शृणु नामानि राहोश्च सैंहिकेयो विधुन्तुदः
शृणु नामानि राहोश्च सैंहिकेयो विधुन्तुदः ।
सुरशत्रुस्तमश्चैव फणी गार्ग्यायणस्तथा ॥ 1 ॥
śṛṇu nāmāni rāhōścha saiṃhikēyō vidhuntudaḥ ।
suraśatrustamaśchaiva phaṇī gārgyāyaṇastathā ॥ 1 ॥
Listen to the names of Rāhu: Saiṃhikeya (son of Siṃhikā), Vidhuntuda (striker at the Moon), Suraśatru (enemy of the gods), Tamas (darkness), Phaṇī (the serpent), Gārgāyaṇa (of the Garga lineage). (1)
सुरागुर्नीलजीमूतसङ्काशश्च चतुर्भुजः ।
खड्गखेटकधारी च वरदायकहस्तकः ॥ 2 ॥
surāgurnīlajīmūtasaṅkāśaścha chaturbhujaḥ ।
khaḍgakhēṭakadhārī cha varadāyakahastakaḥ ॥ 2 ॥
Surāgu (adversary of the gods), Nīlajīmūtasaṅkāśa (resembling a dark rain-cloud), Caturbhuja (four-armed), Khaḍgakheṭakādhārī (holding sword and shield), Varadāyakahastaka (with hands granting boons). (2)
शूलायुधो मेघवर्णः कृष्णध्वजपताकवान् ।
दक्षिणाशामुखरतः तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रधराय च ॥ 3 ॥
śūlāyudhō mēghavarṇaḥ kṛṣṇadhvajapatākavān ।
dakṣiṇāśāmukharataḥ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭradharāya cha ॥ 3 ॥
Śūlāyudha (armed with a trident), Meghavarṇa (of cloud-colour), Kṛṣṇadhvajapatākavān (bearing black flag and banner), Dakṣiṇāśāmukhārata (facing the southern direction), Tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭradhara (bearing sharp fangs). (3)
शूर्पाकारासनस्थश्च गोमेदाभरणप्रियः ।
माषप्रियः कश्यपर्षिनन्दनो भुजगेश्वरः ॥ 4 ॥
śūrpākārāsanasthaścha gōmēdābharaṇapriyaḥ ।
māṣapriyaḥ kaśyaparṣinandanō bhujagēśvaraḥ ॥ 4 ॥
Śūrpākārāsanastha (seated on a winnow-shaped throne), Gomēdābharaṇapriya (fond of hessonite gem ornaments), Māṣapriya (fond of black gram), Kaśyaparṣinandana (son of the sage Kaśyapa), Bhujajeśvara (lord of serpents). (4)
उल्कापातजनिः शूली निधिपः कृष्णसर्पराट् ।
विषज्वलावृतास्योऽर्धशरीरो जाद्यसम्प्रदः ॥ 5 ॥
ulkāpātajaniḥ śūlī nidhipaḥ kṛṣṇasarparāṭ ।
viṣajvalāvṛtāsyō'rdhaśarīrō jādyasampradaḥ ॥ 5 ॥
Ulkāpātajani (born of a meteor), Śūlī (trident-bearing), Nidhipa (lord of treasures), Kṛṣṇasarparāṭ (king of black serpents), Viṣajvalāvṛtāsya (with poison-flame-encircled mouth), Ardhaśarīra (half-bodied), Jādyasamprada (giver of inertia). (5)
रवीन्दुभीकरश्छायास्वरूपी कठिनाङ्गकः ।
द्विषच्चक्रच्छेदकोऽथ करालास्यो भयङ्करः ॥ 6 ॥
ravīndubhīkaraśChāyāsvarūpī kaṭhināṅgakaḥ ।
dviṣachchakrachChēdakō'tha karāḻāsyō bhayaṅkaraḥ ॥ 6 ॥
Ravīndubhīkara (one who terrifies Sun and Moon), Chāyāsvarūpī (having the form of shadow), Kaṭhināṅgaka (of hard limbs), Dviṣacchakracchēdaka (cutter of the enemy's disc), Karāḻāsya (of terrible face), Bhayaṅkara (terrifying). (6)
क्रूरकर्मा तमोरूपः श्यामात्मा नीललोहितः ।
किरीटी नीलवसनः शनिसामन्तवर्त्मगः ॥ 7 ॥
krūrakarmā tamōrūpaḥ śyāmātmā nīlalōhitaḥ ।
kirīṭī nīlavasanaḥ śanisāmantavartmagaḥ ॥ 7 ॥
Krūrakarman (of cruel deeds), Tamōrūpa (the form of darkness), Śyāmātman (of dark soul), Nīlalohita (blue-red hued), Kirīṭī (crowned), Nīlavasana (dark-robed), Śanisāmantavartmagā (moving along Saturn's companion path). (7)
