Efficay of Aditya Hridayam and it's connection with Srividya

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Dear Sweet children of Jagadamba

 

" The Sun is, verily, the soul of all that moves, and that does not " -

Surya Aatmaa Jagatah Tastuushasca - Rig Veda: 1:115:1. " We look to

the effulgent, crimson-red rays of the Lord of Light, the Sun. May He

inspire our thought-processes and guide us " - Gayathri Mantram, which

has been translated into Tamil by Poet Subramania Bharathiyar

thus: " Senkathirtthevan ....Thoondi Nadatthukha. " ('Panchali

Sabatham').

 

The word Surya occurs in the Rig Veda alone more than 400 times - to

be exact 421 times. Among his many other names, 'Savita' occurs 174

times. A little over 15% of the Rig Veda is dedicated to Surya,

without taking into account the references to Usha, the dawn. (ref.

Swami Veda Bharati's articles on the Sun God: Tattvaaloka).

 

The most important hymns extolling the Sun God's glory, apart from

the Vedic hymns, are: (1) Aditya Hridayam in the Ramayana (V.R.Y.K. :

Ch. 107), (2) Mayunakavi's Surya Satakam and (3) Sudha Lahari by

Pandit Jagannath. There are many others.

 

It is said fervent and devout recitations of Aditya HridayamTHRICE IN

THE MORNING , on a daily basis or atleast on Sundays (specially

sacred to the Sun God), wins imperishable glory, highest of

blessings, eternal bliss, eradication of sins and blemishes, happy

solutions to all problems and anxieties, cure for all ailments,

physical and mental, longevity and prosperity. One should recite this

hymn early in the morning. Given below is a translation in English

(by me) of this superb hymn of incomparable charm and grace, authored

by sage Valmiki and expounded in the Ramayana by sage Agastya to Sri

Rama, when Rama needed a big boost in the course of his fight-to-the-

finish with Ravana.

 

" O, mighty-armed Sri Rama! Listen to this ancient, glorious secret

hymn that will enable you to conquer all your enemies (within and

without). It is hailed as Aditya Hridayam, a blessing of all

blessings, holy and precious. This hymn, through its dedicated

recitation, destroys all sins, anxieties and promotes victory in all

enterprises besides conferring longevity. " " The Sun-God is the patron-

guardian of your solar race, the Surya Vamsa, of which you are a

worthy successor. The Sun God rises in all effulgent glory each day,

worshipped by all beings, humans, demons and celestials alike, and

is, assuredly, the embodiment of all Gods. "

 

" He is Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Sustainer and Siva the

destroyer (of wicked forces). He is Prajapati, He is Indra, the chief

of celestials, He is Kubera, the God of Wealth, He is Chandra, the

Moon God (the Moon, according to Science, has no light of its own and

only reflects light from the Sun), He is Skanda, He is Kaala (Time),

the eventual destroyer, He is also Varuna, the God of all waters. The

Sun God is the personification of the eight Vasus, the twelve

Sandhyas, the Aswin twins, and the 49 Maruts. He is, in truth, the

very life-breath of the Universe, the source supreme of all seasons

and the store house of all radiance and light. "

Adity-hridayam is a very powerful prayer to the sun god .This prayer

is an excerpt ( Chapter107) from the Yuddha-Kaand , a war section of

the great epic poem, Ramayana.The prayer consist of 30 verses ,all

except the last of which are in the Anustuph meter. This meter

consists of four padas ,or lines ,with eight syllables in each paada.

The prayer comes at a crucial point in the battle of Lord Rama

against the ten-headed demon king , Ravana .When Rama is exhausted

and despondent ,the mighty sage Agastya appears to him on the

battlefield and teaches him this prayer to bolster his strength and

courage to defeat Ravana which he does by it's aid.

From that time to this ,this Sun prayer has been used by

practitioners of many disciplines to great success. Vedic astrologers

recommend using the chant to thwart the ill-effects of inharmonious

planetary influences. Ayurvedic doctors prescribe it for the host of

ailments from problems with the eyesight to illnesses as serious as

leprosy. Pregnant women recite the prayer to attract a brilliant

child .Young men and women recite it to obtain a worthy spouse.

For the cure of any disease ,solution to any problem ,or the

fulfillment of any desire ,people generally recite this Sun prayer

once each morning facing the rising sun, for forty consecutive days

ONE CAN DO AN ANUSHTANAM OF ADITYA HRIDAYAM BY RECITING IT 11 TIMES

BEFORE THE MAHAMERU OR SRICHAKRA YANTRA VISUALIZING BLAZING SUN IN

THEIR HEARTS ALONG WITH SILVER VIOLET FIRE(PLEASE SEE PHOTO OF SILVER

VIOLET FIRE IN PHOTOS SECTION).THIS CAN BE DONE SEEING THE SUN

ALSO.They can also do the savitur vidya(surya mantra 16 rounds of 108

mala wearing an ekamukhi rudraksha soaked in Almond oil and smearing

the oil all over their body and sitting in the sun and doing it..The

results will be faster..However care should be taken not to expose

during hot afternoon sun but during morning hours)

 

..............................I have copied the Aditya Hridayam Slokas

here below for those who want to take a printout of this

article..........................................

