- Doha
कनक बदन कुण्डल मकर, मुक्ता माला अङ्ग।
पद्मासन स्थित ध्याइए, शंख चक्र के सङ्ग॥
Kanak badan kundal makar, mukta mala anga.
Padmasan sthit dhyaie, shankh chakra ke sanga ||
Meditate on Surya with a golden face, makara-shaped earrings and a pearl garland on his body, seated on a lotus, holding the conch and the discus.
- Chaupai 1
जय सविता जय जयति दिवाकर।
सहस्रांशु सप्ताश्व तिमिरहर॥
Jay savita jay jayti divakar.
Sahasranshu saptashva timirhar ||
Victory to you, Savita; victory, victory to you, Diwakar: thousand-rayed, drawn by seven horses, remover of darkness.
- Chaupai 2
भानु पतंग मरीची भास्कर।
सविता हंस सुनूर विभाकर॥
Bhanu patang marichi bhaskar.
Savita hans sunoor vibhakar ||
You are Bhanu, Patang, Marichi, Bhaskar, Savita, Hamsa, Sunur and Vibhakar. (These are names and epithets of Surya.)
- Chaupai 3
विवस्वान आदित्य विकर्तन।
मार्तण्ड हरिरूप विरोचन॥
Vivasvan aaditya vikartan.
Martanda hariroop virochan ||
You are Vivasvan, Aditya, Vikartan, Martand, Harirup and Virochan.
- Chaupai 4
अम्बरमणि खग रवि कहलाते।
वेद हिरण्यगर्भ कह गाते॥
Ambaramni khag ravi kahlate.
Ved hiranyagarbha kah gate ||
You are called Ambarmani (jewel of the sky), Khag and Ravi; the Vedas sing of you as Hiranyagarbha.
- Chaupai 5
सहस्रांशु प्रद्योतन कहि कहि।
मुनिगन होत प्रसन्न मोदलहि॥
Sahasranshu pradyotan kahi kahi.
Munigan hot prasanna modalhi ||
Calling you Sahasranshu and Pradyotan again and again, the sages rejoice and find delight.
- Chaupai 6
अरुण सदृश सारथी मनोहर।
हाँकत हय साता चढ़ि रथ पर॥
Arun sadrish sarthi manohar.
Hankat hay sata chadhi rath par ||
A charming charioteer like Arun mounts the chariot and drives the seven horses.
- Chaupai 7
मंडल की महिमा अति न्यारी।
तेज रूप केरी बलिहारी॥
Mandal ki mahima ati nyari.
Tej roop keri balihari ||
The glory of your orb is wondrous; I offer myself to your radiant form.
- Chaupai 8
उच्चैःश्रवा सदृश हय जोते।
देखि पुरंदर लज्जित होते॥
Uchchaihshrava sadrish hay jote.
Dekhi purandar lajjit hote ||
Horses like Uchchaihshravas are yoked to your chariot; seeing them, even Indra (Purandar) is abashed.
- Chaupai 9
मित्र मरीचि भानु अरुण भास्कर।
सविता सूर्य अर्क खग कलिकर॥
Mitra marichi bhanu arun bhaskar.
Savita soorya arka khag kalikar ||
Mitra, Marichi, Bhanu, Arun, Bhaskar, Savita, Surya, Ark, Khag, Kalikar,
- Chaupai 10
पूषा रवि आदित्य नाम लै।
हिरण्यगर्भाय नमः कहिकै॥
Poosha ravi aaditya naam lai.
Hiranyagarbhay namah kahikai ||
Pusha, Ravi and Aditya: taking these names and saying “Hiranyagarbhaya namah”,
- Chaupai 11
द्वादस नाम प्रेम सों गावैं।
मस्तक बारह बार नवावैं॥
Dvadas naam prem son gavain.
Mastak barah bar navavain ||
those who sing these twelve names with love and bow their heads twelve times,
- Chaupai 12
चार पदारथ सो जन पावै।
दुःख दारिद्र अघ पुंज नसावै॥
Chaar padarath so jan pavai.
Duhkh daridra agh punj nasavai ||
gain, the Chalisa says, the four aims of life (dharma, artha, kama and moksha), and their sorrow, poverty and heaps of sin are destroyed.
- Chaupai 13
नमस्कार को चमत्कार यह।
विधि हरिहर को कृपासार यह॥
Namaskar ko chamatkar yah.
Vidhi harihar ko kripasar yah ||
This is the wonder of the salutation; it is the essence of the grace of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.
- Chaupai 14
सेवै भानु तुमहिं मन लाई।
अष्टसिद्धि नवनिधि तेहिं पाई॥
Sevai bhanu tumhin man laee.
Ashtasiddhi navnidhi tehin paee ||
O Bhanu, whoever serves you with a settled mind, the Chalisa says, gains the eight siddhis and the nine treasures.
