Aditya Hridayam
Aditya Hridayam
Aditya Hridayam
— From the Ramayana
ततो युद्धपरिश्रान्तं समरे चिन्तया
स्थितम् ।
रावणं चाग्रतो दृष्ट्वा युद्धाय
समुपस्थितम् ॥1॥
दैवतैश्च समागम्य द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो
रणम् ।
उपगम्याब्रवीद् राममगस्त्यो भगवांस्तदा
॥2॥
1,
2. Beholding Sri Rama, standing
absorbed in thought on the
battlefield,
exhausted by the fight, and Ravana
facing Him, duly prepared for an
encounter, and approaching Sri
Rama,
the glorious sage Agastya, who had
come in the company of gods to
witness the encounter now spoke as
follows:
राम राम महाबाहो श्रृणु गुह्मं
सनातनम् ।
येन सर्वानरीन् वत्स समरे
विजयिष्यसे ॥3॥
आदित्यहृदयं पुण्यं
सर्वशत्रुविनाशनम् ।
जयावहं जपं नित्यमक्षयं परमं शिवम्
॥4॥
सर्वमंगलमागल्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
।
चिन्ताशोकप्रशमनमायुर्वर्धनमुत्तमम्
॥5॥
3,
4, 5. Rama, O mighty-armed Sri
Rama, hearken to the following
eternal secret, in the form of a
holy,
eternal, immortal and supremely
blessed and excellent encomium,
entitled the Aditya Hridaya, the
blessing of all blessings, by
means of
which, my child, You will conquer
once for all Your adversaries on
the
battlefield, and which is
calculated to
bring victory, root out all sins,
allay
all anxiety and
grief once for all and
prolong life.
रश्मिमन्तं समुद्यन्तं
देवासुरनमस्कृतम् ।
पुजयस्व विवस्वन्तं भास्करं
भुवनेश्वरम् ॥6॥
6.
Worship
the Sun-God, the ruler of
the worlds, who is crowned with
rays,
who appears at the horizon, who is
greeted by gods and demons, and
brings light.
सर्वदेवात्मको ह्येष तेजस्वी
रश्मिभावन: ।
एष देवासुरगणांल्लोकान् पाति
गभस्तिभि: ॥7॥
7.
Indeed,
He is the embodiment of
all gods and full of glory and
creates
and sustains the gods and the
demons
as well as their worlds by His
rays.
एष ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च शिव:
स्कन्द: प्रजापति: ।
महेन्द्रो धनद: कालो यम: सोमो
ह्यापां पतिः ॥8॥
पितरो वसव: साध्या अश्विनौ मरुतो
मनु: ।
वायुर्वहिन: प्रजा प्राण ऋतुकर्ता
प्रभाकर: ॥9॥
आदित्य: सविता सूर्य: खग: पूषा
गभस्तिमान् ।
सुवर्णसदृशो भानुर्हिरण्यरेता दिवाकर:
॥10॥
8,
9, 10. Indeed, He is the same as
Brahma as well as Vishnu, Lord
Shiva,
Skanda, Prajapati, the mighty
Indra,
Kubera, Kala, Yama, Soma, Varuna,
the
Pitris, the Vasus, the Sadhyas,
the
Ashwins, the Maruts, Manu, Vayu,
and
the god of
Fire. He constitutes created
beings, He is the life-breath, the
source
of the seasons, the store-house of
light,
an offspring of Aditi, the
progenitor, the
Sun-God, the courser in the
heavens, the
nourisher, the possessor of rays,
the
golden, the brilliant, the One
whose
energy constitutes the seed of the
universe and the maker of day.
