छाया मार्ताण्ड सम्भूतं तं नमामि शनैश्चरम् ॥ 1 ॥
- नील-अञ्जन-सम-आभासम् (nīla-añjana-sama-ābhāsam)shining dark as black collyrium
- रवि-पुत्रम् (ravi-putram)son of Ravi, the sun
- यम-अग्रजम् (yama-agrajam)elder brother of Yama
- छाया-मार्ताण्ड-सम्भूतम् (chāyā-mārtāṇḍa-sambhūtam)born of Chāyā and Mārtāṇḍa
- तम् (tam)to him
- नमामि (namāmi)I bow
- शनैश्चरम् (śanaiścaram)Śanaiścara, the slow-mover, Saturn
शरण्याय वरेण्याय सर्वेशाय नमोनमः ॥ 2 ॥
- शनैश्चराय (śanaiścarāya)to Śanaiścara
- शान्ताय (śāntāya)to the peaceful one
- सर्व-अभीष्ट-प्रदायिने (sarva-abhīṣṭa-pradāyine)to the granter of every desire
- शरण्याय (śaraṇyāya)to him who is worth taking refuge in
- वरेण्याय (vareṇyāya)to the most choice-worthy
- सर्व-ईशाय (sarva-īśāya)to the lord of all
- नमः नमः (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
भानुपुत्राय भव्याय पावनाय नमोनमः ॥ 3 ॥
- स्तुत्याय (stutyāya)to the praiseworthy
- स्तोत्र-गम्याय (stotra-gamyāya)to him who is reached through hymns
- भक्ति-वश्याय (bhakti-vaśyāya)to him who is won over by devotion
- भानवे (bhānave)to the shining one
- भानु-पुत्राय (bhānu-putrāya)to the son of Bhānu, the sun
- भव्याय (bhavyāya)to the auspicious
- पावनाय (pāvanāya)to the purifier
- नमः नमः (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
तनु प्रकाशदेहाय तामसाय नमोनमः ॥ 4 ॥
- धनुर्-मण्डल-संस्थाय (dhanur-maṇḍala-saṃsthāya)to him established in the arc of Dhanus, the sign of the Bow
- धनदाय (dhanadāya)to the giver of wealth
- धनुष्मते (dhanuṣmate)to the bearer of the bow
- तनु-प्रकाश-देहाय (tanu-prakāśa-dehāya)to him whose body glows with a thin light
- तामसाय (tāmasāya)to the dark one, of the quality of tamas
- नमः नमः (namaḥ namaḥ)salutation upon salutation
चतुर्भुजं देवं तं शनिं प्रणमाम्यहम् ॥ 5 ॥
- ज्वालोर्ध-मकुट-आभासम् (jvālordha-makuṭa-ābhāsam)shining with a crown of upward-leaping flame
- नील-गृध्र-रथ-आवहम् (nīla-gṛdhra-ratha-āvaham)borne in a chariot drawn by blue vultures
- चतुर्-भुजम् (catur-bhujam)four-armed
- देवम् (devam)the god
- तम् (tam)him
- शनिम् (śanim)Śani
- प्रणमामि (praṇamāmi)I bow to
- अहम् (aham)I
धीमहि तन्न श्शनिः प्रचोदयात् ॥
- ॐ (oṃ)the sacred syllable
- काल-रूपाय (kāla-rūpāya)him whose form is Time
- विद्महे (vidmahe)may we know
- वार-अधिपाय (vāra-adhipāya)the lord of the weekday
- धीमहि (dhīmahi)may we meditate upon
- तत् (tat)may that
- नः (naḥ)us
- शनिः (śaniḥ)Śani
- प्रचोदयात् (pracodayāt)impel onward
