Aditya Hridayam Stotram Hymn dedicated to Lord Surya

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Aditya Hridayam is a Sanskrit hymn, a devotional song dedicated to sun-god, Lord Surya. Aditya is another name of Surya Deva, which means son of Goddess Aditi according to the Vedas.

Aditya Hridayam stotram is found in Yuddha Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana. Agastya muni recited this powerful Aditya Hridayam stotram to Lord Rama in the battlefield before fighting Lanka-King Ravana. Sage Agastya gives a lesson on how to defeat the enemy by worshiping and surrendering to Aditya.

Aditya Hridaya stotra talks about Lord Surya being Primal force, everyone on the universe including Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva is part of him. Surya is the source, without Surya, there can be no existence. As Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita is Primal lord, Lord Surya is being praised as Primal in Aditya Hridayam.

Aditya Hridayam Stotram Lyrics

Below is the Lyrics of Aditya Hridayam Stotram in Sanskrit with english translation and meaning.

ततो युद्धपरिश्रान्तं समरे चिन्तया स्थितम्।
रावणं चाग्रतो दृष्ट्वा युद्धाय समुपस्थितम्॥१॥

Tato yuddhapariśrāntaṃ samare chintayā sthitam
rāvaṇaṃ jāgrato dṛṣṭvā yuddhāya samupasthitam || 1

Translation: Beholding Sri Rama, Rama being exhausted in the battle was absorbed in the deep thought in the battlefield by seeing Ravana in-front of Him, having appeared to fight, fully prepared for the war.

दैवतैश्च समागम्य द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो रणम्।
उपागम्याब्रवीद्राममगस्त्यो भगवान् ऋषिः॥२॥

Daivataiśca samāgamya draṣṭumabhyāgato raṇam
upāgamyābravīdrāmamagastyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ || 2

Translation: The great and glorious Rishi, Sage Agastya, who had come in the company of Devas (Gods) to witness the encounter now spoke to Rama as follows:

राम राम महाबाहो शृणु गुह्यं सनातनम्।
येन सर्वानरीन् वत्स समरे विजयिष्यसि॥३॥

Rāma rāma mahābāho śṛṇu guhyaṃ sanātanam
yena sarvānarīn vatsa samare vijayiṣyasi || 3

Translation: O Rama, O Rama, O with mighty Arms; Listen carefully to this eternal secret by which, ‘O my child, you will be victorious against all enemies in the battle,

आदित्यहृदयं पुण्यं सर्वशत्रुविनाशनम्।
जयावहं जपेन्नित्यम् अक्षय्यं परमं शिवम्॥४॥

Adityahṛdayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaśatruvināśanam
jayāvahaṃ japennityam akṣayyaṃ paramaṃ śivam || 4

Translation: Aditya Hridayam (Hymns of the Sun God), which is Sacred and Destroyer of all Enemies brings Victory if recited daily, you will be victorious and gain undecaying auspiciousness of the highest kind.

सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्।
चिन्ताशोकप्रशमनम् आयुर्वर्धनमुत्तमम्॥५॥

Sarvamaṅgalamāṅgalyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
cintāśokapraśamanam āyurvardhanamuttamam || 5

Translation: He is the bestower of all-round Welfare (Sarva Mangala Mangalyam), and the remover of all Sins (Sarva Papa Pranashanam), He heals the worries and griefs (Chinta Shoka Prashamanam) and increases the Life Span (Ayur Vardhanam Uttamam)

रश्मिमंतं समुद्यन्तं देवासुरनमस्कृतम्।
पूजयस्व विवस्वन्तं भास्करं भुवनेश्वरम्॥६॥

Raśmimaṃtaṃ samudyantaṃ devāsuranamaskṛtam
pūjayasva vivasvantaṃ bhāskaraṃ bhuvaneśvaram || 6

Translation: The Sun is filled with Rays (Rashmimanta) and rises equally for all, spreading His illumination (Samudyanta); He is reverentially saluted by both the Devas and the Asuras (Deva Asura Namaskritam), The Sun is to be worshipped who shines forth (Vivasvanta) creating His own Light (Bhaskara), and who is the Lord of the Universe (Bhuvaneshwaram),

सर्वदेवात्मको ह्येष तेजस्वी रश्मिभावनः।
एष देवासुरगणाँल्लोकान् पाति गभस्तिभिः॥७॥

Sarvadevātmako hyeṣa tejasvī raśmibhāvanaḥ
eṣa devāsuragaṇām̐llokān pāti gabhastibhiḥ || 7

Translation: He carries the essence of splendor of all the Devas (Sarva Deva Atmaka), and is filled with Fiery Energy (Tejasvi) which He manifests in His Rays (Rashmi Bhavana), He protects the Lokas of the Devas and Asuras by His Rays (filled with Tejas)

