Aditya Hridayam
ಆದಿತ್ಯಹೃದಯಮ್
The Sanskrit text in Kannada script. The Roman line and the meaning are the same as in the original.
ತತೋ ಯುದ್ಧಪರಿಶ್ರಾನ್ತಂ ಸಮರೇ ಚಿನ್ತಯಾ ಸ್ಥಿತಮ್।
ರಾವಣಂ ಚಾಗ್ರತೋ ದೃಷ್ಟ್ವಾ ಯುದ್ಧಾಯ ಸಮುಪಸ್ಥಿತಮ್॥Tato yuddhaparishrantam samare chintaya sthitam, ravanam chagrato drishtva yuddhaya samupasthitam.
Then, as Rama stood on the battlefield, weary from fighting and lost in thought, and saw Ravana before him ready for battle,
ದೈವತೈಶ್ಚ ಸಮಾಗಮ್ಯ ದ್ರಷ್ಟುಮಭ್ಯಾಗತೋ ರಣಮ್।
ಉಪಗಮ್ಯಾಬ್ರವೀದ್ ರಾಮಮಗಸ್ತ್ಯೋ ಭಗವಾಂಸ್ತದಾ॥Daivataishcha samagamya drashtumabhyagato ranam, upagamyabravid ramamagastyo bhagavamstada.
the revered sage Agastya, who had come with the gods to watch the battle, approached Rama and spoke.
ರಾಮ ರಾಮ ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ ಶೃಣು ಗುಹ್ಯಂ ಸನಾತನಮ್।
ಯೇನ ಸರ್ವಾನರೀನ್ ವತ್ಸ ಸಮರೇ ವಿಜಯಿಷ್ಯಸೇ॥Rama rama mahabaho shrinu guhyam sanatanam, yena sarvanarin vatsa samare vijayishyase.
Rama, Rama, mighty-armed one, hear this eternal secret, by which, my child, you will conquer all your enemies in battle.
ಆದಿತ್ಯಹೃದಯಂ ಪುಣ್ಯಂ ಸರ್ವಶತ್ರುವಿನಾಶನಮ್।
ಜಯಾವಹಂ ಜಪಂ ನಿತ್ಯಮಕ್ಷಯಂ ಪರಮಂ ಶಿವಮ್॥Adityahridayam punyam sarvashatruvinashanam, jayavaham japam nityamakshayam paramam shivam.
It is the Aditya Hridayam, holy, destroyer of all enemies, bringer of victory, a prayer to be chanted always, imperishable, supreme and auspicious.
ಸರ್ವಮಙ್ಗಲಮಾಙ್ಗಲ್ಯಂ ಸರ್ವಪಾಪಪ್ರಣಾಶನಮ್।
ಚಿನ್ತಾಶೋಕಪ್ರಶಮನಮಾಯುರ್ವರ್ಧನಮುತ್ತಮಮ್॥Sarvamangalamangalyam sarvapapapranashanam, chintashokaprashamanamayurvardhanamuttamam.
It is the blessing of all blessings, destroys every sin, calms worry and grief, and is the best means to lengthen life.
ರಶ್ಮಿಮನ್ತಂ ಸಮುದ್ಯನ್ತಂ ದೇವಾಸುರನಮಸ್ಕೃತಮ್।
ಪೂಜಯಸ್ವ ವಿವಸ್ವನ್ತಂ ಭಾಸ್ಕರಂ ಭುವನೇಶ್ವರಮ್॥Rashmimantam samudyantam devasuranamaskritam, pujayasva vivasvantam bhaskaram bhuvaneshvaram.
Worship the rising sun, crowned with rays, honoured by gods and demons alike, Vivasvan, Bhaskara the maker of light, lord of the world.
ಸರ್ವದೇವಾತ್ಮಕೋ ಹ್ಯೇಷ ತೇಜಸ್ವೀ ರಶ್ಮಿಭಾವನಃ।
ಏಷ ದೇವಾಸುರಗಣಾಁಲ್ಲೋಕಾನ್ ಪಾತಿ ಗಭಸ್ತಿಭಿಃ॥Sarvadevatmako hyesha tejasvi rashmibhavanah, esha devasuraganamllokan pati gabhastibhih.
He holds all the gods within him, radiant, the source of rays; with his beams he protects the worlds of gods and demons.
ಏಷ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾ ಚ ವಿಷ್ಣುಶ್ಚ ಶಿವಃ ಸ್ಕನ್ದಃ ಪ್ರಜಾಪತಿಃ।
ಮಹೇನ್ದ್ರೋ ಧನದಃ ಕಾಲೋ ಯಮಃ ಸೋಮೋ ಹ್ಯಪಾಂ ಪತಿಃ॥Esha brahma cha vishnushcha shivah skandah prajapatih, mahendro dhanadah kalo yamah somo hyapam patih.
