Aditya Hridayam

Aditya Hridayam

The Aditya Hridayam Stotram dedicated to Surya Dev (Sun God) is one of the most powerful hymns that humanity can put into use in times of need. These sacred verses find a mention in the Yuddha Kanda of Sage Valmiki's Ramayana. And the Stotram was recited by Sage Agastya to Shri Ram just before the war against Ravana. Before the fateful day, Shri Ram had spent sleepless nights and restless days as he was relentlessly searching for his beloved wife Sita, who was abducted by Ravana. Therefore, a need arose to calm him and provide him with the much needed mental and physical strength to face the enemy on the battlefield. 
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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