हरिदश्व: सहस्त्रार्चि:
सप्तसप्तिर्मरीचिमान् ।
तिमिरोन्मथन: शम्भुस्त्वष्टा
मार्तण्डकोंऽशुमान् ॥11॥
हिरण्यगर्भ: शिशिरस्तपनोऽहस्करो
रवि: ।
अग्निगर्भोऽदिते: पुत्रः शंखः
शिशिरनाशन: ॥12॥
व्योमनाथस्तमोभेदी ऋग्यजु:सामपारग:
।
घनवृष्टिरपां मित्रो
विन्ध्यवीथीप्लवंगमः ॥13॥
आतपी मण्डली मृत्यु: पिगंल:
सर्वतापन:।
कविर्विश्वो महातेजा:
रक्त:सर्वभवोद् भव: ॥14॥
नक्षत्रग्रहताराणामधिपो विश्वभावन:
।
तेजसामपि तेजस्वी द्वादशात्मन्
नमोऽस्तु ते ॥15॥
11,
12, 13, 14, 15. He has seven green
horses, is myriad-rayed, full of
rays, the
destroyer of darkness, the source
of
happiness, the mitigator of
suffering of His
devotees, the infuser of life in
the lifeless
cosmic egg, all-pervading and the
cause of
the creation, preservation and
destruction
of the universe. He is blissful by
nature,
the ruler of all, the bringer of
day and the
Teacher. A son of Aditi, He bears
the fire
of dissolution in
His womb, is bliss
personified and all-enveloping,
the
destroyer of cold, the lord of the
heavens,
the disperser of darkness, a
master of the
three Vedas, the sender of thick
showers
and the friend of water. He
courses swiftly
along His
own orbit, carries in Him the
resolve to evolve the universe and
is
adorned with a circle of rays. He
is death,
tawny and the destroyer of all. He
is
omniscient, all-formed, endowed
with
extraordinary brilliance, coppery,
the
source of all evolutes, the
controller of
lunar
mansions, planets and stars, the
creator of all, the resplendent
among the
splendid. O God, appearing in
twelve
forms, hail to You!
नम: पूर्वाय गिरये पश्चिमायाद्रये
नम: ।
ज्योतिर्गणानां पतये दिनाधिपतये नम:
॥16॥
16. Hail
to the eastern mountain and
hail to the western mountain. Hail
to
the lord of hosts of luminaries,
the
lord of the day.
जयाय जयभद्राय हर्यश्वाय नमो नम: ।
नमो नम: सहस्त्रांशो आदित्याय नमो
नम: ॥17॥
17. Hail
to the giver of victory, hail
to the joy born of victory! Hail
to the
God having green horses. Hail,
hail to
You with thousands of rays! Hail,
hail
to You, son of
Aditi!
नम उग्राय वीराय सारंगाय नमो नम: ।
नम: पद्मप्रबोधाय प्रचण्डाय
नमोऽस्तु ते ॥18॥
18. Hail
to the subduer of the senses,
the valiant one! Hail to You as
denoted by the mystic syllable OM!
Hail to the awakener of the lotus!
Hail
to You, the fierce one!
ब्रह्मेशानाच्युतेशाय
सुरायादित्यवर्चसे ।
भास्वते सर्वभक्षाय रौद्राय वपुषे
नम: ॥19॥
19. Hail
to the ruler of Brahma, Lord
Shiva and Lord Vishnu! Hail to the
Sun-God, the light indwelling the
solar
orb, the resplendent one, the
devourer
of all, appearing in the form of
Rudra.
तमोघ्नाय हिमघ्नाय
शत्रुघ्नायामितात्मने ।
कृतघ्नघ्नाय देवाय ज्योतिषां पतये
नम: ॥20॥
20. Hail
to the dispeller of darkness, the
destroyer of cold, the
exterminator of
foes, the One
whose extent is immeasurable,
the destroyer of the ungrateful,
the
God who is the ruler of lights!
तप्तचामीकराभाय हरये विश्वकर्मणे ।
नमस्तमोऽभिनिघ्नाय रुचये
लोकसाक्षिणे ॥21॥
21. Hail
to You, possessing the luster
of refined gold, the dispeller of
ignorance, the architect of the
universe,
the uprooter of darkness, splendor
incarnate, the onlooker of the
world!
नाशयत्येष वै भूतं तमेष सृजति
प्रभु: ।
पायत्येष तपत्येष वर्षत्येष
गभस्तिभि: ॥22॥
22. The
aforesaid Lord alone actually
destroys, brings into existence
and
sustains all that has come into
being.
He radiates heat by His rays and
sends
showers.
एष सुप्तेषु जागर्ति भूतेषु
परिनिष्ठित: ।
एष चैवाग्निहोत्रं च फलं
चैवाग्निहोत्रिणाम् ॥23॥
23. Planted
in created beings, he remains
awake when they have fallen
asleep. Nay,
He Himself is the act of pouring
oblations
into the sacred fire as well as
the fruit
attained by those who pour such
oblations.