- Chaupai 15
बारह नाम उच्चारन करते।
सहस जनम के पातक टरते॥
Barah naam uchcharan karte.
Sahas janam ke patak tarte ||
The Chalisa says that by uttering the twelve names, the sins of a thousand births fall away.
- Chaupai 16
उपाख्यान जो करते तवजन।
रिपु सों जमलहते सोतेहि छन॥
Upakhyan jo karte tavjan.
Ripu son jamlahte sotehi chhan ||
Your devotees who tell your story: their enemies, the Chalisa says, meet Yama that very moment. (The word division of the second line is unclear; this meaning follows the reading “jam lahte so tehi chhan”.)
- Chaupai 17
धन सुत जुत परिवार बढ़तु है।
प्रबल मोह को फंद कटतु है॥
Dhan sut jut parivar badhtu hai.
Prabal moh ko phand kattu hai ||
Wealth grows, and the family with its children, the Chalisa says, and the strong noose of delusion is cut.
- Chaupai 18
अर्क शीश को रक्षा करते।
रवि ललाट पर नित्य बिहरते॥
Arka shish ko raksha karte.
Ravi lalat par nitya biharte ||
Ark guards the head and Ravi always dwells on the forehead. (From here to chaupai 28 runs an armour of Surya’s names.)
- Chaupai 19
सूर्य नेत्र पर नित्य विराजत।
कर्ण देस पर दिनकर छाजत॥
Soorya netra par nitya virajat.
Karna des par dinkar chhajat ||
Surya always rests upon the eyes, and Dinkar shines upon the ears.
- Chaupai 20
भानु नासिका वास करहु नित।
भास्कर करत सदा मुख को हित॥
Bhanu nasika vas karhu nit.
Bhaskar karat sada mukh ko hit ||
Bhanu, dwell always in the nose; Bhaskar ever does good to the mouth.
- Chaupai 21
ओंठ रहैं पर्जन्य हमारे।
रसना बीच तीक्ष्ण बस प्यारे॥
Onth rahain parjanya hamare.
Rasna bich tikshna bas pyare ||
May Parjanya stay on our lips, and the beloved Tikshna dwell on the tongue.
- Chaupai 22
कंठ सुवर्ण रेत की शोभा।
तिग्म तेजसः कांधे लोभा॥
Kanth suvarna ret ki shobha.
Tigma tejsah kandhe lobha ||
May Suvarnareta adorn the throat, and Tigmateja grace the shoulders.
- Chaupai 23
पूषां बाहू मित्र पीठहिं पर।
त्वष्टा वरुण रहत सुउष्णकर॥
Pooshan bahoo mitra pithhin par.
Tvashta varun rahat suushnakar ||
Pusha guards the arms and Mitra the back; Tvashta, Varuna and the warm-rayed one stay close as well.
- Chaupai 24
युगल हाथ पर रक्षा कारन।
भानुमान उरसर्म सुउदरचन॥
Yugal haath par raksha karan.
Bhanuman ursarma suudarchan ||
For the protection of both hands, and of the chest and belly, may Bhanuman be present. (Some words of this line are unclear.)
- Chaupai 25
बसत नाभि आदित्य मनोहर।
कटि मंह हंस रहत मन मुदभर॥
Basat nabhi aaditya manohar.
Kati manh hans rahat man mudbhar ||
Charming Aditya dwells in the navel, and Hamsa rests joyfully at the waist.
- Chaupai 26
जंघा गोपति सविता बासा।
गुप्त दिवाकर करत हुलासा॥
Jangha gopti savita basa.
Gupta divakar karat hulasa ||
Gopati and Savita dwell in the thighs, and Diwakar joyfully guards the private parts.
- Chaupai 27
विवस्वान पद की रखवारी।
बाहर बसते नित तम हारी॥
Vivasvan pad ki rakhvari.
Bahar baste nit tam hari ||
Vivasvan watches over the feet, and the dispeller of darkness dwells always outside as well.
- Chaupai 28
सहस्रांशु सर्वांग सम्हारै।
रक्षा कवच विचित्र विचारे॥
Sahasranshu sarvang samharai.
Raksha kavach vichitra vichare ||
Sahasranshu watches over the whole body. Such is this wondrous armour of protection.
- Chaupai 29
अस जोजन अपने मन माहीं।
भय जग बीच करहुं तेहि नाहीं॥
As jojan apne man mahin.
Bhay jag bich karhun tehi nahin ||
Whoever holds this in mind, the Chalisa says, has nothing in the world to fear.
- Chaupai 30
दरिद्र कुष्ठ तेहि कबहुँ न व्यापै।
जोजन याको मन मंह जापै॥
Daridra kushtha tehi kabahun na vyapai.