 

1.

Tato Yuddha Parishraantam

Samarae Chintayaa Sthitam

Raavanam Chaagrito Dristvaa

Yuddhaaya Samupasthitam

 

2.

Daivataischa Samaagamya

Dristum Abhyaagato Ranam

Upaagamyaa Braveed Raamam

Agastyo Bhagavaan Rishihi

 

3.

Raama Raama Mahaabaaho

Shrinu Guhyam Sanaatanam

Yena Sarvaan Areen Vatsa

Samarae Vijayishyasi

 

4.

Aaditya-hridayam Punyam

Sarva-shatru Vinaashanam

Jayaavaham Japae Nityam

Akshayam Paramam Shivam

 

5.

Sarva Mangala-maangalyam

Sarva-paapa Pranaashanam

Chintaa-shoka Prashamanam

Aayurvardhanam Uttamam

 

6.

Rashmimantam Samudyantam

Devaasura-namaskritam

Pujayaswa Vivaswantam

Bhaaskaram Bhuvaneshvaram

 

7.

Sarva Devaatmako Hyaesha

Tejasvee Rashmi-bhaavanaha

Aeva Devaasura Ganaan

Lokaan Paati Gabhastibhihi

 

8.

Aesha Brahmaacha Vishnuscha

Shivaha Skandaha Prajaapatihi

Mahendro Dhanadaha Kaalo

Yamaha Somo Hyapaam Patihi

 

9.

Pitaro Vasavaha Saadhyaa

Ashvinou Maruto Manuhu

Vaayurvahnihi Prajaa Praana

Ritukartaa Prabhaakaraha

 

10.

Aadityaha Savitaa Suryaha

Khagaha Pooshaa Gabhastimaan

Suvarna Sadrisho Bhaanur

Hiranya-raeta Divaakaraha

 

11.

Haridaswaha Sahasraarchihi

Saptasaptir-mareechimaan

Timiron Mathanaha Shabhuhu

Tvastaa Maartaanda Amshumaan

 

12.

Hiranya-garbhaha Shishiras

Tapano Bhaaskaro Ravihi

Agnigarbho Aditaehae Putraha

Shankhaha Shishira-naashanaha

 

13.

Vyoma-naathas Tamo-bhedee

Rig-yajus-saama Paaragaha

Ghana Vrishtir Apaam Mitro

Vindhya-veethi Plavamgamaha

 

14.

Aatapee Mandalee Mrityuhu

Pingalaha Sarva-taapanaha

Kavir Vishvo Mahaatejaa

Raktaha Sarva Bhavodbhavaha

 

15.

Nakshatra-griha-taaraanaam

Adhipo Vishwa Bhaavanaha

Tejasaamapi Tejasvee

Dwaadashaatman Namostutae

 

16.

Namaha Purvaaya Girayae

Paschimaa Yaadrayae Namaha

Jyothir-ganaanam Patayae

Dinaadhi Patayae Namaha

 

17.

Jayaaya Jayabhadraaya

Haryashvaaya Namo Namaha

Namo Namaha Sahasraamsho

Aadityaaya Namo Namaha

 

18.

Namaha Ugraaya Veeraaya

Saarangaaya Namo Namaha

Namaha Padma Prabodhaaya

Maartaandaaya Namo Namaha

 

19.

Brahma Eshaana Achyuta Eshaaya

Suryaaya Aaditya-varchasae

Bhaaswatae Sarva-bhakshaaya

Raudraaya Vapushae Namaha

 

20.

Tamoghnaaya Himaghnaaya

Shatrughnaaya Amitaatmanae

Kritaghnaghnaaya Devaaya

Jyotishaam Patayae Namaha

 

21

Tapta Chaameekaraabhaaya

Vahnayae Vishwakarmanae

Namas Tamobhi Nighnaaya

Ruchayae Loka-saakshinae

 

22.

Naashayatyaesha Vai Bhutam

Tadaeva Srijati Prabhuhu

Paayatyaesha Tapatyaesha

Varshatyaesha Gabhastibhihi

 

23.

Aesha Suptaeshu Jaagarti

Bhutaeshu Parinistithaha

Aesha Aevaagni Hotramcha

Phalam Chaivaagni Hotrinaam

 

24.

