नाडी च त्वं शरीरस्था गीयसे प्राक्तनैर्बुधैः । हृत्पद्मस्था प्राणशक्तिः कण्ठस्था स्वप्ननायिका
You are the subtle channel within the body, praised by the sages of old; you are the vital power abiding in the heart-lotus, the mistress of dreams residing in the throat.
तालुस्था त्वं सदाधारा बिन्दुस्था बिन्दुमालिनी । मूले तु कुण्डलीशक्तिर्व्यापिनी केशमूलगा
You ever dwell as the foundation at the palate, as the garlanded point in the bindu; at the root you are the coiled power, and you pervade up to the roots of the hair.
शिखामध्यासना त्वं हि शिखाग्रे तु मनोन्मनी । किमन्यद्बहुनोक्तेन यत्किञ्चिज्जगतीत्रये
You are seated in the middle of the crown, and at its tip you are the mind-transcending one; what need is there of many words? Whatever exists in the three worlds—
तत्सर्वं त्वं महादेवि श्रिये सन्ध्ये नमोऽस्तु ते । इतीदं कीर्तितं स्तोत्रं सन्ध्यायां बहुपुण्यदम्
All that, O Great Goddess, is you. O Auspicious One, O Sandhya, I bow to you. Thus this hymn to Sandhya, bestower of great merit, has been proclaimed.
महापापप्रशमनं महासिद्धिविधायकम् । य इदं कीर्तयेत्स्तोत्रं सन्ध्याकाले समाहितः
It removes great sins and bestows great accomplishments; whoever recites this hymn to Sandhya with concentration at twilight—
अपुत्रः प्राप्नुयात्युत्रं धनार्थी धनमाप्नुयात् । सर्वतीर्थतपोदानयज्ञयोगफलं लभेत्
A childless person obtains a son, one desiring wealth gains riches; one attains the fruit of all pilgrimages, austerities, gifts, sacrifices, and yogic practices.
भोगान्भुक्त्वा चिरं कालमन्ते मोक्षमवाप्नुयात् । तपस्विभिः कृतं स्तोत्रं स्नानकाले तु यः पठेत्
After enjoying pleasures for a long time, in the end one attains liberation; whoever recites this hymn composed by ascetics at the time of bathing—
यत्र कुत्र जले मग्नः सन्ध्यामज्जनजं फलम् । लभते नात्र सन्देहः सत्यं सत्यं च नारद
Wherever one may be immersed in water, one obtains the fruit of bathing at Sandhya; there is no doubt about this, it is true, it is true, O Narada.
शृणुयाद्योऽपि तद्भक्त्या स तु पापात्प्रमुच्यते । पीयूषसदृशं वाक्यं सन्ध्योक्तं नारदेरितम्
Even one who listens to it with devotion is freed from sin; these words spoken by Sandhya, declared by Narada, are like nectar.
गायत्रीसहस्रनामस्तोत्रवर्णनम् नारद उवाच भगवन्सर्वधर्मज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद । श्रुतिस्मृतिपुराणानां रहस्यं त्वन्मुखाच्छ्रुतम्
The description of the hymn of a thousand names of Gayatri.
सर्वपापहरं देव येन विद्या प्रवर्तते । केन वा ब्रह्मविज्ञानं किं नु वा मोक्षसाधनम्
Narada said: O Lord, knower of all dharma, expert in all scriptures, I have heard the secret of the Vedas, Smritis, and Puranas from your lips.
ब्राह्मणानां गतिः केन केन वा मृत्युनाशनम् । ऐहिकामुष्मिकफलं केन वा पद्मलोचन
By what is all sin destroyed, O God, by what does knowledge arise, or by what is liberation attained?
वक्तुमर्हस्यशेषेण सर्वं निखिलमादितः । श्रीनारायण उवाच साधु साधु महाप्राज्ञ सम्यक् पृष्टं त्वयानघ
By what do Brahmins attain their goal, by what is death overcome, and by what is the fruit of this world and the next obtained, O Lotus-eyed One?
शृणु वक्ष्यामि यत्नेन गायत्र्यष्टसहस्रकम् । नाम्नां शुभानां दिव्यानां सर्वपापविनाशनम्
You should tell me everything in full from the beginning. Shri Narayana said: Excellent, excellent, O great wise one, you have asked well, O sinless one.
सृष्ट्यादौ यद्भगवता पूर्वं प्रोक्तं ब्रवीमि ते । अष्टोत्तरसहस्रस्य ऋषिर्ब्रह्मा प्रकीर्तितः
Listen, I will tell you with care the eight-thousand names of Gayatri, auspicious and divine, destroyers of all sin.
