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ततो युद्धपरिश्रान्तं समरे चिन्तया स्थितम्। रावणं चाग्रतो दृष्ट्वा युद्धाय समुपस्थितम्॥ १॥
Tato yuddha-parishrāntaṃ samare chintayā sthitam | Rāvaṇaṃ chāgrato dṛshṭvā yuddhāya samupasthitam || 1 ||
Then, as Rama stood on the battlefield, weary from fighting and lost in thought, and saw Ravana before him, ready to fight once more -
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दैवतैश्च समागम्य द्रष्टुमभ्यागतो रणम्। उपागम्याब्रवीद्राममगस्त्यो भगवानृषिः॥ २॥
Daivataish cha samāgamya drashṭum abhyāgato raṇam | Upāgamyābravīd Rāmam Agastyo bhagavān ṛshiḥ || 2 ||
— the revered sage Agastya, who had come with the gods to witness the battle, approached Rama and spoke.
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राम राम महाबाहो शृणु गुह्यं सनातनम्। येन सर्वानरीन्वत्स समरे विजयिष्यसि॥ ३॥
Rāma Rāma mahābāho shṛṇu guhyaṃ sanātanam | Yena sarvān arīn vatsa samare vijayishyasi || 3 ||
O Rama, mighty-armed Rama, listen to this eternal secret, by which, my child, you will conquer all your enemies in battle.
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आदित्यहृदयं पुण्यं सर्वशत्रुविनाशनम्। जयावहं जपेन्नित्यमक्षय्यं परमं शिवम्॥ ४॥
Āditya-hṛdayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarva-shatru-vināshanam | Jayāvahaṃ japen nityam akshayyaṃ paramaṃ shivam || 4 ||
The Aditya Hridayam is sacred and destroys all foes; it brings victory and should be chanted daily, for it is imperishable, supreme and auspicious.
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सर्वमङ्गलमाङ्गल्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्। चिन्ताशोकप्रशमनमायुर्वर्धनमुत्तमम्॥ ५॥
Sarva-maṅgala-māṅgalyaṃ sarva-pāpa-praṇāshanam | Chintā-shoka-prashamanam āyur-vardhanam uttamam || 5 ||
It is the most auspicious of all auspicious things, destroys every sin, calms anxiety and grief, and is the finest means of lengthening one's life.
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रश्मिमन्तं समुद्यन्तं देवासुरनमस्कृतम्। पूजयस्व विवस्वन्तं भास्करं भुवनेश्वरम्॥ ६॥
Rashmimantaṃ samudyantaṃ devāsura-namaskṛtam | Pūjayasva Vivasvantaṃ Bhāskaraṃ bhuvaneshvaram || 6 ||
Worship Vivasvan, the rising Sun crowned with rays, honoured by gods and asuras alike — Bhaskara, the maker of light, lord of the worlds.
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सर्वदेवात्मको ह्येष तेजस्वी रश्मिभावनः। एष देवासुरगणाँल्लोकान्पाति गभस्तिभिः॥ ७॥
Sarva-devātmako hyesha tejasvī rashmi-bhāvanaḥ | Esha devāsura-gaṇāṁl lokān pāti gabhastibhiḥ || 7 ||
He embodies all the gods; radiant, he sustains the world through his rays. With those rays he protects the hosts of gods and asuras and all the worlds.
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एष ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च शिवः स्कन्दः प्रजापतिः। महेन्द्रो धनदः कालो यमः सोमो ह्यपां पतिः॥ ८॥
Esha Brahmā cha Vishṇush cha Shivaḥ Skandaḥ Prajāpatiḥ | Mahendro Dhanadaḥ Kālo Yamaḥ Somo hyapāṃ patiḥ || 8 ||
He is Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Skanda and Prajapati; he is great Indra, Kubera the giver of wealth, Time, Yama, Soma and Varuna, lord of the waters.
