SRI SURYA CHALISA
kanaka badana kundala makara, mukta mala anga,
padmasana sthita dhyaie, shankha chakra ke sanga॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! Your body
is golden; your ears are adorned with ornaments of Capricorn (crocodile sign),
you wear the beaded embellishment around your neck; With the lotus as your
seat, you are decorated with shanka (the holy conch) and chakra (the sacred wheel)
on your hands.
jaya
savita jaya jayati divakara! ।
sahastranshu! saptashva timirahara ॥
bhanu! patanga! marichi! bhaskara! ।
savita hansa! sunura vibhakara ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya!
Triumph to you! You are the blessed one! Triumph to you, the god of light! You
have a thousand rays! You ride on seven horses! You remove the darkness! You
are the king! You are God! You are the ray of light! You are the brightness!
Similar to a swan separating milk, you take out the golden radiance and shower
on us.
vivasvana! aditya! vikartana ।
martanda
harirupa virochana ॥
ambaramani! khaga! ravi kahalate ।
veda hiranyagarbha kaha gate ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! You are the
Sun God! You are the primary one! You are the disperser of the rays! You have
sprung from the void! You have the appearance of Sri Narayana! You are the
shining one! You are a jewel in the sky! You are the sun! You are called as
Ravi (who roars)! You are praised as the one with the golden visible source of
the universe!
sahastranshu pradyotana, kahikahi |
munigana hota prasanna modalahi ॥
aruna sadrisha sarathi manohara |
hankata haya sata chati ratha para ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! You have a
thousand bright rays! You look crimson in the sky! The sages and their groups
are glad to see you. Your initiation (rising) similar to the crimson ball is
very appealing. You are very alert, and your chariot is climbing in the sky
with seven horses.
mandala ki mahima ati nyari |
teja rupa keri balihari ॥
uchchaih-shrava sadrisha haya jote |
dekhi purandara lajjita hote ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! Your group
(Surya Mandal – galaxy) has the glory which is appreciated by all. Your shining
and glittering form consumes us. On your Chariot, the horse Shrava is placed
higher [Shrava is a white horse with wings, and this horse was earlier had by
Indra], and it runs faster; Indra felt ashamed at seeing your radiance, you are
the alleviator of ties;
mitra marichi bhanu aruna bhaskara |
savita surya arka khaga kalikara ॥
pusha ravi aditya nama lai |
hiranyagarbhaya namah kahikai ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! You are a
friend! You are the ray of light! You are the brightness! You are crimson! You
are glittering and making light! You are the blessed one! You are Surya, the
sun! You are the sunbeam! You move in the sky! You remove the darkness! Pusha
(the one who rises and increases), Ravi and Aditya (Son of Aditi) are your
other names. We say that you have a golden physical form and we salute you.
dvadasa nama prema som gavaim |
mastaka baraha bara navavaim ॥
chara padaratha jana so pavai |
duhkha daridra agha punja nasavai ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! Indra
(moon) lovingly worships you with twelve names such as (1) Mithra (friend), (2)
Ravi (who roars), (3) Surya (brilliant), (4) Bhanu (bright), (5) Khaga (moving
in the sky), (6) Pushan (nourisher of all), (7) Hiranya Garbha (golden source),
(8) Maricha (dawn), (9) Adityaya (son of Aditi), (10) Savitri (the riser), (11)
Arka (praiseworthy) and (12) Bhaskara (enlightening)} ; You are the head of all
the twelve months. You grant four things such as strength, energy, hard work
and salvation and you rightly destroy sadness and poverty through your beams.
namaskara ko chamatkara yaha |
vidhi harihara ko kripasara yaha ॥
sevai bhanu tumahim mana lai |
ashtasiddhi navanidhi tehim pai ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! The humble
salutations to you bring miracles to the lives! As the amalgam of Hari (Sri Maha Vishnu)
and Hara (Sri Shiva),
you cure the terrible effects of destiny. You provide service through your rays
and brightness! You grant us eight siddhis (Eight yogic attributes such as (1)
Anima – reducing the body size to that of an atom, (2) Mahima – enlarging the
body size to infinity, (3) Garima – making the body heavy (4) Laghima – making
the body light, (5) Prapti – being anywhere at will, (6) Prakyama – realizing
one’s desires, (7) Isitva – supremacy over nature and (8) Vasitva – control of
natural forces) and Nava nidhies (Nine types of wealth symbolized as (1)
Mahapadma – great lotus, (2) Padma – regular lotus, (3) Shankha – conch, (4)
Makara – crocodile, (5) Kachchapa – tortoise, (6) Kumud – precious stone, (7)
Kunda – jasmine, (8) Nila – sapphire and (9) Kharva – dwarf).
baraha nama uchcharana karate |
sahasa janama ke pataka tarate ॥
upakhyana jo karate tavajana |
ripu som
jamalahate sotehi chhana ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! The persons
who chant your twelve names (1) Om Mithraya Namaha(friend), (2) Om Ravaye
Namaha (who roars), (3) Om Suryaya Namaha (brilliant), (4) Om Bhanave Namaha
(bright), (5) Om Khagaya Namaha (moving in the sky), (6) Om Pushne Namaha
(nourisher of all), (7) Om Hiranya Garbhaya Namaha (golden source), (8) Om
Marichaye Namaha (dawn), (9) Om Adityaya Namaha (son of Aditi), (10) Om Savitre
Namaha (the riser), (11) Om Arkaya Namaha (praiseworthy) and (12) Om Bhaskaraya
Namaha (enlightening), shall be relieved of all their misfortunes which arose
due to their misdeeds in their life. Chanting of your names brings thunder and
rains! You are the enemy of the frozen water bodies and make them melt.
dhana suta juta parivara badhatu hai |
prabala moha ko phanda katatu hai ॥
arka shisha ko raksha karate |
ravi lalata para nitya biharate ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! The
chanting of your names brings prosperity to us, our kids and our family! The
more we get ensconced in your strength, the more relieved we are from our ties.