चाण्डालवर्णोऽथाश्व्यर्क्षभवो मेषभवस्तथा ।
शनिवत्फलदः शूरोऽपसव्यगतिरेव च ॥ 8 ॥
chāṇḍālavarṇō'thāśvyarkṣabhavō mēṣabhavastathā ।
śanivatphaladaḥ śūrō'pasavyagatirēva cha ॥ 8 ॥
Cāṇḍālavarṇa (of outcaste complexion), Āśvyarkṣabhava (born in Aśvinī nakṣatra), Meṣabhava (arising in Aries), Śanivatphalada (fruit-giver like Saturn), Śūra (heroic), Apasavyagati (moving in the counter-clockwise direction). (8)
उपरागकरः सूर्यहिमांशुच्छविहारकः ।
नीलपुष्पविहारश्च ग्रहश्रेष्ठोऽष्टमग्रहः ॥ 9 ॥
uparāgakaraḥ sūryahimāṃśuchChavihārakaḥ ।
nīlapuṣpavihāraścha grahaśrēṣṭhō'ṣṭamagrahaḥ ॥ 9 ॥
Uparāgakara (the cause of eclipse), Sūryahimāṃśucchavihāraka (disturber of Sun's and Moon's radiance), Nīlapuṣpavihāra (one who delights in blue flowers), Grahaśreṣṭha (the best among the planets), Aṣṭamagraha (the eighth in the planetary order). (9)
कबन्धमात्रदेहश्च यातुधानकुलोद्भवः ।
गोविन्दवरपात्रं च देवजातिप्रविष्टकः ॥ 10 ॥
kabandhamātradēhaścha yātudhānakulōdbhavaḥ ।
gōvindavarapātraṃ cha dēvajātipraviṣṭakaḥ ॥ 10 ॥
Kabandhāmātradēha (having only a headless trunk for a body), Yātudhānakulodbhava (born from the clan of the night-wanderers), Govindavarapātra (recipient of Govinda's boon), Devajātipraviṣṭaka (one who entered the divine class by deception). (10)
क्रूरो घोरः शनेर्मित्रं शुक्रमित्रमगोचरः ।
मानेगङ्गास्नानदाता स्वगृहेप्रबलाढ्यकः ॥ 11 ॥
krūrō ghōraḥ śanērmitraṃ śukramitramagōcharaḥ ।
mānēgaṅgāsnānadātā svagṛhēprabalāḍhyakaḥ ॥ 11 ॥
Krūra (fierce), Ghora (terrible), Śanermitra (friend of Saturn), Śukramitra (friend of Venus), Agocara (inaccessible), Māne Gaṅgāsnānadātā (one who grants the merit of bathing in the Gaṅgā when honoured), Svagṛhe Prabalāḍhyaka (very powerful in his own house). (11)
सद्गृहेऽन्यबलधृच्चतुर्थे मातृनाशकः ।
चन्द्रयुक्ते तु चण्डालजन्मसूचक एव तु ॥ 12 ॥
sadgṛhē'nyabaladhṛchchaturthē mātṛnāśakaḥ ।
chandrayuktē tu chaṇḍālajanmasūchaka ēva tu ॥ 12 ॥
One who gains another's strength in a good house; destroyer of the mother when in the fourth house; indicator of birth in a low class when joined with the Moon. (12)
जन्मसिंहे राज्यदाता महाकायस्तथैव च ।
जन्मकर्ता विधुरिपु मत्तको ज्ञानदश्च सः ॥ 13 ॥
janmasiṃhē rājyadātā mahākāyastathaiva cha ।
janmakartā vidhuripu mattakō jñānadaścha saḥ ॥ 13 ॥
Giver of sovereignty when born with Leo; Mahākāya (of great body); Janmakartā (the creator of birth); Vidhuripa (enemy of the Moon); Mattaka (the intoxicated one); Jñānada (giver of knowledge). (13)
जन्मकन्याराज्यदाता जन्महानिद एव च ।
नवमे पितृहन्ता च पञ्चमे शोकदायकः ॥ 14 ॥
janmakanyārājyadātā janmahānida ēva cha ।
navamē pitṛhantā cha pañchamē śōkadāyakaḥ ॥ 14 ॥
Giver of sovereignty born in Virgo; giver of loss in the birth sign; destroyer of the father when in the ninth house; giver of grief when in the fifth house. (14)
