Ravi Graha Pancharatna Stotram lyrics and meaning
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Verse 1
जपाकुसुम सङ्काशं काश्यपेयं महाद्युतिम् ।
तमोरिं सर्वपापघ्नं प्रणतोस्मिदिवाकरम् ॥ 1 ॥
japākusuma saṅkāśaṃ kāśyapēyaṃ mahādyutim ।
tamōriṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ praṇatōsmidivākaram ॥ 1 ॥
I bow to Divākara (the day-maker), who resembles the hibiscus flower, son of Kaśyapa, of great radiance, enemy of darkness, destroyer of all sins. (1)
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Verse 2
सूर्यो अर्यमा भगस्त्वष्टा पूषार्कस्सरितारविः ।
गभस्ति मानजः कालो मृत्युर्दाता प्रभाकरः ॥ 2 ॥
sūryō aryamā bhagastvaṣṭā pūṣārkassaritāraviḥ ।
gabhasti mānajaḥ kālō mṛtyurdātā prabhākaraḥ ॥ 2 ॥
Sūrya, Aryamā, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭā, Pūṣā, Arka, Savitā, Ravi, Gabhastimān, Aja, Kāla, Mṛtyu, Dātā, Prabhākara — (2)
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Verse 3
भूताश्रयो भूतपतिः सर्वलोक नमस्कृतः ।
स्रष्टा संवर्तको वह्निः सर्वस्यादिरलोलुपः ॥ 3 ॥
bhūtāśrayō bhūtapatiḥ sarvalōka namaskṛtaḥ ।
sraṣṭā saṃvartakō vahniḥ sarvasyādiralōlupaḥ ॥ 3 ॥
Refuge of all beings, lord of all beings, saluted by all the worlds; Creator, dissolver, fire, the beginning of all, without greed — (3)
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Verse 4
ब्रह्म स्वरूप उदये मध्याह्नेतु महेश्वरः ।
अस्तकाले स्वयं विष्णुं त्रयीमूर्ती दिवाकरः ॥ 4 ॥
brahma svarūpa udayē madhyāhnētu mahēśvaraḥ ।
astakālē svayaṃ viṣṇuṃ trayīmūrtī divākaraḥ ॥ 4 ॥
He is Brahman at sunrise; he is Maheśvara at midday; at the time of setting he himself is Viṣṇu — Divākara is the embodiment of the threefold divine. (4)
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Verse 5
सप्ताश्वरथमारूढं प्रचण्डं कश्यपात्मजम् ।
श्वेतपद्मधरं देवं तं सूर्यं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ 5 ॥
saptāśvarathamārūḍhaṃ prachaṇḍaṃ kaśyapātmajam ।
śvētapadmadharaṃ dēvaṃ taṃ sūryaṃ praṇamāmyaham ॥ 5 ॥
I bow to that Sūrya, mounted on a chariot of seven horses, fierce, son of Kaśyapa, holding a white lotus, the divine one. (5)
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Verse 6
ॐ ग्रहराजाय विद्महे कालाधिपाय धीमहि तन्नो रविः प्रचोदयात् ॥
ōṃ graharājāya vidmahē kālādhipāya dhīmahi tannō raviḥ prachōdayāt ॥
Gāyatrī: Om. We know the king of planets; we meditate on the lord of time. May Ravi inspire us onward.
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