He is Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Skanda and Prajapati; Indra, Kubera the lord of wealth, Time, Yama, the Moon and Varuna, lord of the waters.
ಪಿತರೋ ವಸವಃ ಸಾಧ್ಯಾ ಅಶ್ವಿನೌ ಮರುತೋ ಮನುಃ।
ವಾಯುರ್ವಹ್ನಿಃ ಪ್ರಜಾಃ ಪ್ರಾಣ ಋತುಕರ್ತಾ ಪ್ರಭಾಕರಃ॥Pitaro vasavah sadhya ashvinau maruto manuh, vayurvahnih prajah prana ritukarta prabhakarah.
He is the ancestors, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the Ashvins, the Maruts and Manu; the wind, fire, all creatures, the breath of life, the maker of seasons, and the giver of light.
ಆದಿತ್ಯಃ ಸವಿತಾ ಸೂರ್ಯಃ ಖಗಃ ಪೂಷಾ ಗಭಸ್ತಿಮಾನ್।
ಸುವರ್ಣಸದೃಶೋ ಭಾನುರ್ಹಿರಣ್ಯರೇತಾ ದಿವಾಕರಃ॥Adityah savita suryah khagah pusha gabhastiman, suvarnasadrisho bhanurhiranyareta divakarah.
He is Aditya, Savitri the source, Surya, the one who moves through the sky, Pushan the nourisher, the rayed one, golden-hued, the shining one, the golden seed, and maker of the day.
ಹರಿದಶ್ವಃ ಸಹಸ್ರಾರ್ಚಿಃ ಸಪ್ತಸಪ್ತಿರ್ಮರೀಚಿಮಾನ್।
ತಿಮಿರೋನ್ಮಥನಃ ಶಮ್ಭುಸ್ತ್ವಷ್ಟಾ ಮಾರ್ತಣ್ಡಕೋಂಽಶುಮಾನ್॥Haridashvah sahasrarchih saptasaptirmarichiman, timironmathanah shambhustvashta martandakomshuman.
He has green horses, a thousand rays, seven steeds, and beams of light; he dispels darkness, gives joy, shapes all things, and is Martanda, the radiant one.
ಹಿರಣ್ಯಗರ್ಭಃ ಶಿಶಿರಸ್ತಪನೋಽಹಸ್ಕರೋ ರವಿಃ।
ಅಗ್ನಿಗರ್ಭೋಽದಿತೇಃ ಪುತ್ರಃ ಶಙ್ಖಃ ಶಿಶಿರನಾಶನಃ॥Hiranyagarbhah shishirastapanohaskaro ravih, agnigarbhoditeh putrah shankhah shishiranashanah.
He is the golden womb, the cool and the warming, maker of day, Ravi, holding fire within, son of Aditi, the conch, and the one who ends the cold.
ವ್ಯೋಮನಾಥಸ್ತಮೋಭೇದೀ ಋಗ್ಯಜುಃಸಾಮಪಾರಗಃ।
ಘನವೃಷ್ಟಿರಪಾಂ ಮಿತ್ರೋ ವಿನ್ಧ್ಯವೀಥೀಪ್ಲವಙ್ಗಮಃ॥Vyomanathastamobhedi rigyajuhsamaparagah, ghanavrishtirapam mitro vindhyavithiplavangamah.
He is lord of the sky, piercer of darkness, master of the Rig, Yajur and Sama Vedas, the source of heavy rain, friend of the waters, who swiftly crosses the Vindhya’s path.
ಆತಪೀ ಮಣ್ಡಲೀ ಮೃತ್ಯುಃ ಪಿಙ್ಗಲಃ ಸರ್ವತಾಪನಃ।
ಕವಿರ್ವಿಶ್ವೋ ಮಹಾತೇಜಾ ರಕ್ತಃ ಸರ್ವಭವೋದ್ಭವಃ॥Atapi mandali mrityuh pingalah sarvatapanah, kavirvishvo mahateja raktah sarvabhavodbhavah.
He is the one who blazes, the round disc, death itself, golden-red, who heats all, the seer, the universe, of great radiance, the red one, and the source of all that exists.
ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಗ್ರಹತಾರಾಣಾಮಧಿಪೋ ವಿಶ್ವಭಾವನಃ।
ತೇಜಸಾಮಪಿ ತೇಜಸ್ವೀ ದ್ವಾದಶಾತ್ಮನ್ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ॥Nakshatragrahataranamadhipo vishvabhavanah, tejasamapi tejasvi dvadashatman namostu te.
Lord of the stars, planets and constellations, sustainer of the universe, most radiant of all that shines: O twelvefold one, salutations to you.
