Surya Sahasranama

सूर्य

Sūrya

ॐ सूर्याय नमः

The Sun himself, the impeller who stirs and quickens all that lives

आदित्य

Āditya

ॐ आदित्याय नमः

Son of Aditi, the boundless one, child of the unbounded mother

रवि

Ravi

ॐ रवये नमः

The one who is praised aloud, whose rising is greeted with sound and hymn

भानु

Bhānu

ॐ भानवे नमः

The shining one, pure lustre, light that needs no other light to be seen

भास्कर

Bhāskara

ॐ भास्कराय नमः

The maker of light, the one who fashions brightness and casts it upon the world

दिवाकर

Divākara

ॐ दिवाकराय नमः

The maker of day, who cleaves the night and lays a whole day open before us

विवस्वान्

Vivasvān

ॐ विवस्वते नमः

The one who shines abroad, radiance spread wide; father of Manu and Yama

मार्तण्ड

Mārtaṇḍa

ॐ मार्तण्डाय नमः

Born of the lifeless egg, the one who blazed alive out of what seemed dead

सवितृ

Savitṛ

ॐ सवित्रे नमः

The vivifier, the impeller of all life, the Sun invoked in the Gayatri

अर्क

Arka

ॐ अर्काय नमः

The radiant one worthy of worship, the flame that is also a hymn

मिहिर

Mihira

ॐ मिहिराय नमः

The one who showers, sender of the rain his heat first lifts to the clouds

पूषन्

Pūṣan

ॐ पूष्णे नमः

The nourisher and guardian of paths, who feeds all and guides the traveller

अर्यमन्

Aryaman

ॐ अर्यम्णे नमः

The noble one, Aditya of honour, keeper of vows, friendship and lineage

मित्र

Mitra

ॐ मित्राय नमः

The friend of all beings, the Sun who greets every creature without partiality

धातृ

Dhātṛ

ॐ धात्रे नमः

The upholder and ordainer, who sustains the order of days and worlds

प्रभाकर

Prabhākara

ॐ प्रभाकराय नमः

The maker of splendour, source of the outstreaming brilliance called prabhā

तपन

Tapana

ॐ तपनाय नमः

The one who gives warmth and heat, the burning power that ripens and purifies

अहस्कर

Ahaskara

ॐ अहस्कराय नमः

The maker of daytime, whose presence in the sky is the very substance of day

दिनकर

Dinakara

ॐ दिनकराय नमः

The maker of the day, who parcels endless time into measured, workable days

दिनमणि

Dinamaṇi

ॐ दिनमणये नमः

The jewel of the day, the single gem that adorns the whole vault of the sky

ग्रहपति

Grahapati

ॐ ग्रहपतये नमः

The lord of the planets, king around whom the nine grahas turn

अंशुमाली

Aṃśumālī

ॐ अंशुमालिने नमः

The one garlanded with rays, wearing a wreath of light around his blazing head

ब्रध्न

Bradhna

ॐ ब्रध्नाय नमः

The ruddy-golden great one, the tawny Sun of the ancient Vedic verses

विभावसु

Vibhāvasu

ॐ विभावसवे नमः

The one whose wealth is radiance, rich in light as another is rich in gold

हंस

Haṃsa

ॐ हंसाय नमः

The swan of the sky, pure white radiance gliding across the heavens; the supreme Self

त्विषाम्पति

Tviṣāmpati

ॐ त्विषाम्पतये नमः

The lord of splendours, master of every gleam and glitter in creation

गभस्तिमान्

Gabhastimān

ॐ गभस्तिमते नमः

The one possessed of rays, whose whole body is made of outreaching beams

सूर

Sūra

ॐ सूराय नमः

The shining, valorous one, the bright hero of the heavens

अरुण

Aruṇa

ॐ अरुणाय नमः

The reddish one, the rose-gold sun of first light before the full blaze

भग

Bhaga

ॐ भगाय नमः

The dispenser of fortune, the Aditya who apportions prosperity and good share to all

तेजोराशि

Tejorāśi

ॐ तेजोराशये नमः

The heaped mass of splendour, in whom all the fire of the worlds is gathered into one blaze

तेजोमय

Tejomaya

ॐ तेजोमयाय नमः

The one made wholly of splendour, without a single dark thread in his being

तेजस्वी

Tejasvī

ॐ तेजस्विने नमः

The radiant one, possessed of a splendour that commands and dispels all dullness

प्रकाशात्मन्

Prakāśātman

ॐ प्रकाशात्मने नमः

The one whose very Self is light, the luminous soul at the heart of all that is seen

प्रकाशरूप

Prakāśarūpa

ॐ प्रकाशरूपाय नमः

The one whose very form is light, seen not by light but as light itself

ज्योतिर्मय

Jyotirmaya

ॐ ज्योतिर्मयाय नमः

The one woven entirely of luminous flame, the living substance of light

ज्योतिःस्वरूप

Jyotiḥsvarūpa

ॐ ज्योतिःस्वरूपाय नमः

The one whose own true nature is light, luminosity needing nothing to make it shine

सहस्रांशु

Sahasrāṃśu

ॐ सहस्रांशवे नमः

The thousand-rayed one, whose single disc sends out a thousand shafts of light

सहस्रकिरण

Sahasrakiraṇa

ॐ सहस्रकिरणाय नमः

The one of a thousand rays, whose beams touch every corner of the waking world

सहस्रदीधिति

Sahasradīdhiti

ॐ सहस्रदीधितये नमः

The one of a thousand shining beams, whose steady glow never flickers or fails

दीप्तांशु

Dīptāṃśu

ॐ दीप्तांशवे नमः

The one of blazing rays, whose kindled shafts burn away mist, cold and delusion

दीप्तिमान्

Dīptimān

ॐ दीप्तिमते नमः

The possessor of brilliance, in whom radiance is not an act but a settled wealth

अंशुमान्

Aṃśumān

ॐ अंशुमते नमः

The rayed one, rich in filaments of light that stream from his single disc

गभस्तिहस्त

Gabhastihasta

ॐ गभस्तिहस्ताय नमः

The one whose hands are rays, reaching out to bless the earth with fingers of light

मरीचिमाली

Marīcimālī

ॐ मरीचिमालिने नमः

The one garlanded with rays, wearing a wreath of light around his shining head

किरणमाली

Kiraṇamālī

ॐ किरणमालिने नमः

The one wreathed in a garland of beams, crowned by the encircling rays of dawn

भासुर

Bhāsura

ॐ भासुराय नमः

The shining one, gleaming and bright, whose very presence gladdens the eye

उज्ज्वल

Ujjvala

ॐ उज्ज्वलाय नमः

The blazing bright one, flaming upward with a clear and spotless fire

दीप्तकिरण

Dīptakiraṇa

ॐ दीप्तकिरणाय नमः

The one of kindled rays, whose beams burn bright at noon over a wakened world

सुप्रभ

Suprabha

ॐ सुप्रभाय नमः

The one of fair and lovely radiance, whose glow is gentle even as it is bright