Aditya Hridaya Stotram
– Sri Agastya Rishi
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Aditya Hridaya Stotram /
Rememebering praise worthy Sun in my heart
- Sage
Agastya
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Tato
yuddha pariśrāntaṃ samare cintayā sthitam |
Rāvaṇaṃ cāgrato dṛṣṭvā yuddhāya samupasthitam || 1 ||
Daivataiśca
samāgamya draṣṭumabhyāgato raṇam |
Upagamyā bravīdrāmam agastyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ || 2 ||
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1-2:
Just before the final battle with Ravana, Rama had got cold feet,
performance-anxious and lost confidence. The whole battle scene started had
started knocking his head. The ill condition of Sita, death of greatest
warriors by Ravana’s army, knocking and coma of Lakshmana, the warful bravery
shown by Indrajeet-Meghnaad, Kumbhakaran and others are flashing in his
memory. He himself was driven in the situation of win-lose from win-win.
Being a greatest war between a man of surviving nature and a monster of evil,
many sages, kings and wisest persons including of Sage Agastya were
witnessing the dilemma faced by Rama. All of them had sympathy and moral
support for Rama and continuing praying for his victory. Therefore in that
crisis Sage Agastya decided to play a menter’s role for Rama.
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Rāma
rāma mahābāho śṛṇu guhyaṃ sanātanam |
Yena sarvānarīn vatsa samare vijayiṣyasi || 3 ||
Aditya
hṛdayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaśatru vināśanam |
Jayāvahaṃ japennityam akṣayyaṃ paramaṃ śivam || 4 ||
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3-4:
Hey Rama- the strongest, the great warrior, the face of calmness and courage,
just focus on your strength, you have come a long way to save honor of down
trodden and weak. You are the hope of all those who have lost their respect
by humiliating and insulted by Ravana. None of any of them has reached to
this stage where you are are placed now. Just listen the beautiful
encouraging facts and truthful hymn dedicated to ‘Surya Bhagwan’ – Sun Diety
he who only gives and never believes in getting back from any one. It will
help you to know the power of good deeds, brings blissful victory and will
destroy all your enemies in battle.
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Sarvamaṅgaḷa
māṅgaḷyaṃ sarva pāpa praṇāśanam |
Cintāśoka praśamanam āyurvardhana muttamam || 5 ||
Raśmimantaṃ
samudyantaṃ devāsura namaskṛtam |
Pūjayasva vivasvantaṃ bhāskaraṃ bhuvaneśvaram || 6 ||
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5-6:
This hymn is supreme in nature and if pray with reverence is a source of
boosting inner strength, calmness, happiness, prosperity and permanent health
with longevity besides forever destroying sins, stress, negativity, anxiety,
anguish and coward attitude. Therefore we all shall worship ‘Surya Bhagwan’-
the lord of universe, he who every morning brings brightness to our life and
enlighten us with new beginning of the life.
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Sarvadevātmako
hyeṣa tejasvī raśmibhāvanaḥ |
Eṣa devāsura gaṇān lokān pāti gabhastibhiḥ || 7 ||
Eṣa
brahmā ca viṣṇuśca śivaḥ skandaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
Mahendro dhanadaḥ kālo yamaḥ somo hyapāṃ patiḥ || 8 ||
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7-8: ‘Surya Bhagwan’ has a glowing and shinning
positive aura which flows through his rays of hopes, positive vibrations thus
spreading the creative energies to one and all. In the dawn he takes the
appearance of great Trinity gifting us with knowledge, courage, prosperity,
vigor, bliss and pure nectar like environment.
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Pitaro
vasavaḥ sādhyā hyaśvinau maruto manuḥ |
Vāyurvahniḥ prajāprāṇaḥ ṛtukartā prabhākaraḥ || 9 ||
Adityaḥ
savitā sūryaḥ khagaḥ pūṣā gabhastimān |
Suvarṇasadṛśo bhānuḥ hiraṇyaretā divākaraḥ || 10 ||
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9-10: He is our savior like parent, one of the
source of (8) basic but most important elements of human life ie. Prithvi-
Earth for support, Agni-Fire for living, Vayu- Air for breath, Antariksh-
Space as pervading (Sarva vyapi), Surya-Sun for life, Akash- Sky as limitless
(Anant), Moon- Som as bliss, Nakshtar- stars and constellations as stillness,
Truth beyond doubt, life giver, inspirer, soulful, creator of all energies,
universe and auras, gifts us different shades of weather and making every day
this world heavenly beautiful. He is visible in all actions, directions and
brilliance.
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Haridaśvaḥ
sahasrārciḥ saptasapti-rmarīcimān |
Timironmathanaḥ śambhuḥ tvaṣṭā mārtāṇḍako
ṃśumān || 11 ||
Hiraṇyagarbhaḥ
śiśiraḥ tapano bhāskaro raviḥ |
Agnigarbho
diteḥ putraḥ śaṅkhaḥ śiśiranāśanaḥ || 12 ||
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11-12: ‘Bhagwan Surya’ – the son of maa Aditi is
omnipresent, existing since beginning, the initiator of fire, sign of
awareness and knowledge, brings happiness and prosperity, removes
misfortunes, ignorance, spreads his aura through bright rays of hopes,
realizes us to understand our strength and awakes life in nearly dead
sleeping souls.
