Aditya Hridayam

आदित्य हृदयम्

Stotram Sage Agastya

ऋषि अगस्त्य

Surya

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

Tato yuddha-parishrantam samare chintaya sthitam Ravanam chagrato drishtva yuddhaya samupasthitam

Then, seeing Rama exhausted from battle and standing lost in thought, with Ravana before him, arrayed for war once more, Sage Agastya descended from the heavens to bestow sacred wisdom, for the moment of supreme crisis had arrived.

दैवतैश्च समागम्य द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो रणम्। उपागम्याब्रवीद् रामं अगस्त्यो भगवान् ऋषिः॥

Daivataischa samagamya drashtum abhyagato ranam Upagamyabravid Ramam Agastyo Bhagavan Rishih

The blessed sage Agastya had come with the gods to witness the great battle. Approaching Rama with compassion and urgency, he spoke these words: the eternal secret that defeats all darkness was about to be revealed, and the fate of creation hung in the balance.

राम राम महाबाहो शृणु गुह्यं सनातनम्। येन सर्वानरीन् वत्स समरे विजयिष्यसे॥

Rama Rama maha-baho shrinu guhyam sanatanam Yena sarvan arin vatsa samare vijayishyase

O Rama, O mighty-armed Rama, hear this eternal and sacred secret. By this supreme knowledge, dear one, you shall conquer all your enemies in battle. This is the timeless wisdom of the cosmos, hidden from the unworthy, now given freely so that righteousness may prevail over evil.

आदित्यहृदयं पुण्यं सर्वशत्रुविनाशनम्। जयावहं जपेन्नित्यं अक्षय्यं परमं शिवम्॥

Aditya-hridayam punyam sarva-shatru-vinashanam Jayavaham japen nityam akshayyam paramam shivam

This is the Aditya Hridayam: sacred, pure, and the destroyer of all enemies. He who recites it always shall be led to victory; it is inexhaustible and supremely auspicious. This hymn resides in the very heart of Aditya, the Sun, the soul of the universe, and its power is infinite and eternal.

सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्। चिन्ताशोकप्रशमनं आयुर्वर्धनमुत्तमम्॥

Sarva-mangala-mangalyam sarva-papa-pranashanam Chinta-shoka-prashamanam ayur-vardhanam uttamam

This hymn is the most auspicious of all that is auspicious, the destroyer of all sin. It calms anxiety and grief, and it bestows the greatest extension of life and vitality. For Rama, crushed beneath the weight of sorrow and the burden of relentless war, these words were medicine, restoration, and a call back to his divine purpose.

रश्मिमन्तं समुद्यन्तं देवासुरनमस्कृतम्। पूजयस्व विवस्वन्तं भास्करं भुवनेश्वरम्॥

Rashmi-mantam samudyantam deva-sura-namaskritam Pujayasva Vivasvantam Bhaskaram Bhuvaneshvaram

Worship Vivasvat, the radiant one, rising in his full glory of golden rays, adorned before whom both gods and demons bow in reverence. Adore Bhaskara, the maker of light, the sovereign lord of all the worlds, for in him resides the supreme creative and sustaining power of existence.

सर्वदेवात्मको ह्येषः तेजस्वी रश्मिभावनः। एष देवासुरगणांल्लोकान् पाति गभस्तिभिः॥

Sarva-devat-mako hyesha tejasvi rashmi-bhavanah Esha devashura-gananl lokan pati gabhastibhih

He is the soul of all the gods, blazing with incomparable radiance, nourishing all worlds with his life-giving rays. All divine beings and the hosts of demons are contained within his being, and it is his light alone that sustains every living creature in every realm.

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

Esha Brahma cha Vishnushcha Shivah Skandah Prajapatih Mahendro Dhanadah Kalo Yamah Somo hyapam patih

He is Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer. He is Skanda, Prajapati, Mahendra, Kubera the lord of wealth, Yama the lord of death. He is Soma the moon and the lord of waters, all divine forces unified in a single radiance, for the Sun is not one among many gods but the living totality of all divinity.