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पितरो वसवः साध्या ह्यश्विनौ मरुतो मनुः। वायुर्वह्निः प्रजाप्राण ऋतुकर्ता प्रभाकरः॥ ९॥
Pitaro Vasavaḥ Sādhyā hyashvinau Maruto Manuḥ | Vāyur vahniḥ prajā-prāṇa ṛtu-kartā Prabhākaraḥ || 9 ||
He is the ancestors, the Vasus, the Sadhyas, the twin Ashvins, the Maruts and Manu; he is Wind and Fire, the breath of all creatures, the maker of the seasons, the source of light.
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आदित्यः सविता सूर्यः खगः पूषा गभस्तिमान्। सुवर्णसदृशो भानुर्हिरण्यरेता दिवाकरः॥ १०॥
Ādityaḥ Savitā Sūryaḥ khagaḥ Pūshā gabhastimān | Suvarṇa-sadṛsho Bhānur hiraṇya-retā Divākaraḥ || 10 ||
He is Aditya (son of Aditi), Savita (the impeller), Surya, the sky-traveller, Pusha (the nourisher), the one with rays; golden-hued Bhanu, the golden seed of creation, the maker of the day.
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हरिदश्वः सहस्रार्चिः सप्तसप्तिर्मरीचिमान्। तिमिरोन्मथनः शम्भुस्त्वष्टा मार्ताण्ड अंशुमान्॥ ११॥
Haridashvaḥ sahasrārchiḥ sapta-saptir marīchimān | Timironmathanaḥ Shambhus Tvashṭā Mārtāṇḍa aṃshumān || 11 ||
Drawn by green horses, blazing with a thousand flames, yoked to seven steeds, full of light; the destroyer of darkness, the giver of welfare, Tvashta the fashioner, Martanda, the radiant one.
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हिरण्यगर्भः शिशिरस्तपनो भास्करो रविः। अग्निगर्भोऽदितेः पुत्रः शङ्खः शिशिरनाशनः॥ १२॥
Hiraṇyagarbhaḥ shishiras tapano bhāskaro raviḥ | Agni-garbho'diteḥ putraḥ shaṅkhaḥ shishira-nāshanaḥ || 12 ||
He is Hiranyagarbha, the golden womb; cooling yet heating; the illuminator, Ravi; bearing fire within; son of Aditi; serene and blissful; the dispeller of cold.
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व्योमनाथस्तमोभेदी ऋग्यजुःसामपारगः। घनवृष्टिरपां मित्रो विन्ध्यवीथीप्लवङ्गमः॥ १३॥
Vyoma-nāthas tamo-bhedī ṛg-yajuḥ-sāma-pāragaḥ | Ghana-vṛshṭir apāṃ mitro Vindhya-vīthī-plavaṅgamaḥ || 13 ||
Lord of the sky, piercer of darkness, master of the Rig, Yajur and Sama Vedas; the cause of heavy rain, friend of the waters, who swiftly crosses the Vindhya path.
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आतपी मण्डली मृत्युः पिङ्गलः सर्वतापनः। कविर्विश्वो महातेजाः रक्तः सर्वभवोद्भवः॥ १४॥
Ātapī maṇḍalī mṛtyuḥ piṅgalaḥ sarva-tāpanaḥ | Kavir vishvo mahātejāḥ raktaḥ sarva-bhavodbhavaḥ || 14 ||
He is the giver of heat, the circular orb, death itself, golden-tawny, the one who warms all; the all-knowing seer, the universe itself, of great brilliance, red-hued, the source of all that comes into being.
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नक्षत्रग्रहताराणामधिपो विश्वभावनः। तेजसामपि तेजस्वी द्वादशात्मन्नमोऽस्तु ते॥ १५॥
Nakshatra-graha-tārāṇām adhipo vishva-bhāvanaḥ | Tejasām api tejasvī dvādashātman namo'stu te || 15 ||
Lord of the constellations, planets and stars, sustainer of the universe, brightest even among the bright — O you of twelve forms, salutations to you.
