Mahabharata
Sūryopasthāna-parva (Dhaumya Shows the Path to the Sun)3.3.31–33
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Mahabharata · 3.3.31–33
Devanāgarī

सुरपितृगणयक्षसेवितं; ह्य् असुरनिशाचरसिद्धवन्दितम् ॥
वरकनकहुताशनप्रभं; त्वम् अपि मनस्य् अभिधेहि भास्करम् ॥
सूर्योदये यस् तु समाहितः पठेत्; स पुत्रलाभं धनरत्नसंचयान् ॥
लभेत जातिस्मरतां सदा नरः; स्मृतिं च मेधां च स विन्दते पराम् ॥
इमं स्तवं देववरस्य यो नरः; प्रकीर्तयेच् छुचिसुमनाः समाहितः ॥
स मुच्यते शोकदवाग्निसागराल्; लभेत कामान् मनसा यथेप्सितान् ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

surapitṛgaṇayakṣasevitaṃ; hy asuraniśācarasiddhavanditam ||
varakanakahutāśanaprabhaṃ; tvam api manasy abhidhehi bhāskaram ||
sūryodaye yas tu samāhitaḥ paṭhet; sa putralābhaṃ dhanaratnasaṃcayān ||
labheta jātismaratāṃ sadā naraḥ; smṛtiṃ ca medhāṃ ca sa vindate parām ||
imaṃ stavaṃ devavarasya yo naraḥ; prakīrtayec chucisumanāḥ samāhitaḥ ||
sa mucyate śokadavāgnisāgarāl; labheta kāmān manasā yathepsitān ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
सुरपितृगणयक्षसेवितंsurapitṛgaṇayakṣasevitaṃserved by hosts of gods, ancestors, and yakshas
हि असुरनिशाचरसिद्धवन्दितम्hi asuraniśācarasiddhavanditamand honored by asuras, night-wanderers, and siddhas
वरकनकहुताशनप्रभंvarakanakahutāśanaprabhaṃshining like the finest gold and the sacrificial fire
त्वम् अपि मनसि अभिधेहि भास्करम्tvam api manasi abhidhehi bhāskaramyou too, call to mind Bhaskara
सूर्योदये यः तु समाहितः पठेत्sūryodaye yaḥ tu samāhitaḥ paṭhetwhoever, composed, recites this at sunrise
स पुत्रलाभं धनरत्नसंचयान्sa putralābhaṃ dhanaratnasaṃcayānhe gains sons, wealth, and heaps of jewels
लभेत जातिस्मरतां सदा नरःlabheta jātismaratāṃ sadā naraḥthe man always obtains memory of past births
स्मृतिं च मेधां च स विन्दते पराम्smṛtiṃ ca medhāṃ ca sa vindate parāmand he attains the highest memory and intellect
इमं स्तवं देववरस्य यः नरःimaṃ stavaṃ devavarasya yaḥ naraḥwhatever man this hymn of the best of gods
प्रकीर्तयेत् शुचिसुमनाः समाहितःprakīrtayet śucisumanāḥ samāhitaḥproclaims, with pure and gentle mind, composed
स मुच्यते शोकदवाग्निसागरात्sa mucyate śokadavāgnisāgarāthe is freed from the ocean of the wildfire of grief
लभेत कामान् मनसा यथा ईप्सितान्labheta kāmān manasā yathā īpsitānand obtains the desires he has wished for in his mind
ह्य्hyoriginal form "hy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मनस्य्manasyoriginal form "manasy", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यस्yasoriginal form "yas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
योyooriginal form "yo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रकीर्तयेच्prakīrtayecoriginal form "prakīrtayec", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
छुचिसुमनाःchucisumanāḥoriginal form "chucisumanāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शोकदवाग्निसागराल्śokadavāgnisāgarāloriginal form "śokadavāgnisāgarāl", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यथेप्सितान्yathepsitānoriginal form "yathepsitān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation

'The Sun, served by hosts of gods, ancestors, and yakshas, worshipped by asuras, night-wanderers, and siddhas, shining like the finest gold and the sacrificial fire — him too you should call to mind, as Bhaskara. Whoever recites this with composure at sunrise obtains sons, wealth, treasures, memory of past births, and the highest memory and intellect. Whoever, with a pure and gathered mind, proclaims this hymn to the best of the gods is freed from the ocean of the wildfire of grief and obtains the desires he carries in his heart.'

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