Navagraha Beej Mantras
ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सः सूर्याय नमः ॥Also known as Navagraha Bija Mantras
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What the Navagraha Beej Mantras is
The Navagraha Beej Mantras are the nine tantric seed-syllable mantras of the planetary deities, one for each graha in order from the Sun to Ketu. All nine share one pattern: Om, three bijas built on a single consonant cluster with the vowels aa, ee and au, the syllable sah, the graha's name in the dative, and namah. Jyotisha remedy texts print them as a table with the japa that completes each one. The remedy texts give Surya, lord of Sunday, 7,000; Chandra, Monday, 11,000; Mangala, Tuesday, 10,000; Budha, Wednesday, 9,000; Guru, Thursday, 19,000; Shukra, Friday, 16,000; and Shani, Saturday, 23,000. Rahu and Ketu, the two nodes of the Moon, rule no weekday; for them the texts give 18,000 and 17,000. The same figures appear in the graha-shanti chapter of Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, set there against each graha's Vedic verse. The remedy books carry them over to the bija form, and one adds that in the Kali Yuga the japa is taken four times over.
Parashara's answer on appeasing the grahas
The counts printed beside these mantras trace back to a dialogue in Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. Near the close of the work the sage Maitreya asks Parashara to describe, for the good of all people, how a troublesome planet may be appeased. Parashara answers that he has already set out the names and natures of the grahas, and that the joys and sorrows of every creature depend on them. He then lays out a full rite. An image of each graha is to be made of its own material, copper for the Sun, crystal for the Moon, gold for Mercury and Jupiter, silver for Venus and iron for Saturn, or else the nine are drawn in their colours on cloth and placed in their own directions. Each is pictured in turn: the Sun on a lotus in a chariot of seven horses, Mars on a ram, Mercury on a lion, Saturn on a donkey. Flowers, cloth, metal and grain of each graha's colour are offered and then given away, and only after this worship does Parashara name each graha's Vedic mantra and the number of its recitations. He ends by saying that Brahma granted the planets a boon to favour those who honour them. Later tantric and remedy manuals kept his numbers and set the short bija forms beside them.
The mantra, in six scripts
- ॐ
- oṃ — Om, the primal sound
- ह्रां
- hrāṃ — seed syllable of Surya
- ह्रीं
- hrīṃ — seed syllable of Surya
- ह्रौं
- hrauṃ — seed syllable of Surya
- सः
- saḥ — closing seed syllable
- सूर्याय
- sūryāya — to Surya, the Sun
- नमः
- namaḥ — salutation
Navagraha Beej Mantra lyrics in full
The nine tantric bija mantras, one for each graha in order from the Sun to Ketu.
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ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सः सूर्याय नमः ॥
ௐ ஹ்ராம் ஹ்ரீம் ஹ்ரௌம் ஸஃ ஸூர்யாய நமஃ ॥
ఓం హ్రాం హ్రీం హ్రౌం సః సూర్యాయ నమః ॥
ಓಂ ಹ್ರಾಂ ಹ್ರೀಂ ಹ್ರೌಂ ಸಃ ಸೂರ್ಯಾಯ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ഹ്രാം ഹ്രീം ഹ്രൌം സഃ സൂര്യായ നമഃ ॥
oṃ hrāṃ hrīṃ hrauṃ saḥ sūryāya namaḥ ||
Om; the three seed syllables of this planet and 'sah'; salutation to Surya, the Sun. The remedy texts give 7,000 repetitions as the full japa for this planet.
ॐ श्रां श्रीं श्रौं सः चन्द्राय नमः ॥
ௐ ஶ்ராம் ஶ்ரீம் ஶ்ரௌம் ஸஃ சந்த்ராய நமஃ ॥
ఓం శ్రాం శ్రీం శ్రౌం సః చన్ద్రాయ నమః ॥
ಓಂ ಶ್ರಾಂ ಶ್ರೀಂ ಶ್ರೌಂ ಸಃ ಚನ್ದ್ರಾಯ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ശ്രാം ശ്രീം ശ്രൌം സഃ ചന്ദ്രായ നമഃ ॥
oṃ śrāṃ śrīṃ śrauṃ saḥ candrāya namaḥ ||
Om; the three seed syllables of this planet and 'sah'; salutation to Chandra, the Moon. The remedy texts give 11,000 repetitions as the full japa for this planet.
ॐ क्रां क्रीं क्रौं सः भौमाय नमः ॥
ௐ க்ராம் க்ரீம் க்ரௌம் ஸஃ பௌமாய நமஃ ॥
ఓం క్రాం క్రీం క్రౌం సః భౌమాయ నమః ॥
ಓಂ ಕ್ರಾಂ ಕ್ರೀಂ ಕ್ರೌಂ ಸಃ ಭೌಮಾಯ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ക്രാം ക്രീം ക്രൌം സഃ ഭൌമായ നമഃ ॥
oṃ krāṃ krīṃ krauṃ saḥ bhaumāya namaḥ ||
Om; the three seed syllables of this planet and 'sah'; salutation to Bhauma, the son of the Earth (Mars). The remedy texts give 10,000 repetitions as the full japa for this planet.