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नमः पूर्वाय गिरये पश्चिमायाद्रये नमः। ज्योतिर्गणानां पतये दिनाधिपतये नमः॥ १६॥
Namaḥ pūrvāya giraye pashchimāyādraye namaḥ | Jyotir-gaṇānāṃ pataye dinādhipataye namaḥ || 16 ||
Salutations to him of the eastern mountain (where he rises) and to him of the western mountain (where he sets); salutations to the lord of the hosts of light, the lord of the day.
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जयाय जयभद्राय हर्यश्वाय नमो नमः। नमो नमः सहस्रांशो आदित्याय नमो नमः॥ १७॥
Jayāya jaya-bhadrāya haryashvāya namo namaḥ | Namo namaḥ sahasrāṃsho Ādityāya namo namaḥ || 17 ||
Salutations again and again to the one who is victory, to the good fortune that victory brings, to him of the green steeds; salutations to you, thousand-rayed one; salutations again and again to Aditya.
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नम उग्राय वीराय सारङ्गाय नमो नमः। नमः पद्मप्रबोधाय मार्ताण्डाय नमो नमः॥ १८॥
Nama ugrāya vīrāya sāraṅgāya namo namaḥ | Namaḥ padma-prabodhāya Mārtāṇḍāya namo namaḥ || 18 ||
Salutations again and again to the fierce one, the hero, the swift traveller; salutations again and again to Martanda, who awakens the lotus.
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ब्रह्मेशानाच्युतेशाय सूर्यायादित्यवर्चसे। भास्वते सर्वभक्षाय रौद्राय वपुषे नमः॥ १९॥
Brahmeshānāchyuteshāya Sūryāyāditya-varchase | Bhāsvate sarva-bhakshāya raudrāya vapushe namaḥ || 19 ||
Salutations to the lord of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu; to Surya, the radiance of Aditya; to the shining one who consumes all, whose form is fierce like Rudra's.
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तमोघ्नाय हिमघ्नाय शत्रुघ्नायामितात्मने। कृतघ्नघ्नाय देवाय ज्योतिषां पतये नमः॥ २०॥
Tamoghnāya himaghnāya shatrughnāyāmitātmane | Kṛtaghna-ghnāya devāya jyotishāṃ pataye namaḥ || 20 ||
Salutations to the destroyer of darkness, of cold and of enemies, whose self is boundless; to the god who destroys the ungrateful, the lord of all lights.
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तप्तचामीकराभाय वह्नये विश्वकर्मणे। नमस्तमोऽभिनिघ्नाय रुचये लोकसाक्षिणे॥ २१॥
Tapta-chāmīkarābhāya vahnaye vishva-karmaṇe | Namas tamo'bhinighnāya ruchaye loka-sākshiṇe || 21 ||
Salutations to the one who shines like molten gold, who is fire, the maker of the universe; to the destroyer of darkness, the radiant one, the witness of the world.
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नाशयत्येष वै भूतं तदेव सृजति प्रभुः। पायत्येष तपत्येष वर्षत्येष गभस्तिभिः॥ २२॥
Nāshayatyesha vai bhūtaṃ tad eva sṛjati prabhuḥ | Pāyatyesha tapatyesha varshatyesha gabhastibhiḥ || 22 ||
This Lord alone destroys all that exists and creates it again. With his rays he draws up the waters, gives heat, and sends down rain.
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एष सुप्तेषु जागर्ति भूतेषु परिनिष्ठितः। एष एवाग्निहोत्रं च फलं चैवाग्निहोत्रिणाम्॥ २३॥
Esha supteshu jāgarti bhūteshu parinishṭhitaḥ | Esha evāgnihotraṃ cha phalaṃ chaivāgnihotriṇām || 23 ||
Dwelling within all beings, he stays awake while they sleep. He himself is the Agnihotra fire offering, and also the fruit gained by those who perform it.
