Month: October 2018

आदित्य हृदयं पुण्यम् सर्व शत्रु विनाशनम् |
जयावह़म् जपेन्नित्यम् अक्षयम् परमम् शिवम् || 4 ||

āditya hṛdayaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaśatru vināśanam | 
jayāvahaṃ japennityam akṣayyaṃ paramaṃ śivam || 4 ||

Meaning:

Aditya Hrudayam is a very holy mantra that destroys enemies, invites success, and leads to an absolute state of eternal bliss if chanted everyday.

आदित्य हृदयं – Aditya Hrudayam
पुण्यम् – holy, meritorious, virtuous
सर्व – all, at all times
शत्रु – enemy
विनाशनम् – destruction, annihilation
जयावह़म् – जया+आवहम् – invite success, victory
जपे – chant
नित्यम् – everyday
अक्षयम् – eternal
परमम् – absolute
शिवम् – bliss

rāma rāma mahābāho śṛṇu guhyaṃ sanātanam | 
yena sarvānarīn vatsa samare vijayiṣyasi || 3 ||

Meaning:

Oh Rama, my dear child, the one with strong arms, listen to this ancient and perennial secret with which you will be victorious (over your enemies) in this battle.

राम राम – Oh Rama
महाबाहो – with strong arms
श्रुणु – listen to
गुहयं – secret
सनातनम़ – ancient, very old
येन – with which
सवॆान – perennial,
वतस – Oh (my) child
समरे – in the battle
विजयिषयसि – be victorious

Daivataishcha samaagamya drashtum abhyaagatoranam |

upagamyaa braveed ramam agastyo bhagavaan rishih || 2 ||

Meaning:

Having arrived there with all devas to witness the battle (between Rama & Ravana) the divine sage Agastya approached Rama and started speaking thus:

Daivataishcha ( Daivatai + Ca) – All devas
samaagamya – along with
drashtum – to witness
abhyaagato (abhi + aagata + to) – arrived a
ranam – battle
upaagamya (upa + aagamya) – approached
braveed – speak
ramam – at Rama
agastyo – Agastya
bhagavaan – Divine
rishih – Rishi

ततो युद्ध परिश्रांथम समरे चिन्त्या स्थितम |
रावणम च अगरतो दृषटवा युद्धाय समुपस्थितम || 1 ||

Tato yuddha parishraantam samare chintayaa sthita |
Raavanam chaagrato drishtvaa yuddhaaya samupasthitam || 1 ||

Meaning:

In that battle, exhausted and worried, (Rama) stood in the battlefield as he looked at Ravana fully prepared to fight in front of him.
Tato (Tat + O ) – That
yuddha – battle
parishraantam – exhausted
samare – in the battlefield
chintayaa – worried
sthitam – stood
Raavanam – at Ravana
chaagrato (Ca + aagra +to) – in front of
drishtvaa – looking
yuddhaaya – to fight
samupasthitam (sama + upasthitam) – fully prepared