ॐ ब्रां ब्रीं ब्रौं सः बुधाय नमः ॥
ௐ ப்ராம் ப்ரீம் ப்ரௌம் ஸஃ புதாய நமஃ ॥
ఓం బ్రాం బ్రీం బ్రౌం సః బుధాయ నమః ॥
ಓಂ ಬ್ರಾಂ ಬ್ರೀಂ ಬ್ರೌಂ ಸಃ ಬುಧಾಯ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ബ്രാം ബ്രീം ബ്രൌം സഃ ബുധായ നമഃ ॥
oṃ brāṃ brīṃ brauṃ saḥ budhāya namaḥ ||
Om; the three seed syllables of this planet and 'sah'; salutation to Budha (Mercury). The remedy texts give 9,000 repetitions as the full japa for this planet.
ॐ ग्रां ग्रीं ग्रौं सः गुरवे नमः ॥
ௐ க்ராம் க்ரீம் க்ரௌம் ஸஃ குரவே நமஃ ॥
ఓం గ్రాం గ్రీం గ్రౌం సః గురవే నమః ॥
ಓಂ ಗ್ರಾಂ ಗ್ರೀಂ ಗ್ರೌಂ ಸಃ ಗುರವೇ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ഗ്രാം ഗ്രീം ഗ്രൌം സഃ ഗുരവേ നമഃ ॥
oṃ grāṃ grīṃ grauṃ saḥ gurave namaḥ ||
Om; the three seed syllables of this planet and 'sah'; salutation to Guru, the teacher of the gods (Jupiter). The remedy texts give 19,000 repetitions as the full japa for this planet.
ॐ द्रां द्रीं द्रौं सः शुक्राय नमः ॥
ௐ த்ராம் த்ரீம் த்ரௌம் ஸஃ ஶுக்ராய நமஃ ॥
ఓం ద్రాం ద్రీం ద్రౌం సః శుక్రాయ నమః ॥
ಓಂ ದ್ರಾಂ ದ್ರೀಂ ದ್ರೌಂ ಸಃ ಶುಕ್ರಾಯ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ദ്രാം ദ്രീം ദ്രൌം സഃ ശുക്രായ നമഃ ॥
oṃ drāṃ drīṃ drauṃ saḥ śukrāya namaḥ ||
Om; the three seed syllables of this planet and 'sah'; salutation to Shukra (Venus). The remedy texts give 16,000 repetitions as the full japa for this planet.
ॐ प्रां प्रीं प्रौं सः शनैश्चराय नमः ॥
ௐ ப்ராம் ப்ரீம் ப்ரௌம் ஸஃ ஶநைஶ்சராய நமஃ ॥
ఓం ప్రాం ప్రీం ప్రౌం సః శనైశ్చరాయ నమః ॥
ಓಂ ಪ್ರಾಂ ಪ್ರೀಂ ಪ್ರೌಂ ಸಃ ಶನೈಶ್ಚರಾಯ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം പ്രാം പ്രീം പ്രൌം സഃ ശനൈശ്ചരായ നമഃ ॥
oṃ prāṃ prīṃ prauṃ saḥ śanaiścarāya namaḥ ||
Om; the three seed syllables of this planet and 'sah'; salutation to Shani (Saturn). The remedy texts give 23,000 repetitions as the full japa for this planet.
ॐ भ्रां भ्रीं भ्रौं सः राहवे नमः ॥
ௐ ப்ராம் ப்ரீம் ப்ரௌம் ஸஃ ராஹவே நமஃ ॥
ఓం భ్రాం భ్రీం భ్రౌం సః రాహవే నమః ॥
ಓಂ ಭ್ರಾಂ ಭ್ರೀಂ ಭ್ರೌಂ ಸಃ ರಾಹವೇ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം ഭ്രാം ഭ്രീം ഭ്രൌം സഃ രാഹവേ നമഃ ॥
oṃ bhrāṃ bhrīṃ bhrauṃ saḥ rāhave namaḥ ||
Om; the three seed syllables of this planet and 'sah'; salutation to Rahu, the north node of the Moon. The remedy texts give 18,000 repetitions as the full japa for this planet.
ॐ स्रां स्रीं स्रौं सः केतवे नमः ॥
ௐ ஸ்ராம் ஸ்ரீம் ஸ்ரௌம் ஸஃ கேதவே நமஃ ॥
ఓం స్రాం స్రీం స్రౌం సః కేతవే నమః ॥
ಓಂ ಸ್ರಾಂ ಸ್ರೀಂ ಸ್ರೌಂ ಸಃ ಕೇತವೇ ನಮಃ ॥
ഓം സ്രാം സ്രീം സ്രൌം സഃ കേതവേ നമഃ ॥
oṃ srāṃ srīṃ srauṃ saḥ ketave namaḥ ||
Om; the three seed syllables of this planet and 'sah'; salutation to Ketu, the south node of the Moon. The remedy texts give 17,000 repetitions as the full japa for this planet.
The syllable people get wrong
In hrauṃ (ह्रौं) the vowel is the diphthong au, said like the 'ow' in 'how' and closed on the nasal; it is often flattened to 'hrom'. The h and r are sounded together as one cluster, never split into 'hu-rau'.
Questions
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