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एष ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च शिवः स्कन्दः प्रजापतिः।
महेन्द्रो धनदः कालो यमः सोमो ह्यपां पतिः॥८॥

Eṣa brahmā ca viṣṇuśca śivaḥ skandaḥ prajāpatiḥ
mahendro dhanadaḥ kālo yamaḥ somo hyapāṃ patiḥ || 8

Translation: He is Brahma, and He is Vishnu; He is Shiva and He is Skanda; He is Prajapati,
He is Mahendra (Indra Deva), He is Dhanada (God of Wealth), He is Kala (God of Time), He is Yama (God of Death), He is Soma (Moon God) and he indeed is the Lord of Water (Varuna Deva),

पितरो वसवः साध्या ह्यश्विनौ मरुतो मनुः।
वायुर्वह्निः प्रजाप्राण ऋतुकर्ता प्रभाकरः॥९॥

Pitaro vasavaḥ sādhyā hyaśvinau maruto manuḥ
vāyurvahniḥ prajāprāṇa ṛtukartā prabhākaraḥ || 9

Translation:He indeed is the ancestor of all, including Vasus, Sadhyas, Ashwins, Maruts and Manu, He is the Wind (Vayu) and the Fire (Vahni) outside, and resides as the Prana of his offsprings inside; He is the creator of different Seasons (Ritus) and fills everything with Splendour,

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आदित्यः सविता सूर्यः खगः पूषा गभस्तिमान्।
सुवर्णसदृशो भानुर्हिरण्यरेता दिवाकरः॥१०॥

ādityaḥ savitā sūryaḥ khagaḥ pūṣā gabhastimān
suvarṇasadṛśo bhānurhiraṇyaretā divākaraḥ ||10

Translation:He is the son of Aditi, Savitha (bright), Soorya (supreme light), Khaga (bird, travels on the sky,), feeds the world by rain, gabhastiman (possessed of rays) Golden colored (beautiful, wise), always shining, he is the creator, the day starts with him).

हरिदश्वः सहस्रार्चिः सप्तसप्तिर्मरीचिमान्।
तिमिरोन्मथनः शम्भुस्त्वष्टा मार्ताण्ड अंशुमान्॥११॥

Haridaśvaḥ sahasrārciḥ saptasaptirmarīcimān
timironmathanaḥ śambhustvaṣṭā mārtāṇḍa aṃśumān || 11

Translation: Thousands of Light Rays come out of Him like Reddish-Yellow Horses; His Seven Horses (Seven Colours of Light) producing the Light. He removes the Darkness and makes us Joyful; He floats in the Sky like a huge Bird (Martanda), the Bird of Light, the Bird which emits Light

हिरण्यगर्भः शिशिरस्तपनो भास्करो रविः।
अग्निगर्भोऽदितेः पुत्रः शङ्खः शिशिरनाशनः॥१२॥

Hiraṇyagarbhaḥ śiśirastapano bhāskaro raviḥ
agnigarbho’diteḥ putraḥ śaṅkhaḥ śiśiranāśanaḥ || 12

Translation: His Golden Womb (Hiranya Garbha) burns the Dew and making Light (Bhaskara) shines in the sky as the Sun (Ravi). The Womb of Fire (Agni Garbha) of the Son of Aditi sounds His Conch, which awakens us and destroys our Frigidity (Inertness).

व्योमनाथस्तमोभेदी ऋग्यजुःसामपारगः।
घनवृष्टिरपां मित्रो विन्ध्यवीथीप्लवङ्गमः॥१३॥

Vyomanāthastamobhedī ṛgyajuḥsāmapāragaḥ
ghanavṛṣṭirapāṃ mitro vindhyavīthīplavaṅgamaḥ || 13

Translation: He is the lord of the space and ruler of the sky, dispeller of darkness, the knower of Rig, Yajur, and Sama (Vedas). He is the cause of Heavy Rains and is the friend of the Water; He crosses the Vindhya mountains by jumps (i.e. moves speedily across the Sky)

आतपी मण्डली मृत्युः पिङ्गलः सर्वतापनः।
कविर्विश्वो महातेजाः रक्तः सर्वभवोद्भवः॥१४॥

Atapī maṇḍalī mṛtyuḥ piṅgalaḥ sarvatāpanaḥ
kavirviśvo mahātejāḥ raktaḥ sarvabhavodbhavaḥ || 14

Translation: He is a producer of heat, his form is circular, he is like an incarnation of Death (Mrityu), having Reddish Brown color and burning everything within it. He is a Poet who creates the World by supplying energy for activities; His great Fiery Energy, Red in color, gives rise to this entire Worldly Existence

नक्षत्रग्रहताराणामधिपो विश्वभावनः।
तेजसामपि तेजस्वी द्वादशात्मन् नमोऽस्तु ते॥१५॥

Nakṣatragrahatārāṇāmadhipo viśvabhāvanaḥ
tejasāmapi tejasvī dvādaśātman namo’stu te || 15

Translation: He is the presiding Deity of Constellations (Nakshatras), Planets (Graha) and Stars (Tara), and conceives the whole Universe in his mind. He has more Energy of Splendour (Tejas) than even the most Energetic; Salutations to You who has twelve Atmans (12 Adityas).