ನಮಃ ಪೂರ್ವಾಯ ಗಿರಯೇ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮಾಯಾದ್ರಯೇ ನಮಃ।
ಜ್ಯೋತಿರ್ಗಣಾನಾಂ ಪತಯೇ ದಿನಾಧಿಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ॥Namah purvaya giraye pashchimayadraye namah, jyotirgananam pataye dinadhipataye namah.
Salutations to you on the eastern mountain and on the western hill; salutations to the lord of the hosts of light and the lord of the day.
ಜಯಾಯ ಜಯಭದ್ರಾಯ ಹರ್ಯಶ್ವಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ।
ನಮೋ ನಮಃ ಸಹಸ್ರಾಂಶೋ ಆದಿತ್ಯಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ॥Jayaya jayabhadraya haryashvaya namo namah, namo namah sahasramsho adityaya namo namah.
Salutations again and again to the victorious one, giver of victory and blessing, the one with green horses; salutations again and again to the thousand-rayed Aditya.
ನಮ ಉಗ್ರಾಯ ವೀರಾಯ ಸಾರಙ್ಗಾಯ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ।
ನಮಃ ಪದ್ಮಪ್ರಬೋಧಾಯ ಪ್ರಚಣ್ಡಾಯ ನಮೋಽಸ್ತು ತೇ॥Nama ugraya viraya sarangaya namo namah, namah padmaprabodhaya prachandaya namostu te.
Salutations to the fierce one, the hero, the swift traveller; salutations to the one who wakes the lotus; salutations to you, the blazing one.
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮೇಶಾನಾಚ್ಯುತೇಶಾಯ ಸೂರಾಯಾದಿತ್ಯವರ್ಚಸೇ।
ಭಾಸ್ವತೇ ಸರ್ವಭಕ್ಷಾಯ ರೌದ್ರಾಯ ವಪುಷೇ ನಮಃ॥Brahmeshanachyuteshaya surayadityavarchase, bhasvate sarvabhakshaya raudraya vapushe namah.
Salutations to the lord of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu, the brave one with the splendour of Aditya, the shining one who consumes all, whose form is fierce.
ತಮೋಘ್ನಾಯ ಹಿಮಘ್ನಾಯ ಶತ್ರುಘ್ನಾಯಾಮಿತಾತ್ಮನೇ।
ಕೃತಘ್ನಘ್ನಾಯ ದೇವಾಯ ಜ್ಯೋತಿಷಾಂ ಪತಯೇ ನಮಃ॥Tamoghnaya himaghnaya shatrughnayamitatmane, kritaghnaghnaya devaya jyotisham pataye namah.
Salutations to the god who destroys darkness, cold and enemies, of boundless self, who destroys the ungrateful, the lord of all lights.
ತಪ್ತಚಾಮೀಕರಾಭಾಯ ಹರಯೇ ವಿಶ್ವಕರ್ಮಣೇ।
ನಮಸ್ತಮೋಽಭಿನಿಘ್ನಾಯ ರುಚಯೇ ಲೋಕಸಾಕ್ಷಿಣೇ॥Taptachamikarabhaya haraye vishvakarmane, namastamobhinighnaya ruchaye lokasakshine.
Salutations to the one bright as molten gold, Hari, the maker of the universe, destroyer of darkness, the radiance, the witness of the world.
ನಾಶಯತ್ಯೇಷ ವೈ ಭೂತಂ ತಮೇವ ಸೃಜತಿ ಪ್ರಭುಃ।
ಪಾಯತ್ಯೇಷ ತಪತ್ಯೇಷ ವರ್ಷತ್ಯೇಷ ಗಭಸ್ತಿಭಿಃ॥Nashayatyesha vai bhutam tameva srijati prabhuh, payatyesha tapatyesha varshatyesha gabhastibhih.
This lord destroys all beings and creates them again; with his rays he dries, he heats and he sends the rain.
ಏಷ ಸುಪ್ತೇಷು ಜಾಗರ್ತಿ ಭೂತೇಷು ಪರಿನಿಷ್ಠಿತಃ।
ಏಷ ಚೈವಾಗ್ನಿಹೋತ್ರಂ ಚ ಫಲಂ ಚೈವಾಗ್ನಿಹೋತ್ರಿಣಾಮ್॥Esha supteshu jagarti bhuteshu parinishthitah, esha chaivagnihotram cha phalam chaivagnihotrinam.
Dwelling within all beings, he stays awake while they sleep; he is the fire offering and the fruit gained by those who offer it.