छन्दोऽनुष्टुप् तथा देवी गायत्री देवता स्मृता । हलो बीजानि तस्यैव स्वराः शक्तय ईरिताः
What was formerly spoken by the Blessed Lord at the beginning of creation, I will tell you; Brahma is declared as the seer of these eight thousand and eight names.
अङ्गन्यासकरन्यासावुच्येते मातृकाक्षरैः । अथ ध्यानं प्रवक्ष्यामि साधकानां हिताय वै
The meter is Anushtubh, and the goddess Gayatri is remembered as the deity; the consonants are its seeds, and the vowels are said to be its powers.
रक्तश्वेतहिरण्यनीलधवलैर्युक्तां त्रिनेत्रोज्ज्वलां रक्तां रक्तनवस्रजं मणिगणैर्युक्तां कुमारीमिमाम् । गायत्रीं कमलासनां करतलव्यानद्धकुण्डाम्बुजां पद्माक्षीं च वरस्रजं च दधतीं हंसाधिरूढां भजे
The rites of touching the limbs and hands are prescribed with the letters of the alphabet; now I will declare the meditation for the benefit of practitioners.
अचिन्त्यलक्षणाव्यक्ताप्यर्थमातृमहेश्वरी । अमृतार्णवमध्यस्थाप्यजिता चापराजिता
I worship this maiden Gayatri, shining with red, white, golden, and blue hues, three-eyed and radiant, red in color, adorned with fresh red garlands and jewels, seated on a lotus, holding a water-pot and lotus in her hands, lotus-eyed, wearing a beautiful garland, and mounted upon a swan.
अणिमादिगुणाधाराप्यर्कमण्डलसंस्थिता । अजराजापराधर्मा अक्षसूत्रधराधरा
She is the support of the powers beginning with aṇimā, established in the solar orb; ageless, sovereign, beyond all unrighteousness, and the bearer of the rosary and the mountain.
अकारादिक्षकारान्ताप्यरिषड्वर्गभेदिनी । अञ्जनाद्रिप्रतीकाशाप्यञ्जनाद्रिनिवासिनी
She extends from the letter 'a' to 'kṣa', destroyer of the six inner enemies; radiant as Mount Añjana, and dwelling upon Mount Añjana.
अदितिश्चाजपाविद्याप्यरविन्दनिभेक्षणा । अन्तर्बहिःस्थिताविद्याध्वंसिनी चान्तरात्मिका
She is Aditi, the knowledge of ajapā, with eyes like lotuses; present within and without, the destroyer of ignorance, and the inner soul.
अजा चाजमुखावासाप्यरविन्दनिभानना । अर्धमात्रार्थदानज्ञाप्यरिमण्डलमर्दिनी
Unborn, dwelling in the mouth of the unborn, with a face shining like a lotus; knower of the meaning of the half-syllable, crusher of the circle of enemies.
असुरघ्नीह्यमावास्याप्यलक्ष्मीघ्न्यन्त्यजार्चिता । आदिलक्ष्मीश्चादिशक्तिराकृतिश्चायतानना
Destroyer of demons, presiding over the new moon, remover of misfortune, worshipped by the outcastes; the first Lakṣmī, the primal power, the very form of creation, with a broad face.
आदित्यपदवीचाराप्यादित्यपरिसेविता । आचार्यावर्तनाचाराप्यादिमूर्तिनिवासिनी
She moves upon the path of the sun, attended by the sun, her conduct is the revolution of the teacher, dwelling in the primal form.
आग्नेयी चामरी चाद्या चाराध्या चासनस्थिता । आधारनिलयाधारा चाकाशान्तनिवासिनी
She is of the fire element, the first, the one to be worshipped, seated upon her seat; the foundation of all, abiding in the expanse of space.
आद्याक्षरसमायुक्ता चान्तराकाशरूपिणी । आदित्यमण्डलगता चान्तरध्वान्तनाशिनी
United with the primal syllable, of the form of the inner sky; abiding in the solar orb, destroyer of inner darkness.
इन्दिरा चेष्टदा चेष्टा चेन्दीवरनिभेक्षणा । इरावती चेन्द्रपदा चेन्द्राणी चेन्दुरूपिणी
She is Indirā, bestower of activity, the act itself, with eyes like blue lotuses; Irāvatī, of the path of the moon, queen of the gods, of the form of the moon.
इक्षुकोदण्डसंयुक्ता चेषुसन्धानकारिणी । इन्द्रनीलसमाकारा चेडापिङ्गलरूपिणी
She is joined with the sugarcane bow, the one who sets the arrow; of the form of blue sapphire, and with a tawny form.
इन्द्राक्षी चेश्वरी देवी चेहात्रयविवर्जिता । उमा चोषा ह्युडुनिभा उर्वारुकफलानना
She is Indrākṣī, the sovereign goddess, free from the three worlds; Umā, the dawn, shining like the moon, with a face like the fruit of the cucumber.