher as God, treat your guest as God.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:16

श्रद्धया देयं विश्वस्त्यागो देवस्य च पूजनम्।

अपूजया प्रतिग्राह्यं गृह्यतामिति मे मतिः॥

Transliteration:

Śraddhayā Deyaṁ Viśvastyago Devasya Cha Pūjanaṁ.

Apūjayā Pratigrāhyaṁ Gr̥hyatāmiti Me Matiḥ.

English Meaning:

With faith, give offerings and donations; worship the divine. Without worship, accept offerings; let this be my understanding.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:17

स्वस्थस्य स्वास्थ्यरक्षणं, आत्मनो रक्षणं परम्।

Transliteration:

Svasthasya Svasthyarakṣaṇaṁ, Ātmano Rakṣaṇaṁ Paraṁ

Meaning: Preserving one's health is preserving oneself; self-preservation is the highest.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:18

शान्ताकारं भुजगशयनं पद्मनाभं सुरेशं

विश्वाधारं गगनसदृशं मेघवर्णं शुभाङ्गम्।

लक्ष्मीकान्तं कमलनयनं योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यम्

वन्दे विष्णुं भवभयहरं सर्वलोकैकनाथम्॥

Transliteration:

Śāntākāraṁ Bhujagaśayanaṁ Padmanābhaṁ Sureśaṁ

Viśvādhāraṁ Gaganasadriśaṁ Meghavarṇaṁ Śubhāngaṁ.

Lkṣmīkāntaṁ Kamalanayanaṁ Yogibhirdhyānagamyaṁ.

Vande Viṣṇuṁ Bhavabhayaharaṁ Sarvalokēkanāthaṁ

English Meaning:

I bow to Lord Vishnu, who is peaceful, lies on the serpent, has a lotus navel, is the lord of all gods, sustains the universe, has the color of a raincloud, has auspicious limbs, is the beloved of Goddess Lakshmi, has lotus-like eyes, is attained through meditation by yogis, and removes the fear of worldly existence.

Sanskrit Shlokas with Meaning 

✔Sanskrit Slokas:19

त्रयीमयं देवनामं त्रिदशाधिपमूर्धनि।

वेदवेद्यं सुरगुरुं विद्याधरं नमाम्यहम्॥

Transliteration:

Trayimayaṁ Devanāṁ Tridaśādhipamūrdhani.

Bedavedyaṁ Suraguruṁ Vidyādharaṁ Namāmyahaṁ.

Meaning: I bow to the deity of the three Vedas, the lord of the gods, the one who is known through the scriptures, the teacher of the gods and the celestial beings.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:20

असतो मा सद्गमय।

तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय।

मृत्योर्मामृतं गमय॥

Transliteration:

Asato Mā Sadgamaya.

Tamaso Mā Jyotirgamaya.

Mr̥ityormāmr̥taṁ Gamaya.

English Meaning:

Lead me from falsehood to truth.

Lead me from darkness to light.

Lead me from mortality to immortality.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:21

उद्यमेन हि सिद्ध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथैः।

न हि सुप्तस्य सिंहस्य प्रविशन्ति मुखे मृगाः॥

Transliteration:

Udyamena Hi Siddhyanti Kāryāṇi Na Manorathēḥ.

Na Hi Suptasya Siṇhasya Praviśanti Mukhe Mr̥gāḥ.

English Meaning:

Through effort, goals are achieved, not merely by desires.

Just as no animals enter the mouth of a sleeping lion.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:22

वयस्य ब्रह्मणः पदे परमपदं जान्ति यो विदुः।

रजस्तमश्च तामसश्च सत्त्वं यो विद्यात् स ब्रह्मवित्॥

Transliteration:

Vayasya Br̥ahmaṇaḥ Pade Paramapadaṁ Jānti Yo Viduḥ.

Rajastamaścha Tāmasaścha Sattvaṁ Yo Vidyāt Sa Brahmavit.

English Meaning:

Those who know that the Supreme Being resides beyond the realm of age and time, transcending passion and ignorance, are the knowers of Brahman.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:23

तत्त्वं पदार्थविज्ञानाद्धन्यानात् परमं पदम्।

Transliteration:

Tattvaṁ Padārthavigyānāddhanyānāt Paramaṁ Padaṁ.

English Meaning:

The ultimate state is attained through the knowledge of the principles and the understanding of the highest reality.

Sanskrit Slokas with Meaning in English

✔Sanskrit Slokas:24

सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः, सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः।

सर्वे भद्राणि पश्यन्तु, मा कश्चिद्दुःखभाग्भवेत्॥

Transliteration:

Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaḥ, Sarve Santu Nirāmayaḥ.

Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu, Mā Kaśchidduḥkhabhāgbhavet.

English Meaning:

May all beings be happy, may all beings be free from

✔Sanskrit Slokas:25

आत्मानं रथितं विद्धि शरीरं रथमेव तु।

बुद्धिं तु सारथिं विद्धि मनः प्रग्रहमेव च॥

Transliteration:

Ātmānaṁ Rathitaṁ Viddhi Śarīraṁ Rathameva Tu.

Buddhi Tu Sārathiṁ Viddi Manaḥ Pragrahameva Cha .

English Meaning:

Know that the soul is the rider, the body is the chariot, the intellect is the charioteer, and the mind is the reins.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:26

यथा पिता तथा पुत्रः, यथा राजा तथा प्रजाः।

Transliteration:

Yathā Pitā Tathā Putraḥ, Yathā Rājā Tathā Prajāḥ.

English Meaning:

Like father, like son; like king, like subjects.

Sanskrit Shlokas with Meaning in English

✔Sanskrit Slokas:27

कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन।

मा कर्मफलहेतुर्भूर्मा ते सङ्गोऽस्त्वकर्मणि॥

Transliteration:

Karmaṇyevādhikāraste Mā Faleṣu Kadāchana.

Mā Karmafalaheturbhūrmā Te Saṅgo'stvakarmaṇi.

English Meaning:

You have the right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions. Do not be motivated by the fruits of your actions, and never develop an attachment to inaction.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:28

योगस्थः कुरु कर्माणि सङ्गं त्यक्त्वा धनञ्जय।

सिद्ध्यसिद्ध्योः समो भूत्वा समत्वं योग उच्यते॥

Transliteration:

Yogasthaḥ Kuru Karmāṇi Saṅgaṁ Tyaktvā Dhanañjaya.

Siddhyasiddhyoḥ Samo Bhūtvā Samatvaṁ Yoga Uchyate.

English Meaning:

Perform your duties in yoga, abandoning attachment to success or failure. Such equanimity is called yoga.

✔Sanskrit Slokas:29

सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज।

अहं त्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुचः॥

Transliteration:

Sarvadharmanparityajya Māmekaṁ Śaraṇaṁ Vraja

Ahaṁ Tvā Sarvapapebhyo Mokṣayiṣyāmi Mā Śuchaḥ.

English Meaning:

Abandoning all varieties of religion, surrender unto Me alone. I shall liberate you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.