Aditya Hrudayam
tato yuddhaparishrAntam samare chintayA sthitam
rAvaNam chAgrato drusTvA yuddhAya samupasthitam 1
daivataischa samAgamya drashTumabhyAgato ranam
upAgamyAbravEdrAmam agastyo bhagavAn rushih 2
rAma rAma mahAbAho shruNu guhyam sanAtanam
yEna sarvA narEEn vatsa samare vijayishyasi 3
Adityahrudayam punyam sarvashatru vinAshanam
jayAvaham japEnnityam akshayyam paramam shivam 4
sarvamangaLa mAngaLyam sarvapApa praNAshanam
chintAshoka prashamanam Ayurvardhana muttamam 5
rashmimantam samudyantam devAsura namaskrutam
poojayasva vivasvantam bhAskaram bhuvanEshvaram 6
sarva devAtmakO hyEsha tEjasvi rashmi bhAvanaha
Esha devAsuragaNAn lOkAn pAti gabhastibhihi 7
Esha brahmAcha visnuscha shivah skandah prajApatihi
mahendrO dhanadah kAlo yamah sOmO hyapAm patihi 8
pitarO vasavah sAdhyA hyashvinau maruto manuh
vAyur vahnih prajAprANa rutukartA prabhAkaraha 9
Adityah savitA sooryah khagah pooshA gabhastimAn
suvarNasadrushO bhAnuh hiraNyaretA divAkaraha 10
haridashvah sahasrArchih saptasaptir marEEchimAn
timironmathanah shambhu stvashTA mArtAnda amshumAn 11
hiraNyagarbhah shishira stapanO bhAskarO ravihi
agnigarbhOditeh putrah shankhah shishiranAshanaha 12
vyomanAtha stamObhEdee rug yajuh sAma pAragaha
ghanavrusTi rapAm mitro vindhyavEEdhi plavangamaha 13
Atapee mandalee mrutyuh pingaLah sarvatApanaha
kavirvishvO mahAtEjA raktah sarva bhavod bhavaha 14
nakshatra graha tArANA madhipo vishvabhAvanaha
tejasAmapi tejasvee dvAdashAtman namOstute 15
namah poorvAya girayE paschimAyAdraye namaha
jyotirganAnAm patayE dinAdhipatayE namaha 16
jayAya jayabhadrAya haryashvAya namo namaha
namo nama sahasrAmsho AdityAya namo namaha 17
nama ugrAya veerAya sArangAya namo namaha
namah padma prabhodAya mArtAndAya namo namaha 18
brahmEshAna achyutEshAya sooryAya Adityavarchase
bhAsvate sarva bhakshAya raudrAya vapushE namaha 19
tamOghnAya himaghnAya shatrughnAya amitAtmane
krutaghnaghnAya devAya jyotisham patayE namaha 20
tapta chAmeekara AbhAya vahnayE vishvakarmaNE
namastamObhinighnAya ruchayE lokasAkshinE 21
nAshayatyEsha vai bhootam tadEva shrujati prabhuh
pAyatyEsha tapatyEsha varshatyEsha gabhastibhih 22
Esha suptEshu jAgarti bhooteshu parinisTitah
Esha evAgnihotram cha phalam chaivAgnihotriNAm 23
vedAscha kratavaschaiva kratoonAm phalamEva cha
yAni krutyAni lokeshu sarva esha ravih prabhuh 24
EnamApatsu krucchreshu kAntArEshu bhayEshu cha
keertayan purushah kaschinnAvaseedati raghava 25
Poojaya svaina mekAgro dEvadEvam jagatpatim
Etat triguNitam japtvA yuddhEshu vijayishyasi 26
asmin kshaNe mahAbAho rAvaNam tvam vadhishyasi
evamuktvA tadAgastyO jagAma cha yathAgatam 27
etacchrutvA mahAtEjA nashTashOkO bhavattadA
dhArayAmAsa supreeto rAghavah prayatAtmavAn 28
Adityam prEkshya japtvAtu param harsha mavAptavAn
trirAchamya suchirbhootvA dhanurAdAya veeryavAn 29
rAvanam prekshya hrushTAtmA yuddhAya samupAgamat
sarvayatnena mahatA vadhE tasya dhrutObhavat 30
atha ravi ravadannereekshya rAmam
muditamanAh paramam prahrushyamANaha 31
nishicharapati samkshayam viditvA
suragaNa madhyagato vachastvareti 32
*** ~ Sage Agastya to Lord Rama ***
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