पितरो वसवस्साध्याः ह्यश्विनौ मरुतो मनुः। वायुर्वह्निः प्रजाः प्राण ऋतुकर्ता प्रभाकरः॥

Pitaro Vasavah Sadhya hyashvinau Maruto Manuh Vayurvahnih Prajah Prana Ritu-karta Prabhakara

He is the ancestors, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, and the twin Ashvins, healers of the gods. He is the Maruts, Manu, Vayu the wind, Agni the sacred fire, and the life-breath of all beings. He is the maker of seasons, Prabhakara, the one whose light is the very source of time and life, the pulse of creation itself throbbing in the heart of the cosmos.

आदित्यः सविता सूर्यः खगः पूषा गभस्तिमान्। सुवर्णसदृशो भानुर्हिरण्यरेता दिवाकरः॥

Adityah Savita Suryah Khagah Pusha Gabhastiman Suvarna-sadrisho Bhanurhiranya-reta Divakara

He is Aditya, Savita, Surya, the sky-traveler Khaga, Pusha, and the many-rayed Gabhastiman. He is golden as refined gold itself; he is Bhanu, the luminous one, Hiranyareta, the golden-seeded. He is Divakara, the maker of the day, whose first rays dissolve the terrors of the night, as Rama was called now to dissolve the darkness of Ravana's demonic reign.

हरिदश्वः सहस्रार्चिः सप्तसप्तिर्मरीचिमान्। तिमिरोन्मथनः शम्भुस्त्वष्टा मार्तण्ड अंशुमान्॥

Haridashvah sahasrarchi sapta-saptir Marichiman Timironmathanah Shambhus tvashtha Martanda Ansuman

He rides green horses, blazes with a thousand flames, and drives the seven-horsed chariot. He is Marichiman, the one who shines with infinite rays, and Timironmathana, the destroyer of darkness. He is Shambhu, Tvashtha the celestial craftsman, Martanda the egg of the cosmos, and Ansuman the radiant. In each name resides a power, and together they form the complete armor of the Sun against all evil.

हिरण्यगर्भः शिशिरस्तपनो भास्करो रविः। अग्निगर्भोऽदितेः पुत्रः शङ्खः शिशिरनाशनः॥

Hiranyagarbhah Shishiras tapano Bhaskaro Ravih Agnigarbho Aditeh putrah Shankhah Shishira-nashanah

He is Hiranyagarbha, the golden womb from which creation itself was born. He is Tapana who gives warmth, Bhaskara who illumines, Ravi the ever-moving, Agnigarbha the fire-wombed. He is the son of Aditi, mother of all gods, and Shankha, the destroyer of cold and inertia. All that exists was born from his light and returns into his radiance at the end of time.

व्योमनाथस्तमोभेदी ऋग्यजुःसामपारगः। घनवृष्टिरपां मित्रो विन्ध्यवीथीप्लवङ्गमः॥

Vyomanathas tamobhedi Rig-Yajuh-Sama-paragah Ghanavrishtir apam mitra Vindhya-vithi-plavangamah

He is the lord of the sky, the piercer of all darkness and ignorance. He has transcended the Rig, Yajur, and Sama Vedas; the scriptures themselves arise from and point back to him. He brings the heavy rains, the friend of all waters, leaping freely over the Vindhya ranges. No barrier of mountain, mind, or circumstance can obstruct his sovereign passage through the heavens.

आतपी मण्डली मृत्युः पिङ्गलः सर्वतापनः। कविर्विश्वो महातेजाः रक्तः सर्वभवोद्भवः॥

Atapi Mandali Mrityuh Pingalah Sarva-tapanah KavirVishvo Mahatejah Raktah Sarva-bhavodbhavah

He is Atapi who blazes with summer heat, Mandali the disc-form, Mrityu the face of death itself. He is Pingala the tawny one, Sarvatapana who heats all creation without exception. He is the cosmic poet Kavi, Vishva the all-pervading, Mahateja of supreme brilliance, Rakta the red-hued. And he is Sarva-bhavodbhava: the ultimate source from which all existence springs.

नक्षत्रग्रहताराणामधिपो विश्वभावनः। तेजसामपि तेजस्वी द्वादशात्मन् नमोऽस्तु ते॥

Nakshatra-graha-taranam adhipo vishva-bhavanah Tejasam api tejasvi Dvadashatman namo'stu te

He is the sovereign lord of all stars, planets, and constellations in the vault of heaven. He is Vishvabhavanah, the sustainer and nourisher of the entire universe without limit. He is the radiance even within all radiances, the light behind every lesser light. O twelve-formed Sun, the twelve months and all forms of time bow in humble reverence before you.

