प्रात:स्मरण स्तोत्र (Prātaḥ-smaraṇa Stotra)
Affirming My Spiritual Identity
Translated by Swami Tyagananda
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प्रात: स्मरामि हृदि संस्फुरदात्मतत्त्वं
सच्चित्सुखं परमहंसगतिं तुरीयम् ।
यत्स्वप्नजागरसुषुप्तमवैति नित्यं
तद्ब्रह्म निष्कलमहं न च भूतसङ्घ: ॥ १
prataḥ smarāmi hṛdi saṁsphurad ātmatattvaṁ
saccita-sukhaṁ paramahaṁsa-gatiṁ turīyam
yat-svapna-jāgara-suṣuptam-avaiti nityaṁ
tad brahma niṣkalam ahaṁ na ca bhūtasaṅghaḥ.
This morning I remember the Ātman, the being-consciousness-bliss absolute, the transcendent Supreme Being shining in my heart. I am not a material object but Brahman, the goal of the highest spiritual seekers, the indivisible and eternal witness of the three states—dream, waking and deep sleep.
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प्रातर्भजामि मनसा वचसामगम्यं
वाचो विभान्ति निखिला यदनुग्रहेण ।
यन्नेतिनेतिवचनैर्निगमा अवोचु:
तं देवदेवमजमच्युतमाहुरग्र्यम् ॥ २
prātar-bhajāmi manasā vacasām agamyaṁ
vāco vibhānti nikhilā yad anugraheṇa
yan neti-neti-vacanair nigamā avocuḥ
taṁ deva-devam ajam acyutam āhur agryam.
This morning I meditate on the eternal, imperishable God of gods, who is beyond the reach of thoughts and words, whose grace makes all senses shine, and who is described by the Vedas as “not this, not this.”
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प्रातर्नमामि तमस: परमर्कवर्णं
पूर्णं सनातनपदं पुरुषोत्तमाख्यम् ।
यस्मिन्निदं जगदशेषमशेषमूर्तौ
रज्ज्वां भुजङ्गम इव प्रतिभासितं वै ॥ ३
prātar-namāmi tamasaḥ param arka-varṇaṁ
pūrṇaṁ sanātana-padaṁ puruṣottam-ākhyam
yasminn-idaṁ jagad-aśeṣam aśeṣamūrtau
rajjvāṁ bhujaṅgama iva pratibhāsitaṁ vai.
This morning I bow down to the eternal, infinite, and effulgent Supreme Being, who is beyond the darkness of ignorance, on whose boundless being this entire world is projected like a snake on a rope.
श्लोकत्रयमिदं पुण्यं लोकत्रयविभूषणम् ।
प्रात:काले पठेद् यस्तु स गच्छेत् परमं पदम् ॥
śloka-trayam idaṁ puṇyaṁ loka-traya-vibhuṣaṇam
prātaḥ-kāle paṭhed yas-tu sa gacchet paramaṁ padam
Every morning whoever chants these three sacred verses, which are the treasures of the three realms, will attain the Supreme Being.