ದೇವಾಶ್ಚ ಕ್ರತವಶ್ಚೈವ ಕ್ರತೂನಾಂ ಫಲಮೇವ ಚ।
ಯಾನಿ ಕೃತ್ಯಾನಿ ಲೋಕೇಷು ಸರ್ವೇಷು ಪರಮಪ್ರಭುಃ॥Devashcha kratavashchaiva kratunam phalameva cha, yani krityani lokeshu sarveshu paramaprabhuh.
He is the gods, the sacrifices and the fruit of the sacrifices; he is the supreme lord of every action in all the worlds.
ಏನಮಾಪತ್ಸು ಕೃಚ್ಛ್ರೇಷು ಕಾನ್ತಾರೇಷು ಭಯೇಷು ಚ।
ಕೀರ್ತಯನ್ ಪುರುಷಃ ಕಶ್ಚಿನ್ನಾವಸೀದತಿ ರಾಘವ॥Enamapatsu krichchhreshu kantareshu bhayeshu cha, kirtayan purushah kashchinnavasidati raghava.
O Raghava, whoever praises him in disaster, hardship, in a wild forest or in fear, never sinks into despair.
ಪೂಜಯಸ್ವೈನಮೇಕಾಗ್ರೋ ದೇವದೇವಂ ಜಗತ್ಪತಿಮ್।
ಏತತ್ ತ್ರಿಗುಣಿತಂ ಜಪ್ತ್ವಾ ಯುದ್ಧೇಷು ವಿಜಯಿಷ್ಯಸಿ॥Pujayasvainamekagro devadevam jagatpatim, etat trigunitam japtva yuddheshu vijayishyasi.
Worship him, the god of gods, lord of the world, with a focused mind. Chant this three times and you will win in battle.
ಅಸ್ಮಿನ್ ಕ್ಷಣೇ ಮಹಾಬಾಹೋ ರಾವಣಂ ತ್ವಂ ಜಹಿಷ್ಯಸಿ।
ಏವಮುಕ್ತ್ವಾ ತತೋಽಗಸ್ತ್ಯೋ ಜಗಾಮ ಸ ಯಥಾಗತಮ್॥Asmin kshane mahabaho ravanam tvam jahishyasi, evamuktva tatogastyo jagama sa yathagatam.
This very moment, mighty-armed one, you will slay Ravana. Having said this, Agastya went back the way he had come.
ಏತಚ್ಛ್ರುತ್ವಾ ಮಹಾತೇಜಾ ನಷ್ಟಶೋಕೋಽಭವತ್ ತದಾ।
ಧಾರಯಾಮಾಸ ಸುಪ್ರೀತೋ ರಾಘವಃ ಪ್ರಯತಾತ್ಮವಾನ್॥Etachchhrutva mahateja nashtashokobhavat tada, dharayamasa suprito raghavah prayatatmavan.
Hearing this, the radiant Raghava was freed of his sorrow; greatly pleased, with a disciplined mind, he took the hymn to heart.
ಆದಿತ್ಯಂ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಜಪ್ತ್ವೇದಂ ಪರಂ ಹರ್ಷಮವಾಪ್ತವಾನ್।
ತ್ರಿರಾಚಮ್ಯ ಶುಚಿರ್ಭೂತ್ವಾ ಧನುರಾದಾಯ ವೀರ್ಯವಾನ್॥Adityam prekshya japtvedam param harshamavaptavan, trirachamya shuchirbhutva dhanuradaya viryavan.
Gazing at the sun and chanting this, he felt supreme joy. He sipped water three times, purified himself and, mighty as he was, took up his bow.
ರಾವಣಂ ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಹೃಷ್ಟಾತ್ಮಾ ಜಯಾರ್ಥಂ ಸಮುಪಾಗಮತ್।
ಸರ್ವಯತ್ನೇನ ಮಹತಾ ವೃತಸ್ತಸ್ಯ ವಧೇಽಭವತ್॥Ravanam prekshya hrishtatma jayartham samupagamat, sarvayatnena mahata vritastasya vadhebhavat.
Seeing Ravana, he advanced joyfully to win, and with all his great effort set himself to slay him.
ಅಥ ರವಿರವದನ್ನಿರೀಕ್ಷ್ಯ ರಾಮಂ ಮುದಿತಮನಾಃ ಪರಮಂ ಪ್ರಹೃಷ್ಯಮಾಣಃ।
ನಿಶಿಚರಪತಿಸಂಕ್ಷಯಂ ವಿದಿತ್ವಾ ಸುರಗಣಮಧ್ಯಗತೋ ವಚಸ್ತ್ವರೇತಿ॥Atha raviravadannirikshya ramam muditamanah paramam prahrishyamanah, nishicharapatisankshayam viditva suraganamadhyagato vachastvareti.
Then the Sun, standing among the gods, looked at Rama and, delighted and overjoyed, knowing the end of the lord of demons was near, said: Make haste.