नमः पूर्वाय गिरये पश्चिमायाद्रये नमः। ज्योतिर्गणानां पतये दिनाधिपतये नमः॥

Namah purvaya giraye pashchimayadraye namah Jyotirganam pataye dinadhipataye namah

Salutation to the eastern mountain where you rise in glory each morning. Salutation to the western mountain where you descend, completing your sacred daily passage. Salutation to the lord of all luminaries, all stars and constellations attending upon you. Salutation to the master of the day, into whose hands every dawn is freshly given.

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

Jayaya jaya-bhadraya haryashvaya namo namah Namo namah sahasransho Adityaya namo namah

Salutation, salutation to the bringer of victory and auspiciousness in all endeavors. Salutation to Haryashva, the driver of the green horses of dawn, green as new creation. Salutation, salutation, O thousand-rayed Sahasranshu, your beams reaching every corner of existence. Salutation, salutation to Aditya, the son of Aditi, the limitless and the liberated one.

नमः उग्राय वीराय सारङ्गाय नमो नमः। नमः पद्मप्रबोधाय मार्तण्डाय नमो नमः॥

Namah ugraya viraya sarangaya namo namah Namah padma-prabodhaya Martandaya namo namah

Salutation to the fierce one, the heroic one, the protector who is Saranga. Salutation, salutation to the awakener of the lotus, whose very rising opens the sleeping flower of the heart. Salutation to Martanda, the undying cosmic egg, from whom the whole universe was hatched. As the lotus opens to the Sun without effort, may Rama's heart open now to receive divine courage.

ब्रह्मेशानाच्युतेशाय सूर्यायादित्यवर्चसे। भास्वते सर्वभक्षाय रौद्राय वपुषे नमः॥

Brahmeshanachyuteshaya Suryaya Aditya-varchase Bhasvate sarva-bhakshaya Raudraya vapushe namah

Salutation to the lord of Brahma, Shiva, and the eternal Achyuta who never falls. Salutation to Surya blazing with the incomparable brilliance of Aditya. Salutation to the all-consuming Sarva-bhaksha, devouring time and dissolution alike, and to the terrifying Raudra form, destroyer of all that stands against the cosmic order.

तमोघ्नाय हिमघ्नाय शत्रुघ्नायामितात्मने। कृतघ्नघ्नाय देवाय ज्योतिषां पतये नमः॥

Tamoghnaya himaghnaya shatru-ghnayamit-atname Kritaghna-ghnaya devaya jyotisham pataye namah

Salutation to the destroyer of darkness and the dispeller of cold and inertia. Salutation to the slayer of enemies and the one of immeasurable, boundless soul. Salutation to the destroyer of the ungrateful, of those who forget the divine light within them. Salutation to the resplendent god, the sovereign master of all lights in heaven and earth.

तप्तचामीकराभाय वह्नये विश्वकर्मणे। नमस्तमोऽभिनिघ्नाय रुचये लोकसाक्षिणे॥

Tapta-chamikara-bhaya vahnaye vishva-karmane Namasthamo-abhi-nighnaya ruchaye loka-sakshineh

Salutation to the one whose form blazes like molten gold just poured from the forge. Salutation to the sacred fire/Agni, the purifier, and to Vishvakarma, the architect of the cosmos. Salutation to the supreme destroyer of darkness in its most profound and tenacious forms. Salutation to Ruchi the resplendent, and to Loka-Sakshi, the eternal witness of all worlds.

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

Nashayatyesha vai bhutam tadeva srijati Prabhuh Payatyesha tapatyesha varshayesha gabhastibhih

He it is who dissolves all of existence at the time of cosmic dissolution. And he it is, the same Lord, who creates it all again with sovereign creative will. With his rays he sustains all life, with his heat he draws the waters upward into clouds, and then as rain he pours them back, nourishing every seed and every creature below.

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

Esha suptesu jagarti bhutesu parinishthitah Esha evagni-hotram cha phalam chaiva agni-hotrinam

When all creatures sleep, he alone remains awake, the eternal and vigilant witness. He is established within all beings as the innermost light that never goes out. He himself is the sacred fire of the Agnihotra ritual, the flame kindled at dawn and dusk. And he is the very fruit, the liberation, that the one who tends that sacred fire attains.

