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Aditya Hridayam

Maharshi ValmikiMaharshi ValmikiTreta Yuga, contemporary of Shri Rama (traditional)

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

दैवतैश्च समागम्य द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो रणम् ।
उपागम्याब्रवीद्राममगस्त्यो भगवान् ऋषिः ॥२॥

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

आदित्यहृदयं पुण्यं सर्वशत्रुविनाशनम् ।
जयावहं जपेन्नित्यमक्षय्यं परमं शिवम् ॥४॥

सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ।
चिन्ताशोकप्रशमनमायुर्वर्धनमुत्तमम् ॥५॥

रश्मिमन्तं समुद्यन्तं देवासुरनमस्कृतम् ।
पूजयस्व विवस्वन्तं भास्करं भुवनेश्वरम् ॥६॥

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

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

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

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

हरिदश्वः सहस्रार्चिः सप्तसप्तिर्मरीचिमान् ।
तिमिरोन्मथनः शम्भुस्त्वष्टा मार्ताण्ड अंशुमान् ॥११॥

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

व्योमनाथस्तमोभेदी ऋग्यजुःसामपारगः ।
घनवृष्टिरपां मित्रो विन्ध्यवीथीप्लवङ्गमः ॥१३॥

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

नक्षत्रग्रहताराणामधिपो विश्वभावनः ।
तेजसामपि तेजस्वी द्वादशात्मन् नमोऽस्तु ते ॥१५॥

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

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

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

ब्रह्मेशानाच्युतेशाय सूर्यायादित्यवर्चसे ।
भास्वते सर्वभक्षाय रौद्राय वपुषे नमः ॥१९॥

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

तप्तचामीकराभाय वह्नये विश्वकर्मणे ।
नमस्तमोऽभिनिघ्नाय रुचये लोकसाक्षिणे ॥२१॥

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

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

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

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

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

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

एतच्छ्रुत्वा महातेजा नष्टशोकोऽभवत्तदा ।
धारयामास सुप्रीतो राघवः प्रयतात्मवान् ॥२८॥

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

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

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

Meaning

1–2. Then, seeing Rama standing weary from battle and lost in thought, with Ravana before him ready to fight, the revered sage Agastya, who had come with the devas to watch the battle, approached Rama and said:

3. "Rama, Rama, mighty-armed one, hear this eternal secret, my child, by which you will conquer all your enemies in battle.

4–5. The Aditya Hridayam is holy, destroys all enemies, brings victory; it should be chanted always; it is imperishable, supreme and auspicious, the blessing of all blessings, the destroyer of all sins, the calmer of worry and grief, the best giver of long life.

6. Worship Vivasvan, the rising sun crowned with rays, honoured by devas and asuras, Bhaskara, the lord of the worlds.

7. He is the self of all the devas, radiant, the source of light; with his rays he protects the worlds, the devas and the asuras.

8–9. He is Brahma and Vishnu, Shiva, Skanda and Prajapati; Indra, Kubera, Kala, Yama, Soma and Varuna, lord of the waters; the Pitris, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Ashvins, the Maruts, Manu; Vayu and Agni, the breath of beings, the maker of the seasons, the giver of light.

10–15. (His names:) Aditya, son of Aditi; Savita, the impeller; Surya; the sky-traveller; Pusha, the nourisher; the one with rays; golden; Bhanu, the shining; whose seed is gold; maker of the day; with green horses; with a thousand flames; drawn by seven horses; full of light; destroyer of darkness; source of happiness; the shaper; Martanda; full of rays; the golden womb; the cool and the burning one; Bhaskara, Ravi; holding fire within; son of Aditi; the conch-like; remover of cold; lord of the sky; piercer of darkness; master of the Rig, Yajur and Sama; bringer of heavy rain; friend of the waters; who crosses swiftly over the Vindhya's path; the hot one, circular, death itself, tawny, who heats all; the seer, the universe, of great splendour, red, source of all that exists; lord of stars, planets and constellations; maker of the universe; brightest of all bright things: O you of twelve forms, salutations to you.

16. Salutations to the eastern mountain and to the western hill (where he rises and sets); salutations to the lord of the hosts of lights and the lord of the day.

17. Salutations again and again to the bringer of victory, to the joy of victory, to him of the green horses; salutations again and again to the thousand-rayed one, to Aditya.

18. Salutations to the fierce one, the hero, the swift; salutations to the one who opens the lotus; salutations again and again to Martanda.

19. Salutations to the Lord of Brahma, Ishana and Achyuta, to Surya, the radiance of Aditya, to the shining one who consumes all, whose form is fierce.

20. Salutations to the destroyer of darkness, of cold and of enemies, to the immeasurable Self, to the destroyer of the ungrateful, to the deva who is lord of all lights.

21. Salutations to him who shines like molten gold, to the fire, the maker of all, the dispeller of darkness, the brilliance, the witness of the world.

22. This Lord destroys what has come to be and creates it again; with his rays he dries, he heats and he sends rain.

23. Dwelling within beings, he stays awake while they sleep; he is the agnihotra and also the fruit gained by those who offer it.

24. He is the Vedas, the sacrifices and the fruit of the sacrifices; Ravi is the Lord of every act in the worlds.

25. O Raghava, whoever chants his praise in calamity, in hardship, in the wilderness and in fear, does not sink down.

26. Worship him with one-pointed mind, God of gods, Lord of the world. Chanting this three times, you will be victorious in battle.

27. O mighty-armed one, in this very moment you will slay Ravana." Having said this, Agastya went back the way he had come.

28–30. Hearing this, the radiant Raghava's grief left him. Pleased and with a collected mind he held it in his heart; looking at the sun and chanting it, he felt the highest joy. Sipping water three times and purified, the valiant one took up his bow, looked at Ravana, and went forward gladly to battle, set with all his effort on Ravana's end.

31. Then the Sun, standing among the devas, looking at Rama with a glad heart and great joy, knowing that the end of the lord of the night-wanderers was near, said: "Hasten."

About this bhajan

On the last day of the war in Lanka, with Rama tired and Ravana facing him again, Maharshi Agastya came down among the watching devas and taught Rama this hymn to the Sun. Valmiki gives it in the Yuddha Kanda in thirty-one verses, and it is still recited at sunrise, facing east, often three times as Agastya told Rama to. Sarga numbering differs between editions: valmikiramayan.net and the Sanskrit Wikisource text place it in sarga 105, while some other editions, and many stotra books following them, cite it as sarga 107. The text here follows the form most widely recited; the sarga text on Wikisource differs in a few words.

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, sarga 105 (valmikiramayan.net and Sanskrit Wikisource numbering; cited as sarga 107 in some editions), verses 1–31; recited text from Sanskrit Wikisource आदित्यहृदयम्, checked against रामायणम्/युद्धकाण्डम्/सर्गः १०५