Jojan yako man manh japai ||
The Chalisa says that poverty and leprosy never touch one who recites this in the mind.
- Chaupai 31
अंधकार जग का जो हरता।
नव प्रकाश से आनन्द भरता॥
Andhakar jag ka jo harta.
Nav prakash se aananda bharta ||
He who takes away the darkness of the world and fills it with joy through new light,
- Chaupai 32
ग्रह गन ग्रसि न मिटावत जाही।
कोटि बार मैं प्रनवौं ताही॥
Grah gan grasi na mitavat jahi.
Koti bar main pranvaun tahi ||
whom even the hosts of planets cannot swallow and blot out: to him I bow ten million times.
- Chaupai 33
मंद सदृश सुत जग में जाके।
धर्मराज सम अद्भुत बाँके॥
Mand sadrish sut jag mein jake.
Dharmaraj sam adbhut banke ||
His sons in the world are wondrous and mighty, such as Manda (Shani) and Dharmaraj (Yama).
- Chaupai 34
धन्य धन्य तुम दिनमनि देवा।
किया करत सुरमुनि नर सेवा॥
Dhanya dhanya tum dinamni deva.
Kiya karat surmuni nar seva ||
Blessed, blessed are you, Dinmani, jewel of the day; gods, sages and humans serve you.
- Chaupai 35
भक्ति भावयुत पूर्ण नियम सों।
दूर हटत सो भव के भ्रम सों॥
Bhakti bhavyut poorna niyam son.
Door hatat so bhav ke bhram son ||
Whoever worships you with devotion and full observance is freed from the delusions of worldly life.
- Chaupai 36
परम धन्य सो नर तनधारी।
हैं प्रसन्न जेहि पर तम हारी॥
Param dhanya so nar tandhari.
Hain prasanna jehi par tam hari ||
Supremely blessed is the embodied person with whom the dispeller of darkness is pleased.
- Chaupai 37
अरुण माघ महं सूर्य फाल्गुन।
मधु वेदांग नाम रवि उदयन॥
Arun magh maham soorya phalgun.
Madhu vedang naam ravi udyan ||
In Magh the Sun rises as Arun, in Phalgun as Surya, and in Madhu (Chaitra) as Vedang.
- Chaupai 38
भानु उदय बैसाख गिनावै।
ज्येष्ठ इन्द्र आषाढ़ रवि गावै॥
Bhanu uday baisakh ginavai.
Jyeshtha indra aashadh ravi gavai ||
In Baisakh his rising is counted as Bhanu; in Jyeshtha he is sung as Indra and in Ashadh as Ravi.
- Chaupai 39
यम भादों आश्विन हिमरेता।
कातिक होत दिवाकर नेता॥
Yam bhadon aashvin himreta.
Katik hot divakar neta ||
In Bhadon he is Yama, in Ashwin Himreta, and in Kartik he leads as Diwakar.
- Chaupai 40
अगहन भिन्न विष्णु हैं पूसहिं।
पुरुष नाम रवि हैं मलमासहिं॥
Agahan bhinna Vishnu hain poosahin.
Purush naam ravi hain malmasahin ||
In Aghan the name is Bhinna, in Paush Vishnu, and in the intercalary month (Malmas) the Sun bears the name Purusha. (The month of Sawan is not named in these lines.)
- Closing Doha
भानु चालीसा प्रेम युत, गावहिं जे नर नित्य।
सुख सम्पत्ति लहि बिबिध, होंहिं सदा कृतकृत्य॥
Bhanu chalisa prem yut, gavhin je nar nitya.
Sukh sampatti lahi bibidh, honhin sada kritkritya ||
The doha says that those who sing this Bhanu (Surya) Chalisa with love every day gain many kinds of happiness and wealth and are ever fulfilled.
This text was checked against Randhir Prakashan, Haridwar’s printed ‘51 Chalisa Sangrah’. The Drik Panchang and Bhakti Bharat texts are almost letter for letter the same, so they are counted as one family of sources; where they differ from the printed book, the printed reading is taken, except for plain misprints. Variants: in chaupai 12 the websites read ‘chaar padarath jan so pavai’; in chaupai 25 the websites lack the word ‘Hamsa’ (‘katimanh, rahat man mudbhar’), while the printed book has ‘kati manh Hans’, which completes the line; in chaupai 30 the websites read ‘dadru’ (ringworm) for ‘daridra’ (poverty); in chaupai 36 the websites have ‘son’ for ‘so’; in chaupai 37 the printed book has ‘madh’, which looks like a misprint for ‘Madhu’ (a name of the month Chaitra), so ‘Madhu’ is taken. The printed book numbers the names in chaupais 9 and 10 from 1 to 12 and sets them in three lines. Some words in chaupais 16 and 24 are unclear in every source.