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

Vedash cha kratavash chaiva kratunam phalam eva cha Yani krityani lokeshu sarva esha Ravih Prabhuh

He is the Vedas, the scriptures of divine revelation given at the dawn of creation. He is the sacrifices and rituals, and he is also the fruit that those rituals bestow. All actions undertaken in all the worlds, every deed of righteousness and power, exist within and find their ultimate purpose in Ravi, the sovereign Sun, the supreme Lord.

एनमापत्सु कृच्छ्रेषु कान्तारेषु भयेषु च। कीर्तयन् पुरुषः कश्चिन्नावसीदति राघव॥

Enam apatsu kricchhreshu kantareshu bhayeshu cha Kirtayan purushah kashchin navasidati Raghava

O Raghava, any person who glorifies this Sun in times of calamity and crisis, in treacherous wilderness, in moments of fear when the heart itself threatens to fail, that person shall not sink, shall not be overwhelmed, shall not be destroyed. This is the shield of the Sun: invoked with devotion, it makes the devotee unconquerable.

पूजयस्वैनमेकाग्रो देवदेवं जगत्पतिम्। एतत् त्रिगुणितं जप्त्वा युद्धेषु विजयिष्यसे॥

Pujayasvainam ekagro Deva-devam jagat-patim Etat trigunam japtva yuddhesu vijayishyase

Worship this lord of lords, this master of all the worlds, with one-pointed, undistracted attention. Focus every faculty of mind and heart upon the blazing radiance of the Sun God. Recite this hymn three times without wavering and with absolute conviction, and you shall achieve victory in this battle, O Rama; this is the promise of the eternal Dharma.

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

Asmin kshane maha-baho Ravanam tvam vadhishyasi Evam uktva tadagastyo jagama cha yathaghatam

O mighty-armed one, in this very moment, in this very hour, you shall slay Ravana. With these words of absolute certainty spoken by the sage who sees the future as the present, Agastya departed as he had come, dissolving back into the realm of the divine, leaving Rama standing renewed, transformed, the fog of despair burned away by the Sun's own fire.

एतच्छ्रुत्वा महातेजाः नष्टशोकोऽभवत् तदा। धारयामास सुप्रीतो राघवः प्रयतात्मवान्॥

Etach chhrutva mahatejah nashtashoko abhavat tada Dharayamasa supreto Raghavah prayatatmavan

Hearing these words of the sage, Rama, that great blazing hero, was freed from all sorrow. The grief, the exhaustion, the despair that had settled over him like a shroud lifted and dissolved. With a purified and tranquil spirit, with deep and joyful devotion swelling in his heart, Raghava held the teaching of the Sun within him as a warrior holds his sword, ready at last.

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

Adityam prekshya japtva tu param harshham avaptavan Trirachamya shuchirbhutva dhanur-adaya viryavan

Gazing directly at the Sun with steady eyes, Rama recited the hymn and was filled with supreme joy. He sipped water three times in ritual purification, becoming wholly clean in body, speech, and mind. Then this mightiest of warriors took up his bow, his great bow that had broken the pride of countless foes, and he stood ready, his soul alight with the very fire of the Sun God himself.

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

Ravanam prekshya hrishtatma yudhaya samupaghamat Sarva-yotnena mahata vadhey tasya dhruto abhavat

Beholding Ravana across the battlefield, Rama's spirit blazed with fierce and righteous exhilaration. He strode forward to battle with the totality of his divine strength and sovereign determination. With the complete force of his being, his every last reserve of valor and cosmic purpose, he resolved in that moment: Ravana would fall, and the world would be delivered from darkness.

अथ रविरवदन् निरीक्ष्य रामं मुदितमनाः परमं प्रहृष्यमाणः। निशिचरपतिसंक्षयं विदित्वा सुरगणमध्यगतो वचस्त्वरेति॥

Atha raviravadam nirikshya Ramam mudita-manah paramam prahrishyamanah Nishichara-pati-samkshayam viditva sura-gana-madhya-gato vachas tvara iti

Then the Sun God himself, standing in the midst of the assembled host of all the gods, gazed upon Rama with a heart overflowing with the deepest and most exalted joy. Knowing with divine certainty that the destruction of the lord of demons was now at hand, he spoke one final word to Rama: Hurry. The hour of victory, of liberation, of eternal righteousness, is now.