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Vyomanātha
stamobhedī ṛgyajuḥsāma-pāragaḥ |
Ghanāvṛṣṭi rapāṃ mitro vindhyavīthī plavaṅgamaḥ || 13 ||
Atapī
maṇḍalī mṛtyuḥ piṅgaḷaḥ sarvatāpanaḥ |
Kavirviśvo mahātejā raktaḥ sarvabhavodbhavaḥ || 14 ||
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13-14: The sky - knowledge belongs to him,
destroys darkness - ignorance and is his playground. He, who is symbol of
actions, reincarnation and universal energy, is master of knowledge
awakening, source of life and progress, removes hurdles and remain steady and
luminous in soul.
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Nakṣatra
graha tārāṇām adhipo viśvabhāvanaḥ |
Tejasāmapi tejasvī dvādaśātman-namo
stu te || 15 ||
Namaḥ
pūrvāya giraye paścimāyādraye namaḥ |
Jyotirgaṇānāṃ pataye dinādhipataye namaḥ || 16 ||
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15-16: The whole universe belongs to him, the
originator of primordial beginning and enlightenment shows his different
forms and shapes and respected by nature and universe.
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Jayāya
jayabhadrāya haryaśvāya namo namaḥ |
Namo namaḥ sahasrāṃśo ādityāya namo namaḥ || 17 ||
Nama
ugrāya vīrāya sāraṅgāya namo namaḥ |
Namaḥ padmaprabodhāya mārtāṇḍāya namo namaḥ || 18 ||
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17-18: He is omnipotent and the one who stabilizes
victory and prosperity in life, the bearer of sacred warrior horses taking
him everywhere, bringing life to flowers and revered ones.
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Brahmeśānācyuteśāya
sūryāyāditya-varcase |
Bhāsvate sarvabhakṣāya raudrāya vapuṣe namaḥ || 19 ||
Tamoghnāya
himaghnāya śatrughnāyā mitātmane |
Kṛtaghnaghnāya devāya jyotiṣāṃ pataye namaḥ || 20 ||
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19-20: We pay respect to enemy destroyer powerful
radiant divine lord of creation, progress and destruction for recreation.
Only he can remove fear, ignorance, severe ice storms and eliminates
ungrateful.
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Tapta
cāmīkarābhāya vahnaye viśvakarmaṇe |
namastamo bhi nighnāya Rucaye lokasākṣiṇe ||
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Nāśayatyeṣa
vai bhūtaṃ tadeva sṛjati prabhuḥ |
Pāyatyeṣa tapatyeṣa varṣatyeṣa gabhastibhiḥ || 22 ||
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21-22: We pay respect to lively, limitless,
darkness destroyer, weather designer and crafter of universe, our savior lord
of lords, warm, radiant and vibrating
as gold.
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Eṣa
supteṣu jāgarti bhūteṣu pariniṣṭhitaḥ |
Eṣa evāgnihotraṃ ca phalaṃ caivāgni hotriṇām || 23 ||
Vedāśca
kratavaścaiva kratūnāṃ phalameva ca |
Yāni kṛtyāni lokeṣu sarva eṣa raviḥ prabhuḥ || 24 ||
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23-24: Many salutations to the lord of destruction
to recreation that circulate this life cycle lively by keeping us alive in
deep sleep. He is the formation of actions and its fruitful consequent.
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Ena
māpatsu kṛcchreṣu kāntāreṣu bhayeṣu ca |
Kīrtayan puruṣaḥ kaścin-nāvaśīdati rāghava || 25 ||
Pūjayasvaina
mekāgro devadevaṃ jagatpatim |
Etat triguṇitaṃ japtvā yuddheṣu vijayiṣyasi || 26 ||
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25-26: He is visible in all actions, knowledge,
kindness, sacrifices and awakening and subsequently its consequents. Hey
Rama, whosoever recites and remembers him with devotion in grave, fearful and
severe difficult situation, he would enthusiastic, gain confidence and can
face direct/indirect challenges without failure, become a victor and
respected by one and all.
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Asmin
kṣaṇe mahābāho rāvaṇaṃ tvaṃ vadhiṣyasi |
Evamuktvā tadāgastyo jagāma ca yathāgatam || 27 ||
Etacchrutvā
mahātejāḥ naṣṭaśoko
bhavat-tadā |
Dhārayāmāsa suprīto rāghavaḥ prayatātmavān || 28 ||
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27-28: On hearing this Rama became highly
motivated, calm, free from all fears, worries and unseen consequences and
thereafter on realizing the purpose assigned by god is fulfilled, Sage
Agastya returned to his place.
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Adityaṃ
prekṣya japtvā tu paraṃ harṣamavāptavān |
Trirācamya śucirbhūtvā dhanurādāya vīryavān || 29 ||
Rāvaṇaṃ
prekṣya hṛṣṭātmā yuddhāya samupāgamat |
Sarvayatnena mahatā vadhe tasya dhṛto bhavat || 30 ||
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29.30: Rama recited and repeated the sloka( Aditya
Hridam Strota) thrice times while purifying himself through sacred water
sprinkling and drinking. He saw Ravana approaching the battleground,
confidently took his bow in his arms with determination to eliminate and
destroy him completely.
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Adha
raviravadan-nirīkṣya rāmaṃ muditamanāḥ paramaṃ prahṛṣyamāṇaḥ |
Niśicarapati saṅkṣayaṃ viditvā suragaṇa madhyagato vacastvareti || 31 ||
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31: As that moment ‘Bhagwan Surya’ along with
other pious souls witnessed the positive aura of Rama, exclaimed joyfully and
delighted on knowing Ravana’s death nearby.
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