Vedaascha Kritavaschaiva

Kritunaam Phalamaevacha

Yaani Krityaani Lokaeshu

Sarva Aesha Ravihi Prabhuhu

 

 

 

Phala-shrutihi

(now the fruit of this prayer is explained)

 

25.

Aenamaapatsu Kricchaeshu

Kaantaraeshu Bhayaeshucha

Keertayan Purushaha Kaschin

Aavaseedati Raaghava

 

 

26.

Pujayasvainam Aekaagro

Deva-devam Jagatpatim

Aetat Trigunitam Japtvaa

Yuddhaeshu Vijayishyasi

 

27.

Asmin Kshanae Mahaabaaho

Raavanam Tvam Vadhishyasi

Aeva Muktvaa Tadaagastyo

Jagaamacha Yathaagatam

 

28.

Aetachrutvaa Mahaatejaa

Nasta Shoko Bhavat Tadaa

Dhaarayaamaasa Supreeto

Raaghavaha Prayataatmavaan

 

29.

Aadityam Praekshya Japtvaatu

Param Harsha-mavaaptavaan

Triraachamya Shuchir-bhutvaa

Dhanuraadaaya Veeryavaan

 

30.

Raavanam Praekshya Hrishtaatmaa

Yuddhaaya Samupaagamat

Sarva Yatnaena Mahataa

Vadhaetasya Dhritobhavat

 

31.

Atha Ravi-ravadan-niraekshya Raamam

Mudita Manaaha Paramam Prahrishyamaanaha

Nishicharapati-samkshayam Viditvaa

Suragana-madhya-gato Vachastvaraeti

 

 

(Etyaarshae Srimad Raamaayane

Vaalmikiyae Aadikaavyae

Yuddha-kaandae Panchaadhika

Shathatamaha Sargaha)

 

 

English meaning of the above verse.....

 

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1. & 2.

The all-knowing Sage Agastya, who had come and joined the gods to

witness the fierce battle, saw Rama lost in deep thought,

discouraged, utterly exhausted and yet facing Ravana who was ready

for a fresh encounter. He spoke to him thus:

 

3.

Oh Rama, mighty-armed Sri Rama, listen to this eternal secret whereby

you shall vanquish in battle all your foes.

 

4.

This holy hymn to the presiding deity of the Sun, if chanted

fervently, will result in the destruction of all your enemies and

bring you victory and unending supreme felicity.

 

5.

It is supreme in that it is guarantee of all-round prosperity,

destroyer of all sin, allayer of anxiety and anguish and bestower of

longevity.

 

6.

Do thou worship with this hymn the one Sun held in veneration by

Devas (gods) and Asuras (demons), possessed of golden colored rays

when he has wholly risen in the morning, who eclipses as it were

other luminous bodies by his appearance on the firmament, the

resplendent Lord of the universe by whose effulgence all else

brightens.

 

7.

He verily represents the totality of all celestial beings. He is self-

luminous and is the sustainer of all with his rays. He protects the

inhabitants of all the worlds as well as the race of the Devas and

Asuras with rays that nourish and energize.

 

8.

He (the presiding deity of the Sun) is indeed all these--Brahma, the

creator; Vishnu, the sustainer; Siva, the destroyer; Skanda, the

annihilator of all foes; Prajapati, Lord of all creatures; Mahendra,

the King of the celestial beings; Kubera, the dispenser of riches;

Kaala, the Lord of Time; Yama, the Lord of Death; Soma, the one that

nourishes; and the Lord of the Waters, Varuna.

 

9.

He is also the Pitrs, the ancestral Manes; the Vasus, the eight

dispersers of treasures; the Sadhyas, yogis turned semidivine; the

twin Aswini Devas, the celestial physicians; the Maruts (also

celestial beings); Manu, the all-knowing and the primeval Sovereign;

Vayu, the wind god; Agni, the god of fire; the vital air, sustaining

from within in all created beings; the maker of the six seasons by

virtue of his alternating forms of energy (heat, light, etc.), and

essentially the source of all light, the awakener of knowledge.

 

10.

The Sun is the son of Aditi (the mother of all Devas), the creator of

the universe, the inspirer of action, the courser in the heavens, the

sustainer, the illuminator of the directions, the golden-hued

brilliance, the golden Cosmic generative fluid, and the maker of the

Day.

 

11.

He is the All-pervading one with rays countless, the power behind the

seven sense organs (the two eyes, the two ears, the two nostrils and

the tongue) and the dispeller of darkness (ignorance). He is the

bestower of happiness and prosperity, inclusive of absolution; the

remover of the misfortunes of his votaries; the infuser of life in

the otherwise mundane egg of existence, and the Omnipresent being

whose rays penetrate everywhere.

 

12.