द्यूने कलत्रहन्ता च सप्तमे कलहप्रदः ।
षष्ठे तु वित्तदाता च चतुर्थे वैरदायकः ॥ 15 ॥
dyūnē kaḻatrahantā cha saptamē kalahapradaḥ ।
ṣaṣṭhē tu vittadātā cha chaturthē vairadāyakaḥ ॥ 15 ॥
Destroyer of the spouse when in the seventh house; giver of strife when in the seventh; giver of wealth when in the sixth; giver of enmity when in the fourth house. (15)
नवमे पापदाता च दशमे शोकदायकः ।
आदौ यशः प्रदाता च अन्ते वैरप्रदायकः ॥ 16 ॥
navamē pāpadātā cha daśamē śōkadāyakaḥ ।
ādau yaśaḥ pradātā cha antē vairapradāyakaḥ ॥ 16 ॥
Giver of sin when in the ninth house; giver of grief when in the tenth; giver of fame at first, giver of enmity at the end. (16)
कालात्मा गोचराचारो धने चास्य ककुत्प्रदः ।
पञ्चमे धिषणाशृङ्गदः स्वर्भानुर्बली तथा ॥ 17 ॥
kālātmā gōcharāchārō dhanē chāsya kakutpradaḥ ।
pañchamē dhiṣaṇāśṛṅgadaḥ svarbhānurbalī tathā ॥ 17 ॥
Kālātman (of the soul of time), Gocarācāra (moving through the constellations); in the second house a giver of wealth's summit; in the fifth house a giver of wisdom's peak; Svarbhānu (swallower of sky-light), Balī (powerful). (17)
महासौख्यप्रदायी च चन्द्रवैरी च शाश्वतः ।
सुरशत्रुः पापग्रहः शाम्भवः पूज्यकस्तथा ॥ 18 ॥
mahāsaukhyapradāyī cha chandravairī cha śāśvataḥ ।
suraśatruḥ pāpagrahaḥ śāmbhavaḥ pūjyakastathā ॥ 18 ॥
Mahāsaukhyapradāyī (great giver of happiness), Chandravairī (eternal enemy of the Moon), Śāśvata (eternal), Suraśatru (enemy of the gods), Pāpagraha (the malefic planet), Śāmbhava (related to Śiva), Pūjyaka (worthy of worship). (18)
पाटीरपूरणश्चाथ पैठीनसकुलोद्भवः ।
दीर्घकृष्णोऽतनुर्विष्णुनेत्रारिर्देवदानवौ ॥ 19 ॥
pāṭīrapūraṇaśchātha paiṭhīnasakulōdbhavaḥ ।
dīrghakṛṣṇō'tanurviṣṇunētrārirdēvadānavau ॥ 19 ॥
Pāṭīrapūraṇa (one who fulfils with sandal paste), Paiṭhīnasakulōdbhava (of the Paiṭhīnasa lineage), Dīrghakṛṣṇa (dark and elongated), Atanu (bodiless), Viṣṇunētrāri (enemy of Viṣṇu's eye), Devadānava (both divine and demonic in nature). (19)
भक्तरक्षो राहुमूर्तिः सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदः ।
एतद्राहुग्रहस्योक्तं नाम्नामष्टोत्तरं शतम् ॥ 20 ॥
bhaktarakṣō rāhumūrtiḥ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradaḥ ।
ētadrāhugrahasyōktaṃ nāmnāmaṣṭōttaraṃ śatam ॥ 20 ॥
Bhaktarakṣa (protector of devotees), Rāhumūrti (the form of Rāhu), Sarvābhīṣṭaphalaprada (giver of all desired fruits). Thus these one hundred and eight names of the planet Rāhu have been declared. (20)
श्रद्धया यो जपेन्नित्यं मुच्यते सर्वसङ्कटात् ।
सर्वसम्पत्करस्तस्य राहुरिष्टप्रदायकः ॥ 21 ॥
śraddhayā yō japēnnityaṃ muchyatē sarvasaṅkaṭāt ।
sarvasampatkarastasya rāhuriṣṭapradāyakaḥ ॥ 21 ॥
One who devoutly recites them daily shall be freed from all dangers; all wealth shall come to that person; Rāhu becomes the bestower of all desired things. (21)
इति श्री राहु अष्टोत्तरशतनाम स्तोत्रम् ।
iti śrī rāhu aṣṭōttaraśatanāma stōtram ।
Thus ends the Śrī Rāhu Aṣṭottaraśatanāma Stotram.