देवाश्च क्रतवश्चैव क्रतुनां फलमेव
च ।
यानि कृत्यानि लोकेषु सर्वेषु परमं
प्रभु: ॥24॥
24. Nay,
He comprises the gods as
well as the sacrifices as also the
fruit
of sacrifices. Again, He is the
Supreme Controller of activities
which are found in all living
beings.
एनमापत्सु कृच्छ्रेषु कान्तारेषु
भयेषु च ।
कीर्तयन् पुरुष: कश्चिन्नावसीदति
राघव ॥25॥
25. No
individual celebrating the
aforesaid Lord in strait, in
difficulties,
in the woos as well as in times of
peril
comes to grief, O scion of Raghu!
पूजयस्वैनमेकाग्रो देवदेवं
जगप्ततिम् ।
एतत्त्रिगुणितं जप्त्वा युद्धेषु
विजयिष्यसि ॥26॥
अस्मिन् क्षणे महाबाहो रावणं त्वं
जहिष्यसि ।
एवमुक्ता ततोऽगस्त्यो जगाम स
यथागतम् ॥27॥
26,
27. Worship the aforesaid Lord of
the universe, the adored of gods,
with
a concentrated mind. Muttering
this
praise three times, one will come
out
victorious in combats. You will
make
short work of Ravana this moment,
O
mighty-armed one! Saying so, the
celebrated Sage Agastya thereupon
left in the same way as he had
come.
एतच्छ्रुत्वा महातेजा नष्टशोकोऽभवत्
तदा ॥
धारयामास सुप्रीतो राघव
प्रयतात्मवान् ॥28॥
28. Hearing
this advice, Sri Rama, who
was endowed with extraordinary
energy and had a subdued mind,
found
His grief immediately dissipated.
Nay,
feeling greatly delighted, He
retained
the alleluia in His memory.
आदित्यं प्रेक्ष्य जप्त्वेदं परं
हर्षमवाप्तवान् ।
त्रिराचम्य शूचिर्भूत्वा धनुरादाय
वीर्यवान् ॥29॥
रावणं प्रेक्ष्य हृष्टात्मा जयार्थं
समुपागतम् ।
सर्वयत्नेन महता वृतस्तस्य वधेऽभवत्
॥30॥
29,
30. Sipping water thrice and
getting purified, looking intently
on the
Sun and repeating this prayer, the
Valiant One experienced supreme
felicity.
Seizing hold of His bow and
fixing his eyes on Ravana, the
hero
advanced with a view to attaining
victory. He stood vowed to kill
Ravana
with an intense and all-sided
effort.
अथ रविरवदन्निरीक्ष्य रामं
मुदितमना: परमं प्रहृष्यमाण: ।
निशिचरपतिसंक्षयं विदित्वा सुरगणमध्यगतो
वचस्त्वरेति ॥31॥
31. Delighted
in mind to gaze on Sri
Rama, feeling supremely
exhilarated
on perceiving the destruction of
Ravana at hand, the Sun-God,
standing in the midst of a host of
gods, exclaimed: "Make
haste!"
End of Aditya Hridayam mantra
stotram
Benefits of chanting the Aditya
Hridayam Stotram
1) The
hymns pay tribute to the Sun God, who showers the Earth with light and heat,
both that are essential for sustaining life on the planet. And since Ravi Var
(Sunday) is dedicated to the worship of the Sun God, you can seek his
benevolent grace and get showered with his choicest blessings. Thus, you may
thank him for nurturing all kinds of life on earth.
2) Since
both light and heat are inherent characteristics of the Sun God, you can
energise yourself mentally and physically by reciting this sacred Stotram.
3) Mainly during
testing times, this Stotram acts as an immune and morale booster for the body
and the mind, respectively. And since we in India are in the middle of a
lockdown owing to the novel coronavirus pandemic, we genuinely need to uplift
our spirits.
4) Like
Shri Ram defeated Ravana and achieved victory over evil, you too can overcome
the challenges in your life. This Stotram helps a person regain lost confidence,
and helps him/her focus on her goal to triumph.
5) It
is believed that exposure to the Sun during day time (approximately between 10 am to 2 PM) helps the body generate
Vitamin D. Apart from this, we wouldn't be able to sustain on earth without the
Sun. Therefore, the recitation of the Aditya Hridayam is a thanksgiving
gesture. By expressing gratitude, we can seek the blessings of the
all-encompassing Surya Dev.
End of Aditya
Hridayam mantra stotram
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