Chhath Puja greeting shlokas

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1. 1तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि

   तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि।धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्॥

   Source: Rigveda 3.62.10 (the Gayatri mantra; seer Vishvamitra, deity Savitar)

   Meaning: We meditate on the choice radiance of the god Savitar; may he set our minds in motion.

   In the Rigveda the mantra begins with ‘tat savituh’; ‘Om bhur bhuvah svah’ is added before it in the practice of japa.

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2. 2चित्रं देवानामुदगादनीकं चक्षुर्मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः

   चित्रं देवानामुदगादनीकं चक्षुर्मित्रस्य वरुणस्याग्नेः।आप्रा द्यावापृथिवी अन्तरिक्षं सूर्य आत्मा जगतस्तस्थुषश्च॥

   Source: Rigveda 1.115.1 (seer Kutsa Angirasa, deity Surya)

   Meaning: The bright face of the gods has risen, the eye of Mitra, Varuna and Agni. It has filled heaven, earth and the space between. The Sun is the self of all that moves and all that stands still.

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3. 3तच्चक्षुर्देवहितं पुरस्ताच्छुक्रमुच्चरत्

   तच्चक्षुर्देवहितं पुरस्ताच्छुक्रमुच्चरत्।पश्येम शरदः शतं जीवेम शरदः शतं शृणुयाम शरदः शतंप्रब्रवाम शरदः शतमदीनाः स्याम शरदः शतं भूयश्च शरदः शतात्॥

   Source: Shukla Yajurveda (Vajasaneyi Madhyandina Samhita) 36.24

   Meaning: That bright eye, dear to the gods, is rising in the east. May we see a hundred autumns, live a hundred autumns, hear a hundred autumns, speak a hundred autumns, stand dependent on no one for a hundred autumns, and more than a hundred autumns.

   Mahidhara’s commentary names Surya as the deity of this mantra. It is also recited in the Shanti chapter of the Rudrashtadhyayi and in the Shukla Yajurveda sandhya.

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4. 4रश्मिमन्तं समुद्यन्तं देवासुरनमस्कृतम्

   रश्मिमन्तं समुद्यन्तं देवासुरनमस्कृतम्।पूजयस्व विवस्वन्तं भास्करं भुवनेश्वरम्॥

   Source: Aditya Hridayam, verse 6 (Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda; canto 105 in the Gita Press edition, canto 107 in editions of the southern text)

   Meaning: Worship Vivasvan, the rising one crowned with rays, honoured by gods and demons alike, the maker of light, the lord of the worlds.

   The sage Agastya teaches this hymn to Shri Rama, tired from battle.

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5. 5नमः पूर्वाय गिरये पश्चिमायाद्रये नमः

   नमः पूर्वाय गिरये पश्चिमायाद्रये नमः।ज्योतिर्गणानां पतये दिनाधिपतये नमः॥

   Source: Aditya Hridayam, verse 16 (Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda; canto 105 in the Gita Press edition, canto 107 in editions of the southern text)

   Meaning: Salutations to you as the eastern mountain where you rise, salutations to you as the western mountain where you set; salutations to the lord of the hosts of lights, the ruler of the day.

   At Chhath, arghya is offered to both the setting and the rising sun; this verse salutes the Sun as both the mountain of rising and the mountain of setting.

   Variant: The edition with the commentaries of Govindaraja and others (canto 107) reads ‘pashchime giraye namah’; Gita Press and sanskritdocuments.org read ‘pashchimayadraye namah’.

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6. 6जपाकुसुमसंकाशं काश्यपेयं महाद्युतिम्

   जपाकुसुमसंकाशं काश्यपेयं महाद्युतिम्।तमोऽरिं सर्वपापघ्नं प्रणतोऽस्मि दिवाकरम्॥

   Source: Navagraha Stotra, verse 1 (the hymn calls itself ‘sung from the mouth of Vyasa’)

   Meaning: I bow to Divakara, the Sun, red as the hibiscus flower, the son of Kashyapa, of great splendour, the enemy of darkness, who destroys every sin.

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7. 7आदिदेव नमस्तुभ्यं प्रसीद मम भास्कर

   आदिदेव नमस्तुभ्यं प्रसीद मम भास्कर।दिवाकर नमस्तुभ्यं प्रभाकर नमोऽस्तु ते॥

   Source: Suryashtakam, verse 1 (‘spoken by Shiva’ in the Gita Press Stotraratnavali; spoken by Samba in sanskritdocuments.org)

   Meaning: O first of the gods, salutations to you; O Bhaskara, be gracious to me. O Divakara, salutations to you; O Prabhakara, salutations to you.

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8. 8एहि सूर्य सहस्रांशो तेजोराशे जगत्पते

   एहि सूर्य सहस्रांशो तेजोराशे जगत्पते।अनुकम्पय मां देव गृहाणार्घ्यं नमोऽस्तु ते॥

   Source: A verse for offering arghya to the Sun: the Aditya Hridaya of the Bhavishyottara Purana (Krishna and Arjuna), verse 110, in the Brihat Stotra Ratnakar (Khemraj)

   Meaning: Come, O Sun of a thousand rays, treasure of light, lord of the world. Be kind to me, O god; accept this arghya. Salutations to you.

   The Gita Press Vrat-Parichay prescribes this verse for offering arghya to the Sun three times in the Paksha vrata. We did not find it in any scriptural rule for Chhath itself.

   Variant: The Gita Press Vrat-Parichay ends the verse with ‘grihanarghyam divakara’ (accept the arghya, O Divakara).

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9. 9वरदायै पुत्रदायै धनदायै नमो नमः

   वरदायै पुत्रदायै धनदायै नमो नमः।सुखदायै मोक्षदायै षष्ठीदेव्यै नमो नमः॥

   Source: The Shashthi Devi Stotra (the praise of King Priyavrata), Brahmavaivarta Purana, Prakriti Khanda, chapter 43, verse 58

   Meaning: Again and again, salutations to the goddess who grants boons, children and wealth; again and again, salutations to Shashthi Devi, who gives happiness and liberation.

   In folk tradition Chhathi Maiya is taken to be Shashthi Devi. According to the Brahmavaivarta Purana, King Priyavrata was granted a son after this praise.

   Variant: One copy on sanskritdocuments.org reads ‘sukhadayai mokshadayai cha’ in the second line.

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