He is the primordial one who has become the Trinity--Brahma, Vishnu

and Rudra, the ambrosial soothing influence, the store-house of

riches (Aisvarya), the usherer in of the Day, the great teacher of

even Hiranyagarbha, the fire-wombed Narayana who has the fire of doom

within Himself; the son of Aditi, felicity that is supreme and vast

like the expanse, and the remover of intellectual stupor or evil-

mindedness.

 

13.

He is the Lord of the firmament; the Dispeller of darkness; the

Master par excellence of the three Vedas--Rig, Yajur and Sama; He

from whom comes the downpour of rain, the great dispenser of the

fruits of karma; the friend of the waters (fig., the friend and

benefactor of the pureminded), and the one who with one bound crossed

the Vindhya range; who sports in the Brahma Nadi.

 

14.

He is the one intensely absorbed in creating the cosmos, with form

circular (fig., adorned with gems Kaustubha and the like); He is the

inflicter of death (fig., destroyer of impediments); He is the yellow-

colored one (rising sun) (fig., the motive force of the Pingala Nadi

inducing action); He is the destroyer of all; He is the Omniscient

one whose form is the universe (fig., the sustainer of the universe);

and who is exceedingly energetic, the beloved of all and the

generator of all action.

 

15.

He is the Lord of stars, planets and constellations and the origin of

everything in the universe, the resplendent cause of the luster of

even the brilliant ones such as the sun, etc., the one sentient being

manifest in the twelve forms of the Sun. Salutations to Thee.

 

16.

Salutations to the presiding deity of the Eastern mountain where the

sun rises and the Western mountain where it sets; salutations to the

Lord of the stellar bodies and also to the Lord of Day.

 

17.

Salutations unto Him that ordains victory in the quest after

liberation and unto Him possessed of yellow steeds; salutations to

the thousand-rayed Lord (fig., of whose Part are the thousands of

souls) and to Aditya, salutations again.

 

18.

Salutations to the terrible one who is relentless to those who do not

keep their senses under control; the hero who ably directs his powers

in purposeful achievement such as the prowess in slaying Tripura,

etc., the one that traverses fast (fig., leading quickly to the

realization of Pranava, OM); salutations to the one whose emergence

makes the lotus blossom (fig., the awakener of the lotus in the

heart), and to the fierce and Omnipotent one.

 

19.

Salutations to the Over-Lord of Brahma, Siva and Achyuta, the

creator, destroyer and protector respectively; salutations to the

powerful and to the intrinsic effulgence in the Sun that is at once

the illuminator and the devourer of all and is of a form that is

fierce like that of Rudra.

 

20.

Salutations to the transcendental Atman that dispels darkness, drives

away all fear that grips like cold and destroys foes, both internal

and external; salutations also to the annihilator of the ungrateful

and to the Lord that rules over all stellar bodies.

 

21.

Salutations to the Lord shining like molten gold; salutations to the

transcendental fire, the fire of supreme knowledge; salutations to

the architect of the universe; salutations to the destroyer of

darkness, and salutations again to the effulgent sentience that is

also the cosmic witness.

 

22.

Salutations to the Lord who destroys everything that was and creates

them all again; salutations to Him who by His rays consumes the

waters, heats them up into water vapor and send them down again as

rain.

 

23

Salutations to the Lord who abides in the heart of all beings keeping

awake even when they are asleep. He is both sacrificial fire and the

fruit enjoyed by the worshipers thereof.

 

24.

The sun is indeed the Lord of all action in this universe. He is

verily the Vedas, the sacrifices ordained therein and the fruits

thereof.

 

25.

Oh Raghava, he who recites this hymn in times of peril, during

affliction, while lost in the wilderness and when beset with fear,

will not lose heart.

 

26.

Worship thou, Oh Raghava, this God of all gods, the almighty Lord of

the universe, with one-pointed devotion. Reciting this hymn thrice

you shall emerge victorious in battle.

 

27.

This very moment, oh mighty-armed one, you shall triumph over Ravana.

Having spoken thus, Agastya returned whence he had come.

 

28.

Having heard this, the illustrious Raghava became free from worry. He

felt himself fortified, full of ardor and greatly pleased.

 

29.

Gazing intently at Aditya and reciting the hymn, he experienced

supreme felicity. Purifying himself after sipping water thrice, the

mighty one took up his bow.

 

30.

Seeing Ravana in front of him, he was delighted and came forth to

fight. He put forth all his great effort determined on annihilating

Ravana.

 

31.

Then knowing that the destruction of the lord of the prowlers at

night was at hand, Aditya the Sun, the central figure in the assembly

of the Devas, looked at Rama with mind filled with delight and

exclaimed 'HURRY UP!'

 

 

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It is said that one who does suryopasana along with srividya raja

mantra will destory all his sins committed in crores of births and be

mentally very strong with lot of wealth.

 

This is a siddha Vaak!

 

Subodha.