Asato Ma Sadgamaya is a prayer from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, one of the oldest and largest Upanishads in the Vedic tradition.
It is part of the Pavamana Abhisheka — a purification ritual — and has been chanted across India for thousands of years at school openings, prayer gatherings, and spiritual ceremonies.
Its three lines form a progression from ignorance to knowledge, darkness to light, and mortality to immortality.
It is one of the most recognised Sanskrit prayers in the world.