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नमः पूर्वाय गिरये पश्चिमायाद्रये नमः।
ज्योतिर्गणानां पतये दिनाधिपतये नमः॥१६॥

Namaḥ pūrvāya giraye paścimāyādraye namaḥ
jyotirgaṇānāṃ pataye dinādhipataye namaḥ || 16

Translation: Salutations to him in the Eastern Mountains; Salutations to him in the Western Mountains. Salutations to the Lord of the group of Luminaries (Jyotirgana) and the Lord of the Day.

जयाय जयभद्राय हर्यश्वाय नमो नमः।
नमो नमः सहस्रांशो आदित्याय नमो नमः॥१७॥

Jayāya jayabhadrāya haryaśvāya namo namaḥ
namo namaḥ sahasrāṃśo ādityāya namo namaḥ || 17

Translation: Pray him who has green horses and the bestower of victory, auspiciousness and prosperity. He has thousand rays and who has power to attract all towards him).

नम उग्राय वीराय सारङ्गाय नमो नमः।
नमः पद्मप्रबोधाय मार्ताण्डाय नमो नमः॥१८॥

Nama ugrāya vīrāya sāraṅgāya namo namaḥ
namaḥ padmaprabodhāya mārtāṇḍāya namo namaḥ || 18

Translation: Salutations to him who is terrible and fierce one to the sinners, to him who is the hero (controlled senses); one who travels fast, Salutations to the one whose appearance makes the lotus blossom. Salutations to the son of Mrukanda Maharshi).

ब्रह्मेशानाच्युतेशाय सूर्यायादित्यवर्चसे।
भास्वते सर्वभक्षाय रौद्राय वपुषे नमः॥१९॥

Brahmeśānācyuteśāya sūryāyādityavarcase
bhāsvate sarvabhakṣāya raudrāya vapuṣe namaḥ || 19

Translation: Salutations to the Lord of Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu, Salutations to Surya the sun god, who (by his power and effulgence) is both the illuminator and devourer of all and is of a form that is fierce like Rudra.

तमोघ्नाय हिमघ्नाय शत्रुघ्नायामितात्मने।
कृतघ्नघ्नाय देवाय ज्योतिषां पतये नमः॥२०॥

Tamoghnāya himaghnāya śatrughnāyāmitātmane
kṛtaghnaghnāya devāya jyotiṣāṃ pataye namaḥ || 20

Translation: Salutations to the dispeller of darkness, the destroyer of cold, fog and snow, the exterminator of foes; the one whose extent is immeasurable. Salutations also to the annihilator of the ungrateful and to the Lord of all the stellar bodies, who is the first amongst all the lights of the Universe.

तप्तचामीकराभाय वह्नये विश्वकर्मणे।
नमस्तमोऽभिनिघ्नाय रुचये लोकसाक्षिणे॥२१॥

Taptacāmīkarābhāya vahnaye viśvakarmaṇe
namastamo’bhinighnāya rucaye lokasākṣiṇe || 21

Translation: He who has the splendor of Molten Gold, Who is the Fire giving Energy for all the Activities of the World. Salutations to Him Who subdues the Darkness, Who has a Beautiful Splendour, and Who is the witness of the World.

नाशयत्येष वै भूतं तदेव सृजति प्रभुः।
पायत्येष तपत्येष वर्षत्येष गभस्तिभिः॥२२॥

Nāśayatyeṣa vai bhūtaṃ tadeva sṛjati prabhuḥ
pāyatyeṣa tapatyeṣa varṣatyeṣa gabhastibhiḥ || 22

Translation: He indeed is the Lord Destroying the Beings, and He indeed is the Lord Creating the Beings. He drinks the waters with his rays, heats them up, and sends them down as rain again.

एष सुप्तेषु जागर्ति भूतेषु परिनिष्ठितः।
एष एवाग्निहोत्रं च फलं चैवाग्निहोत्रिणाम्॥२३॥

Eṣa supteṣu jāgarti bhūteṣu pariniṣṭhitaḥ
eṣa evāgnihotraṃ ca phalaṃ caivāgnihotriṇām || 23

Translation: He who abides in the heart of all beings keeping awake when they are asleep. Verily he is the fruit of the Agnihotra which is sought after by the Agnihotrins (Performers of the Agnihotra).