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वेदाश्च क्रतवश्चैव क्रतूनां फलमेव च। यानि कृत्यानि लोकेषु सर्व एष रविः प्रभुः॥ २४॥
Vedāsh cha kratavash chaiva kratūnāṃ phalam eva cha | Yāni kṛtyāni lokeshu sarva esha raviḥ prabhuḥ || 24 ||
He is the Vedas, the sacrifices and the fruit of those sacrifices; whatever actions take place in the worlds — the Sun, the Lord, is all of them.
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एनमापत्सु कृच्छ्रेषु कान्तारेषु भयेषु च। कीर्तयन्पुरुषः कश्चिन्नावसीदति राघव॥ २५॥
Enam āpatsu kṛchchhreshu kāntāreshu bhayeshu cha | Kīrtayan purushaḥ kashchin nāvasīdati Rāghava || 25 ||
(Phalashruti) O Raghava, whoever sings his praise in calamity, in hardship, in the wilderness or in fear does not sink into despair.
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पूजयस्वैनमेकाग्रो देवदेवं जगत्पतिम्। एतत्त्रिगुणितं जप्त्वा युद्धेषु विजयिष्यसि॥ २६॥
Pūjayasvainam ekāgro deva-devaṃ jagat-patim | Etat triguṇitaṃ japtvā yuddheshu vijayishyasi || 26 ||
Worship him, the God of gods and lord of the world, with a focused mind. Having chanted this hymn three times, you will be victorious in battle.
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अस्मिन्क्षणे महाबाहो रावणं त्वं वधिष्यसि। एवमुक्त्वा तदागस्त्यो जगाम च यथागतम्॥ २७॥
Asmin kshaṇe mahābāho Rāvaṇaṃ tvaṃ vadhishyasi | Evam uktvā tadāgastyo jagāma cha yathāgatam || 27 ||
"O mighty-armed one, in this very moment you will slay Ravana." Having said this, Agastya departed the way he had come.
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एतच्छ्रुत्वा महातेजा नष्टशोकोऽभवत्तदा। धारयामास सुप्रीतो राघवः प्रयतात्मवान्॥ २८॥
Etach chhrutvā mahātejā nashṭa-shoko'bhavat tadā | Dhārayāmāsa suprīto Rāghavaḥ prayatātmavān || 28 ||
Hearing this, the radiant Raghava was freed of his sorrow; delighted, and with a disciplined mind, he took the hymn to heart.
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आदित्यं प्रेक्ष्य जप्त्वा तु परं हर्षमवाप्तवान्। त्रिराचम्य शुचिर्भूत्वा धनुरादाय वीर्यवान्॥ २९॥
Ādityaṃ prekshya japtvā tu paraṃ harsham avāptavān | Trir āchamya shuchir bhūtvā dhanur ādāya vīryavān || 29 ||
Gazing at the Sun and chanting the hymn, he attained supreme joy. Sipping water three times to purify himself, the valiant one took up his bow.
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रावणं प्रेक्ष्य हृष्टात्मा युद्धाय समुपागमत्। सर्वयत्नेन महता वधे तस्य धृतोऽभवत्॥ ३०॥
Rāvaṇaṃ prekshya hṛshṭātmā yuddhāya samupāgamat | Sarva-yatnena mahatā vadhe tasya dhṛto'bhavat || 30 ||
Seeing Ravana, Rama advanced to battle with a joyful heart, resolved with all his great effort upon Ravana's destruction.
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अथ रविरवदन्निरीक्ष्य रामं मुदितमनाः परमं प्रहृष्यमाणः। निशिचरपतिसंक्षयं विदित्वा सुरगणमध्यगतो वचस्त्वरेति॥ ३१॥
Atha Ravir avadan nirīkshya Rāmaṃ muditamanāḥ paramaṃ prahṛshyamāṇaḥ | Nishichara-pati-saṃkshayaṃ viditvā sura-gaṇa-madhya-gato vachas tvareti || 31 ||
Then the Sun, standing amid the assembly of gods, looked upon Rama with a glad heart and great delight; knowing that the end of the lord of the night-roamers was near, he said, "Make haste!"