You protect Shish, the extract of light (like glittering glass) on your head
and it radiates light daily from there.
surya netra para nitya virajata |
karna desa para dinakara chhajata ॥
bhanu nasika vasakarahunita |
bhaskara karata sada mukhako hita ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! You reign
in our eyes all days! You prevail in ears! You prevail in our nostrils as a pleasant
smell! You prevail in all our senses! Looking at your divine face (form) brings
good things to us.
ontha rahaim parjanya hamare |
rasana bicha tikshna basa pyare ॥
kantha suvarna reta ki shobha |
tigma
tejasah kandhe lobha ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! You create
and shower rains on us! We, all the living beings thrive and revel in the
rains! Your throat is of good, pleasant colours and is graceful, and it looks
like a severe weapon on your shoulders!
pusham bahu mitra pithahim para |
tvashta varuna rahata suushnakara ॥
yugala hatha para raksha karana |
bhanumana urasarma suudarachana ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! Your
gallant arms provide warmth like a friend! In your Varuna (rain God) also
exists invisibly! Your pair of hands are only for our protection! Your entire
form is made of brightness!
basata nabhi aditya manohara |
katimanha, rahata mana mudabhara ॥
jangha gopati savita basa |
gupta divakara karata hulasa ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! Your
abdomen is the source of rays which fascinates our minds! It is the great focal
point of our minds! Sri Mahavishnu reigns in your thighs! All darkness is
removed by your brilliant rays!
vivasvana pada ki rakhavari |
bahara basate nita tama hari ॥
sahastranshu sarvanga sanharai |
raksha kavacha vichitra vichare ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! Sun God! We
worship your feet with reverence! You prevail for the removal of darkness! Your
thousand rays dispel all forms of darkness! Your defending armor cannot be
easily discerned by anyone.
asa jojana apane mana mahim |
bhaya jagabicha karahum tehi nahim ॥
dadru kushtha tehim kabahu na vyapai |
jojana yako mana manha japai ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! The one who
thinks and wishes for Sun God all the time need not fear anything in this
world. The one who chants the attributes of Sun God shall not have any skin
disease and leprosy. We salute to you, the spreader of golden rays!
andhakara jaga ka jo harata |
nava prakasha se ananda bharata ॥
graha gana grasi na mitavata jahi |
koti bara maim pranavaum tahi ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! You
completely remove the darkness in the world! You are supremely bright and
happily spread your rays! The brightness of the other planets appears dim in
comparison to you! You belong to a different category than the other planets!
manda sadrisha suta jaga mem jake|
dharmaraja sama adbhuta banke ॥
dhanya-dhanya tuma dinamani deva |
kiya karata suramuni nara seva ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya! Sri Shani,
though was similar to sunlight, looked dim; He became equivalent to Yama, the
king of Dharma; Due to his penance to Lord Shiva, Sri Shani is as wonderful as
Sri Surya! We are grateful to you, the God of days! All including devas, sages,
and humans are of service to you always.
bhakti bhavayuta purna niyama som |
dura hatataso bhavake bhrama som ॥
parama dhanya som nara tanadhari |
haim prasanna jehi para tama hari ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya, persons who
worship you with ardent devotion, are blessed with salvation, and all their
illusions are driven away. With whose devotion you are pleased, you shower your
blessings, bring the light of happiness into their lives by removing the
darkness of their worries and sorrows.
aruna magha maham surya phalguna |
madhu vedanga nama ravi udayana ॥
bhanu udaya baisakha ginavai |
jyeshtha indra ashadha ravi gavai ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya, in the
month of Magha, you are Arun, the crimson sun; In the month of Phalguni, you
are Surya; In the month of Madhu, you are Vedanga, the one who is the part of
Veda, the holy scripture: At the time of rising, you are called Ravi. At the time
of the beginning of Baisaka, you are called Bhanu, the brightness: At Jyeshta
month, you are Indra: At Ashada month, you are Ravi.
yama bhadom ashvina himareta |
katika hota divakara neta ॥
agahana bhinna vishnu haim pusahim |
purusha nama ravihaim malamasahim ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya, you dispel
the snow and chillness by riding on the horses! As the creator of the days, you
remove all the objectionable and bad elements. You are called the eagle laden
Sri Mahavishnu during Pusha month; During mal mass, i.e., inauspicious month,
you are named as Ravi.
bhanu chalisa prema yuta, gavahim je nara nitya,
sukha sampatti lahi bibidha, honhim sada kritakritya ॥
Meaning: Lord Sri Surya, the person
who chants Bhanu Chalisa every day with love and devotion, shall be blessed
with happiness, wealth, and victory at every task that he performs.
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