Deepa Jyoti Parabrahma — Evening Lamp (Deepa) Prayer
दीपज्योतिः परब्रह्म — दीप प्रज्वलन मन्त्र
Also known as: deepa jyoti parabrahma deepa jyotir janardanah · deepam prayer · lamp lighting mantra · sandhya deepam shloka · deepo haratu me papam · evening lamp prayer
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✦ Meaning
This is the cherished prayer recited while lighting the evening lamp (sandhya deepam) before the household shrine. It declares that the flame is none other than the Supreme Brahman and Lord Vishnu (Janardana), and asks the light to remove sins and bestow auspiciousness, well-being, health, wealth and the dispelling of all enmity. Lighting the lamp at dusk with this verse is one of the most beautiful daily rituals of the Hindu home.
Origin & Story
Traditional Deepa-darshana / lamp-lighting shloka · Traditional · Classical
Lighting the lamp at dusk is one of the oldest and most beloved rituals of the Hindu home. This verse accompanies the evening deepam, declaring that the flame is not merely fire but the Supreme Brahman and Lord Vishnu themselves, present as light. With it the devotee welcomes the divine into the home as day gives way to night, asking the lamp to dispel sin and darkness and to bring health, prosperity, auspiciousness and harmony. It is often recited together with 'Shubham Karoti Kalyanam,' the companion lamp-prayer.
✦ As told in scripture
It is traditionally believed that the home in which the lamp is lit every evening with this prayer is never abandoned by Lakshmi, and that the light which is honoured as Brahman drives away not only physical darkness but misfortune, disease and ill-will from the household.
Complete Text with Meaning
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दीपज्योतिः परब्रह्म दीपज्योतिर्जनार्दनः । दीपो हरतु मे पापं दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
Deepa-jyotih parabrahma deepa-jyotir janardanah Deepo haratu me papam deepa-jyotir namo'stu te
Meaning:The light of the lamp is the Supreme Brahman; the light of the lamp is Janardana (Vishnu). May the lamp remove my sins; O light of the lamp, salutations to you. May it bring auspiciousness, well-being, health, wealth and prosperity, and the destruction of all hostile intent; O light of the lamp, salutations to you.
शुभं करोतु कल्याणम् आरोग्यं धनसम्पदः । शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तु ते ॥
Shubham karotu kalyanam arogyam dhana-sampadah Shatru-buddhi-vinashaya deepa-jyotir namo'stu te
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Benefits of Chanting Deepa Jyoti Parabrahma — Evening Lamp (Deepa) Prayer
The traditional prayer for lighting the evening lamp (sandhya deepam) at dusk before the home altar.
Reveres the flame as the very presence of Parabrahman and Lord Vishnu (Janardana), filling the home with divine light.
Prays for the removal of sins and for auspiciousness, well-being, health, wealth and prosperity.
Invokes the dispelling of all hostility and ill-will (shatru-buddhi-vinasha) from the household.
Brings a sense of peace, sanctity and protection to the home at the sacred junction of day and night (sandhya).
Simple and lovely to recite daily, teaching children to honour the lamp as the symbol of knowledge dispelling darkness.
How to Chant Deepa Jyoti Parabrahma — Evening Lamp (Deepa) Prayer
At twilight, light the oil or ghee lamp before the home shrine and recite this verse as you do so, gazing at the flame as the living presence of the Divine. Many recite it together with 'Shubham Karoti Kalyanam.' The lamp is then kept burning during the evening prayers; the flame should be tended with reverence and never blown out by the mouth.
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