Brahma Krutha Surya Stuti (Hymn to Sun by Brahma)
brahmōvāca |
ādidēvō'si dēvānāmaiśvaryācca tvamīśvaraḥ |
ādikartā'si bhūtānāṃ dēvadēvō divākaraḥ || 1 ||
jīvanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ dēvagandharvarakṣasām |
munikinnarasiddhānāṃ tathaivōragapakṣiṇām || 2 ||
tvaṃ brahmā tvaṃ mahādēvastvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ prajāpatiḥ |
vāyurindraśca sōmaśca vivasvān varuṇastathā || 3 ||
tvaṃ kālaḥ sṛṣṭikartā ca hārtā bhartā tathā prabhuḥ |
saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailā vidyudindradaṇūṁṣi ca || 4 ||
pralayaḥ prabhavaścaēva vyaktāvyaktaḥ sanātanaḥ |
īśvarātparatō vidyā vidyāyāḥ parataḥ śivaḥ || 5 ||
śivātparatarō dēvastvamēva parameśvaraḥ |
sarvataḥ pāṇipādāntaḥ sarvatōkṣiśirōmukhaḥ || 6 ||
sahasrāṃśuḥ sahasrāsyaḥ sahasracaraṇēkṣaṇaḥ |
bhūtādirbhūrbhuvaḥ svasca maḥ satyaṃ tapō janaḥ || 7 ||
pradīptaṃ dīpanaṃ divyaṃ sarvalōkaprakāśakam |
durnirīkṣyaṃ surēṇḍrāṇāṃ yadrūpaṃ tasya tē namaḥ || 8 ||
surhasiddhagaṇaiḥ juṣṭaṃ bhṛgvattripulahādibhiḥ |
stutasya paramavyaktaṃ yadrūpaṃ tasya tē namaḥ || 9 ||
vēdyaṃ vēdavidāṃ nityaṃ sarvajñānasamanvitam |
sarvadēvādidēvasya yadrūpaṃ tasya tē namaḥ || 10 ||
viśvakṛddviśvabhūtaṃ ca vaiśvānarasurārcitam |
viśvasthitamavēdyaṃ ca yadrūpaṃ tasya tē namaḥ || 11 ||
paraṃ yajñātparaṃ vēdātparaṃ lōkātparaṃ divaḥ |
paramātmētyabhikhātāṃ yadrūpaṃ tasya tē namaḥ || 12 ||
avijñēyamanālakṣyamadhyānagatamavyayam |
anādinidhanaṃ caēva yadrūpaṃ tasya tē namaḥ || 13 ||
namō namaḥ kāraṇakāraṇāya
namō namaḥ pāpavimōcanāya |
namō namastē'ditivanditāya
namō namō rōgavināśanāya || 14 ||
namō namaḥ sarvavarapradāya
namō namaḥ sarvasukhapradāya |
namō namaḥ sarvadhanapradāya
namō namaḥ sarvamatipradāya || 15 ||
English Translation
Verse 1: Brahma said: "You are the first god of gods, by lordship you are the lord, you are the first creator of beings, the god of gods, O Sun (Divākara)."
Verse 2: You are the life of all beings—gods, Gandharvas, and Rākṣasas; sages, Kinnaras, and Siddhas; and likewise of snakes and birds.
Verse 3: You are Brahma, you are Mahādeva, you are Vishnu, you are Prajāpati. You are the wind, you are Indra, you are Soma, you are Vivasvān, you are Varuṇa likewise.
Verse 4: You are Time, you are the creator, you are the destroyer, you are the sustainer, thus you are the Lord. Rivers, oceans, mountains, lightning, Indra's bow—these are you.
Verse 5: You are the dissolution and the manifestation likewise, the manifest and unmanifest, the eternal one. You are higher than the highest lord, higher than the highest knowledge, higher than knowledge, Shiva.
Verse 6: Higher than Shiva, god, you alone are the supreme lord. Hands and feet everywhere, faces and eyes everywhere.
Verse 7: Of a thousand rays, of a thousand aspects, of a thousand feet and glances. Earth and the higher realms, and the highest realm, the moon, truth, austerity, and the being.
Verse 8: The shining, illuminating, divine one, the illuminator of all worlds—that form of yours, difficult to behold for the lords of gods—salutations to that.
Verse 9: Honored by hosts of gods and Siddhas, by Bhṛgu, Tripuṛha, and others—that very subtle form of yours, praised—salutations to that.
Verse 10: To be known, to be known by knowers of the Vedas, always, accompanied with all knowledge—that form of yours, the highest god of all gods—salutations to that.
Verse 11: The creator of all, the become of all, worshipped by Viśvānara and gods, the abiding of all, the unknowable—that form of yours—salutations to that.
