Hymn with English subtitles- Aditya Hrudayam - Powerful Mantra from Ramayana

English Translation by Ramesh Krishnakumar, to the powerful rendering by Sulamangalam sisters.

Aditya Hridayam, or Aditya Hrdaya, is a hymn dedicated to Lord Surya (Sun God) in Valmiki Ramayana. It has 31 verses and is found in the 107th chapter of Yuddha Kanda of Ramayan. It was narrated to Lord Rama by Sage Agastya to energize him in the battle against Ravana.




Thatho yudha parisrantham samare chinthaya sthitham,
Ravanam chagratho drushtwa yudhaya samupasthitham. 1

Daivathischa samagamya drushtu mabhya gatho ranam,
Upagamyabraveed ramam Agasthyo Bhagawan rishi. 2

Rama rama maha baho srunu guhyam sanathanam,
Yena sarvaanareen vatsa samare vijayishyasi. 3

Adithya hrudayam punyam, sarva sathru vinasanam,
Jayavaham japen nithyam akshayyam paramam shubham. 4

Sarva mangala mangalyam, sarva papa pranasanam,
Chinthasoka prasamanam, ayur vardhanamuthamam. 5

Rasmi mantham samudhyantham devasura namaskrutham,
Poojayaswa vivaswantham bhaskaram bhuvaneshwaram. 6

Sarva devathmako hyesha tejaswai rasmi bhavana,
Esha devasura ganan lokan pathi gabasthibhi. 7

Esha brahma cha Vishnuscha Shiva skanda prajapathi,
Mahendro, dhandha kalo yama somo hyapam pathi. 8

Pitharo vasava sadhya hyaswinou marutho, manu,
Vayur vahni praja prana ruthu hartha prabhakara. 9

Adithya savitha soorya khaga poosha gabasthiman,
Suvarna sadrusa bhanu, hiranya retha divakara. 10

Haridaswa sahasrarchi saptha sapthir mareechiman,
Thimironmadhana shambhu thwashtwa marthanda amsuman. 11

Hiranya garbha shisira thapano bhaskaro ravi,
Agni garbha adithe puthra sanka shisira nasana. 12

Vyomanadha sthamobhedi rig yajur sama paraga,
Ghana vrushtirapam mithro vindhya veedhi plavangama. 13

Aathapee mandali mruthyu pingala sarva thapana,
Kavir viswo maha thejaa raktha sarvodbhava. 14

Nakshtra gruha tharanam adhipo, viswa bhaavana,
Thejasam aphi thejaswi dwadasathman namosththe. 15

Nama poorvaya giraye, paschimaya draye nama,
Jyothirgananam pathaye dhinadhipathaye nama. 16

Jayaya jaya bhadraya haryaswaya namo nama,
Namo nama sahasramso Adithyaya namo nama. 17

Nama ugraya veeraya sarangaya namo nama,
Nama padma prabhodaya, marthandaya namo nama. 18

Brhamesanachuthesaya sooryadhithya varchase,
Bhaswathe sarva bhakshaya roudraya vapushe nama 19

Thmognaya himagnaya sathrugnaya amithathmane,
Kruthagnagnaya devaya jyothisham pathaye nama. 20

Taptha chamikarabhaya vahnaye viswa karmane,
Namasthomabhinignaya ruchaye loka sakshine. 21

Naasa yatyesha vai bhootham tadeva srujathi prabha,
Payathyesha thapathyesha varshatyesha gabhasthibhi. 22

Yesha suptheshu jagarthi bhootheshu parinishtitha,
Yesha evagnihothram cha phalam chaivagnihothrinam. 23.

Vedascha kradavaschaiva krathoonam phalameva cha,
Yani kruthyani lokeshu sarva yesha ravi prabhu. 24

Yena mapathsu kruchreshu kanthareshu bhayeshu cha,
Keerthayan Purusha kaschin aavaseedhathi raghava. 25

Poojaswaikegro deva devam jagat pathim,
Ethath trigunitham japthwa yudeshu vijayishyasi. 26

Asmin kshane maha baaho ravanam thwam vadhishyasi,
Evamukthwaa agasthyo jagam yada gatham. 27

Edath sruthwa maha theja nashta shoka abhavath thada,
Dharayamasa supreetho raghava prayathathmavaan. 28

Adhithya prekshya japthwa thu param harsha mavapthavan,
Thrirachamya suchir bhoothwa dhanuradhaaya veeryavaan. 29

Ravanam preshya hrushtathma yudhaya samupagamath,
Sarva yathnena mahatha vadhe thasya drutho bhavath. 30

Adharavira vadha nireekshya ramam,
Mudhithamana paramam prahrushyamana,
Nisicharapathi samkshyam vidhithwa,
Sura gana Madhya gatho vachasthwarethi. 31

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[xXBlackxRebelXx]

is Aditya the "sun as 'god'" ? or is it Divine Light? this sounds rather monotheistic but in some instances it seems to refer to the sun itself...

