Lord Chandra

śrī sūryacandrakalā stotram

(Sri Surya Chandrakala Stotram in English (IAST))

Also known as shri surya chandrakala stotram · shree surya chandrakala stotram · surya chandrakala stotram

A hymn addressed to the Sun and the Moon together, which is rare — they are almost always praised apart — and every verse ends on the same half-line, the Sun and the Moon are my refuge. The method is to name them as a pair in each verse and let the contrast do the work: lord of day and lord of night, beloved of Chāyā and of Rohiṇī, sprung from Kaśyapa and from Atri; the two chief planets, the flowering pair, lords of Leo and of Cancer, of rays too hot and rays not hot at all; one chariot with a single wheel and one with three, the two sole witnesses of the world. A later verse names their mothers side by side, the goddess called Aditi and the goddess called Anasūyā, and calls the two of them the makers of health and of gladness — the one thing they are asked for jointly rather than in contrast.

|| śrī sūryacandrakalā stotram ||
divānātha niśānāthau tau cchāyārohiṇipriyau |
kaśyapā'trisamudbhūtau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 1 ||
graharājau puṣpavantau siṃhakarkaṭakādhipau |
atyuṣṇānuṣṇakiraṇau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 2 ||
ekacakratricakrāḍhyarathau lokaikasākṣiṇau |
lasatpadmagadāhastau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 3 ||
dvādaśātmā sudhātmānau divākaraniśākarau |
saptamī daśamī jātau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 4 ||
adityākhyānasūyākhya devīgarbhasamudbhavau |
ārogyāhlādakartārau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 5 ||
mahātmānau cakravākacakoraprītikārakau |
sahasraṣoḍaśakalau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 6 ||
kaliṅgayamunādhīśau kamalotpalabāndhavau |
māṇikyamuktāsuprītau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 7 ||
śanitāreyajanakau vārdhiśoṣakatoṣakau |
vṛṣṭisasyākarakarau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 8 ||
viṣṇunetrātmakau rudrarathacakrātmakāvubhau |
rāmakṛṣṇānvayakarau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 9 ||
harisaptāśvadhavalau daśāśvau pāpahāriṇau |
siddhāntavyākṛtikarau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 10 ||
suvartulacatuṣkoṇamaṇḍalāḍhyau tamopahau |
godhūmataṇḍulaprītau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 11 ||
lokeśāvātapajjyotsnāśālinau rāhusūcakau |
mandehadevajetārau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 12 ||
aruṇākhyasubandhvākhyasārathī vyomacāriṇau |
mahādhvaraprakartārau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 13 ||
arkapālāśasuprītau prabhākarasudhākarau |
yamunānarmadātārau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 14 ||
pāṣāṇajvālavidrāvakāriṇau kālasūcakau |
viśākhākṛttikājātau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 15 ||
upendralakṣmīsahajau grahanakṣatranāyakau |
kṣatradvijamahārājau sūryacandrau gatirmama || 16 ||
śrīcāmuṇḍākṛpāpātra śrīkṛṣṇendravinirmitam |
vilasatpuṣpavat stotra kalāślokavirājitam || 17 ||
|| phalaśruti (Benefits) ||
idaṃ pāpaharaṃ stotraṃ sadā bhaktyā paṭhanti ye |
te labhante putrapautrādyāyurārogyasampadaḥ || 18 ||
|| iti śrī sūryacandrakalā stotram sampūrṇam ||

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