वेदाश्च क्रतवश्चैव क्रतूनां फलमेव च।
यानि कृत्यानि लोकेषु सर्व एष रविः प्रभुः॥२४॥

Vedāśca kratavaścaiva kratūnāṃ phalameva ca
yāni kṛtyāni lokeṣu sarva eṣa raviḥ prabhuḥ || 24

Translation: He indeed is the Vedic Sacrifice, and He indeed is the Fruit of those Sacrifices. Whatever works are to be performed in the World, He, the Ravi (Sun God) is the Lord of all those (Being the Power behind)

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फलश्रुति – Phalashruti

एनमापत्सु कृच्छ्रेषु कान्तारेषु भयेषु च।
कीर्तयन् पुरुषः कश्चिन्नावसीदति राघव॥२५॥

Enamāpatsu kṛcchreṣu kāntāreṣu bhayeṣu ca
kīrtayan puruṣaḥ kaścinnāvasīdati rāghava || 25

Translation: Listen Oh Oh Raghava, scion of the Raghu dynasty, any person, singing the glories of Surya in great difficulties, during affliction, while lost in the wilderness, and when beset with fear, will not come to grief (or loose heart).

पूजयस्वैनमेकाग्रो देवदेवं जगत्पतिम्।
एतत् त्रिगुणितं जप्त्वा युद्धेषु विजयिष्यसि॥२६॥

Pūjayasvainamekāgro devadevaṃ jagatpatim
etat triguṇitaṃ japtvā yuddheṣu vijayiṣyasi || 26

Translation: By worshipping Him with one-pointed Devotion, by worshipping that Lord of the Devas Who is the Master of the Universe, by repeating Aditya Hridayam three times, You will be victorious in this Battle (O Rama),

अस्मिन् क्षणे महाबाहो रावणं त्वं वधिष्यसि।
एवमुक्त्वा तदागस्त्यो जगाम च यथागतम्॥२७॥

Asmin kṣaṇe mahābāho rāvaṇaṃ tvaṃ vadhiṣyasi
evamuktvā tadāgastyo jagāma ca yathāgatam || 27

Translation: O mighty-armed one, you shall triumph over Ravana this very moment. Having said thus, sage Agastya then went back in the manner he came

एतच्छ्रुत्वा महातेजा नष्टशोकोऽभवत्तदा।
धारयामास सुप्रीतो राघवः प्रयतात्मवान्॥२८॥

Etacchrutvā mahātejā naṣṭaśoko’bhavattadā
dhārayāmāsa suprīto rāghavaḥ prayatātmavān || 28

Translation: Hearing Aditya Hridayam, the great warrior Sri Rama became free from all worries. Raghava, of Pious heart, then assumed a delightful appearance.

आदित्यं प्रेक्ष्य जप्त्वा तु परं हर्षमवाप्तवान्।
त्रिराचम्य शुचिर्भूत्वा धनुरादाय वीर्यवान्॥२९॥

Adityaṃ prekṣya japtvā tu paraṃ harṣamavāptavān
trirācamya śucirbhūtvā dhanurādāya vīryavān || 29

Translation: Looking at the Sun with devotion, and reciting Aditya Hridayam, Lord Rama became very Happy. Sipping Water three times and becoming purified, the valiant one, took up his Bow.

रावणं प्रेक्ष्य हृष्टात्मा युद्धाय समुपागमत्।
सर्वयत्नेन महता वधे तस्य धृतोऽभवत्॥३०॥

Rāvaṇaṃ prekṣya hṛṣṭātmā yuddhāya samupāgamat
sarvayatnena mahatā vadhe tasya dhṛto’bhavat || 30

Translation: Lord Rama thus cheered, seeing Ravana coming to fight, put forth all his effort with a determination to defeat him.

अथ रविरवदन्निरीक्ष्य रामं
मुदितमनाः परमं प्रहृष्यमाणः।
निशिचरपतिसंक्षयं विदित्वा
सुरगणमध्यगतो वचस्त्वरेति॥ ३१॥

Atha raviravadannirīkṣya rāmaṃ
muditamanāḥ paramaṃ prahṛṣyamāṇaḥ
niśicarapatisaṃkṣayaṃ viditvā
suragaṇamadhyagato vacastvareti || 31

Translation: (Then Aditya surrounded with all Gods appears and blesses Rama with great mental and physical strength and ordered to kill Ravana).

Then, The Sun-God (Ravi) surrounded with all Devas (Gods) said, looking at Rama with delighted mind and great pleasure and knowing that the time of the final destruction of the king of Lanka has arrived; Sun-God, Aditya said “Make Haste”, O Rama, and save the World.