[nrkkvsnlcom]

@xXBlackxRebelXx

Aditya is the sun God. Aditya Hrudayam ... is "the heart of the sun god" ( seen from the spiritual angle) The emitter of illuminating rays...the one who has a sway over the planets, the moon and other celestials ( the source of light and energy). He is the palpable God ..... yet remains hidden in all elements......he is certainly more than the physical sun and a monothestic view....

[suvarbal]

Dear Ramesh ,

Ego is not a bad thing in itself.Ego is there for a reason. To make us a better person. There would not be a Ramayanam without Ravana.Learn more about Hitler before you speak about him , the tragedy that ensued or words like scourge. Genghis Khan's mongol warriors was a scourge .Thanks for posting I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Cheerio!

[nrkkvsnlcom]

@suvarbal

Dear suvarbal

I agree that ego is not a bad thing by itself. But Ravana was not just ego, but the ego that did not accept the superiority of Ram the "inner divinity".

In Ramayana, at the end Ram did respect the dead Ravana by arranging the last rites.

The message is that the ego that does not respect the inner divinity in all beings has to be eliminated!

Ramesh

[turbanless]

Ravana was a great king, warrior , administrator and statesman. His bakthi was of the highest level....composer of Shiva Tandava Stotra...he begged Shiva for moksha...after being tired of winning all the three worlds...Shiva replied he had blessed him with supreme powers and only Narayana could give him liberation...Ravan knew all along this game plan and played his part for the divine play to unfold and teach humankind....

[vamsiticke]

The Aditya Hrudayam exactly takes 8 minutes 19 seconds to complete. This is the same time the sun light to reach earth (8.3 minutes , .3 minutes is 19 seconds). One of the authentic Aditya Hrudyam Singers. Great Job.

[fluteloka]

Horrible samskrita pronunciation. Very unpleasant rendering.bah bah

[emperor0989]

@abhyudayamandal1

again, wrong information by yet another ignorat fella. it was a HISTORICAL event, occuring 1.7 million years ago. it was a world history, just like the forst world war, the mahabharata occured over 12,000 years ago, was the first atomic warfare.

[turbanless]

@abhyudayamandal1not possible to be allegorical cos it was written down by valmiki himself...maybe alloyed over the passage of time, thats possible

[abhyudayamandal1]

@emperor0989

Ramayana is not historical literature. It is an allegory. The rishis wrote and spread the Epics so that the abstruse knowledge of the Upanishads could be understood by the common man.

[abhyudayamandal1]

@therealthing83

Vedanta is monistic, NOT monotheistic. We believe that, from the standpoint of Absolute Reality, only Brahman exists and nothing else.

[abhyudayamandal1]

@mercuryhelix

Actually Hinduism is more logic-based than the Abrahamic religions which have conditioned the "logic-based western mind." Our logic penetrates the apparent paradoxes of life, and touches the very soul of Religion. :)

[abhyudayamandal1]

@turbanless

The Epics such as Ramayana and Mahabharata should be treated as allegorical stories, rather than as historical facts.

[abhyudayamandal1]

@xXBlackxRebelXx

All the gods are but a manifestation of Brahman. You can call Him Krishna, Shiva, Jesus, Allah etc. The names don't matte. Again, Brahman is your very Self. Hence, you, and I, and everyone else, is potentially divine.

[mercuryhelix]

@nrkkvsnlcom many thanks for such a beautiful youtube channel!

One part of Hinduism (with my best understanding) which I adore is its peace toward surface contradictions that at first can vex the logic-based western mind- Many Gods, and the greater the god, the more they love God! Surya is the divine sun, the spiritual sun, lord of this system in this spiral galaxy- and the sun loves God, is evolving toward ever more refined life and breath within God... as are we all. What a blessing, Surya!