Verse 12: Higher than the highest sacrifice, higher than the highest Veda, higher than the highest world, higher than the highest heaven, renowned as the Supreme Self—that form of yours—salutations to that.
Verse 13: Unknowable, unperceivable, attained in meditation, imperishable, without beginning or end—that form of yours—salutations to that.
Verse 14: Salutations, salutations to the cause of causes. Salutations, salutations to the liberator from sins. Salutations, salutations to you, praised by Aditi. Salutations, salutations to the destroyer of diseases.
Verse 15: Salutations, salutations to the giver of all boons. Salutations, salutations to the giver of all happiness. Salutations, salutations to the giver of all wealth. Salutations, salutations to the giver of all wisdom.
Notes
About Brahma Krutha Surya Stuti
This is a hymn to the Sun God (Sūrya) composed by Brahmā, the creator god. It consists of approximately 15 verses containing multiple salutations (namaḥ namah) to various aspects of the Sun.
Key Aspects of Sūrya Described:
Names and Epithets:
Bhāskara - maker of light
Divākara - maker of day
Prabhākara - maker of brilliance
Marīci - ray of light
Colors and Forms:
Red-eyed (Lohita)
Red garments (Raktavāsa)
Blue form (Nīla)
Many forms (Bahu-rūpa)
Functions:
Giver of rain
Illuminator of all worlds
Sustainer of beings
Destroyer and devourer
Embodiment of Time (Kāla)
Cosmic Role:
Connected to Praṇava (Oṃ)
Source of life for beings
Conqueror of death
Well-wisher of all creatures
This stuti is traditionally recited to propitiate Sūrya and is believed to grant health, longevity, and protection from ailments. The Sun is worshipped both as a physical entity and as the representation of the Supreme Consciousness that illumines all existence.
See the Sanskrit source
Sanskrit source
ब्रह्मकृत सूर्यस्तुतिः
देवनागरी
ब्रह्मोवाच |
आदिदेवोऽसि देवानामैश्वर्याच्च त्वमीश्वरः |
आदिकर्ताऽसि भूतानां देवदेवो दिवाकरः ॥ १ ॥
जीवनः सर्वभूतानां देवगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् |
मुनिकिन्नरसिद्धानां तथैवोरगपक्षिणाम् ॥ २ ॥
त्वं ब्रह्मा त्वं महादेवस्त्वं विष्णुस्त्वं प्रजापतिः |
वायुरिन्द्रश्च सोमश्च विवस्वान् वरुणस्तथा ॥ ३ ॥
त्वं कालः सृष्टिकर्ता च हर्ता भर्ता तथा प्रभुः |
सरितः सागराः शैला विद्युदिन्द्रधनूंषि च ॥ ४ ॥
प्रलयः प्रभवश्चैव व्यक्ताव्यक्तः सनातनः |
ईश्वरात्परतो विद्या विद्यायाः परतः शिवः ॥ ५ ॥
शिवात्परतरो देवस्त्वमेव परमेश्वरः |
सर्वतः पाणिपादान्तः सर्वतोक्षिशिरोमुखः ॥ ६ ॥
सहस्रांशुः सहस्रास्यः सहस्रचरणेक्षणः |
भूतादिर्भूर्भुवः स्वश्च महः सत्यं तपो जनः ॥ ७ ॥
प्रदीप्तं दीपनं दिव्यं सर्वलोकप्रकाशकम् |
दुर्निरीक्ष्यं सुरेन्द्राणां यद्रूपं तस्य ते नमः ॥ ८ ॥
सुरसिद्धगणैर्जुष्टं भृग्वत्रिपुलहादिभिः |
स्तुतस्य परमव्यक्तं यद्रूपं तस्य ते नमः ॥ ९ ॥
वेद्यं वेदविदां नित्यं सर्वज्ञानसमन्वितम् |
सर्वदेवाधिदेवस्य यद्रूपं तस्य ते नमः ॥ १० ॥
विश्वकृद्विश्वभूतं च वैश्वानरसुरार्चितम् |
विश्वस्थितमवेद्यं च यद्रूपं तस्य ते नमः ॥ ११ ॥
परं यज्ञात्परं वेदात्परं लोकात्परं दिवः |
परमात्मेत्यभिख्यातं यद्रूपं तस्य ते नमः ॥ १२ ॥
अविज्ञेयमनालक्ष्यमध्यानगतमव्ययम् |
अनादिनिधनं चैव यद्रूपं तस्य ते नमः ॥ १३ ॥
नमो नमः कारणकारणाय
नमो नमः पापविमोचनाय |
नमो नमस्तेऽदितिवन्दिताय
नमो नमो रोगविनाशनाय ॥ १४ ॥
नमो नमः सर्ववरप्रदाय
नमो नमः सर्वसुखप्रदाय |
नमो नमः सर्वधनप्रदाय
नमो नमः सर्वमतिप्रदाय ॥ १५ ॥