Sri Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya Mahasamsthanam, Dakshinamanaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri



Dakshinamnaya Sri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri

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सूर्याष्टकम् sūryāṣṭakam

आदिदेव नमस्तुभ्यं प्रसीद मम भास्कर ।
दिवाकर नमस्तुभ्यं प्रभाकर नमोऽस्तुते ॥ १ ॥

ādideva namastubhyaṃ prasīda mama bhāskara ;
divākara namastubhyaṃ prabhākara namo’stute . 1 .

सप्ताश्वरथमारूढं प्रचण्डं कश्यपात्मजम् ।
श्वेतपद्मधरं देवं तं सूर्यं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ २ ॥

saptāśvarathamārūḍhaṃ pracaṇḍaṃ kaśyapātmajam ;
śvetapadmadharaṃ devaṃ taṃ sūryaṃ praṇamāmyaham . 2 .

लोहितं रथमारूढं सर्वलोकपितामहम् ।
महापापहरं देवं तं सूर्यं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ ३ ॥

lohitaṃ rathamārūḍhaṃ sarvalokapitāmaham ;
mahāpāpaharaṃ devaṃ taṃ sūryaṃ praṇamāmyaham . 3 .

त्रैगुण्यं च महाशूरं ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरम् ।
महापापहरं देवं तं सूर्यं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ ४ ॥

traiguṇyaṃ ca mahāśūraṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśvaram ;
mahāpāpaharaṃ devaṃ taṃ sūryaṃ praṇamāmyaham . 4 .

बृंहितं तेजसां पुञ्जं वायुराकाशमेव च ।
प्रभुस्त्वं सर्वलोकानां तं सूर्यं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ ५ ॥

bṛṃhitaṃ tejasāṃ puñjaṃ vāyurākāśameva ca ;
prabhustvaṃ sarvalokānāṃ taṃ sūryaṃ praṇamāmyaham . 5 .

बन्धूकपुष्पसङ्काशं हारकुण्डलभूषितम् ।
एकचक्रधरं देवं तं सूर्यं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ ६ ॥

bandhūkapuṣpasaṅkāśaṃ hārakuṇḍalabhūṣitam ;
ekacakradharaṃ devaṃ taṃ sūryaṃ praṇamāmyaham . 6 .

विश्वेशं विश्वकर्तारं महातेजः प्रदीपनम् ।
महापापहरं देवं तं सूर्यं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ ७ ॥

viśveśaṃ viśvakartāraṃ mahātejaḥ pradīpanam ;
mahāpāpaharaṃ devaṃ taṃ sūryaṃ praṇamāmyaham . 7 .

श्रीविष्णुं जगतां नाथं ज्ञानविज्ञानमोक्षदम् ।
महापापहरं देवं तं सूर्यं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ ८ ॥

śrīviṣṇuṃ jagatāṃ nāthaṃ jñānavijñānamokṣadam ;
mahāpāpaharaṃ devaṃ taṃ sūryaṃ praṇamāmyaham . 8 .

सूर्याष्टकं पठन्नित्यं ग्रहपीडाप्रणाशनम् ।
अपुत्रो लभते पुत्रं दरिद्रो धनवान् भवेत् ॥ ९ ॥

sūryāṣṭakaṃ paṭhannityaṃ grahapīḍāpraṇāśanam ;
aputro labhate putraṃ daridro dhanavān bhavet . 9 .


 
  • Weapons do not cut This (Atma); nor does fire does burn It. Water does not wet (nor drown) nor does wind dry It. This (Atma) cannot be slain, nor burnt, nor wetted, nor dried up. It is changeless, all-pervading, stable, immovable and eternal. Bhagavan Sri Krishna on Significance of God
  • Do not be proud of wealth, people (relations and friends), and youth. All these are snatched by Time in the blink of an eye. Giving up this illusory world, know and attain the Supreme. Jagadguru Sri Adi Shankara Bhagavatpada on Mohamudgara
  • Today God is altogether ignored and this is the cause of all our suffering and misery. Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharati Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • By God’s grace, we have obtained a human birth, the power of discrimination and someone to teach us about the ultimate, truth. If we still remain lazy, we will be wasting a marvelous opportunity. Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God
  • No man is omniscient. Hence man should not have the ego that he knows all. It is ego that leads man astray and drives him to commit sins. Jagadguru Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamigal on Significance of God's Names