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Narayana Suktam in Sinhala · සිංහල

🕉️ vedic·📿 11× repetitions·🕐 During Vishnu puja, Ekadashi, or morning meditation·🎵 Audio included·📜 Taittiriya Aranyaka (Yajurveda)

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हिन्दी / देवनागरी తెలుగు தமிழ்ಕನ್ನಡ മലയാളം ગુજરાતી বাংলা ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ Englishසිංහල𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

Origin & Story

Taittiriya Aranyaka (Yajurveda) · Vedic Rishis · 1200-800 BCE

The Narayana Suktam is found in the Taittiriya Aranyaka of the Krishna Yajurveda. It is one of the Pancha Suktams (Five Hymns) chanted daily in Vaishnava tradition. The hymn systematically establishes that Narayana is the ultimate reality — he is the light, the soul, the truth, the meditator, and the meditation itself. Nothing exists apart from Narayana.

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The Narayana Suktam's climactic declaration — 'Antarbahishcha Tatsarvam Vyapya Narayanah Sthitah' (Narayana pervades everything, inside and outside) — is considered one of the most powerful mantric statements in the Vedas. In the Srirangam temple (one of the largest functioning Hindu temples), this suktam has been chanted daily for over 1000 years without a single day's break. The temple's unbroken prosperity across millennia is attributed to this continuous recitation.

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Verse 1

ඕං සහ නාවවතු. සහ නෞ භුනක්තු. සහ වීර්යං කරවාවහෛ. තේජස්විනාවධීතමස්තු මා විද්විෂාවහෛ.. ඕං ශාන්තිඃ ශාන්තිඃ ශාන්තිඃ..

Om saha navavatu, saha nau bhunaktu, saha viryam karavavahai; Tejasvinavadhitamastu ma vidvishavahai. Om shantih shantih shantih.

Meaning:Om. May He protect us both; may He nourish us both; may we work together with vigour; may our study be radiant and effective; may we never hate each other. Om, peace, peace, peace.

Verse 2

ඕං සහස්රශීර්ෂං දේවං විශ්වාක්ෂං විශ්වශම්භුවම්. විශ්වං නාරායණං දේවමක්ෂරං පරමං පදම්..

Om sahasrashirsham devam vishvaksham vishvashambhuvam; Vishvam Narayanam devamaksharam paramam padam.

Meaning:Om. The Divine One of a thousand heads, the all-eyed, source of all good; Narayana the all-pervading God, the imperishable, the supreme abode.

Verse 3

විශ්වතඃ පරමාන්නිත්යං විශ්වං නාරායණං හරිම්. විශ්වමේවේදං පුරුෂස්තද්විශ්වමුපජීවති..

Vishvatah paramannityam vishvam Narayanam Harim; Vishvamevedam purushastadvishvamupajivati.

Meaning:Ever beyond the universe, eternal, the universe itself is Narayana, Hari; this whole world is the Purusha alone, and upon Him it lives.

Verse 4

පතිං විශ්වස්යාත්මේශ්වරං ශාශ්වතං ශිවමච්යුතම්. නාරායණං මහාජ්ඤේයං විශ්වාත්මානං පරායණම්..

Patim vishvasyatmeshvaram shashvatam shivamachyutam; Narayanam mahajneyam vishvatmanam parayanam.

Meaning:The Lord of the universe, ruler of the Self, eternal, auspicious, undecaying; Narayana the supremely-to-be-known, the Self of all, the highest refuge.

Verse 5

නාරායණපරෝ ජ්යෝතිරාත්මා නාරායණඃ පරඃ. නාරායණපරං බ්රහ්ම තත්ත්වං නාරායණඃ පරඃ..

Narayanaparo jyotiratma Narayanah parah; Narayanaparam brahma tattvam Narayanah parah.

Meaning:Narayana is the supreme light, the Self is Narayana supreme; Narayana is the supreme Brahman, the Reality that is Narayana supreme.

Verse 6

නාරායණපරෝ ධ්යාතා ධ්යානං නාරායණඃ පරඃ. යච්ච කිඤ්චිජ්ජගත්සර්වං දෘශ්යතේ ශ්රූයතේ(අ)පි වා..

Narayanaparo dhyata dhyanam Narayanah parah; Yachcha kinchijjagatsarvam drishyate shruyate'pi va.

Meaning:Narayana is the supreme meditator, meditation itself is Narayana supreme; and whatever exists — all this world, whether seen or heard —

Verse 7

අන්තර්බහිශ්ච තත්සර්වං ව්යාප්ය නාරායණඃ ස්ථිතඃ. අනන්තමව්යයං කවිං සමුද්රේ(අ)න්තං විශ්වශම්භුවම්..

Antarbahishcha tatsarvam vyapya Narayanah sthitah; Anantamavyayam kavim samudre'ntam vishvashambhuvam.

Meaning:— within and without, pervading all of it, stands Narayana: infinite, imperishable, the all-seeing seer, whose limit is the ocean, the source of the universe's good.

Verse 8

පද්මකෝශප්රතීකාශං හෘදයං චාප්යධෝමුඛම්. අධෝ නිෂ්ට්යා විතස්ත්යාන්තේ නාභ්යාමුපරි තිෂ්ඨති..

Padmakoshapratikasham hridayam chapyadhomukham; Adho nishtya vitastyante nabhyamupari tishthati.

Meaning:Like the bud of a lotus is the heart, facing downward; a span below the throat and above the navel it abides.

Verse 9

ජ්වාලාමාලාකුලං භාති විශ්වස්යායතනං මහත්. සන්තතං සිරාභිස්තු ලම්බත්යාකෝශසන්නිභම්..

Jvalamalakulam bhati vishvasyayatanam mahat; Santatam sirabhistu lambatyakoshasannibham.

Meaning:Wreathed in garlands of flame it shines, the great abode of the universe; held continually by the veins, it hangs like a closed bud.

Verse 10

තස්යාන්තේ සුෂිරං සූක්ෂ්මං තස්මින්සර්වං ප්රතිෂ්ඨිතම්. තස්ය මධ්යේ මහානග්නිර්විශ්වාර්චිර්විශ්වතෝමුඛඃ..

Tasyante sushiram sukshmam tasminsarvam pratishthitam; Tasya madhye mahanagnirvishvarchirvishvatomukhah.

Meaning:At its end is a subtle aperture, and in that all is established; in its midst is the great fire, blazing on every side, facing all directions.

Verse 11

සෝ(අ)ග්රභුග්විභජන්තිෂ්ඨන්නාහාරමජරඃ කවිඃ. තිර්යගූර්ධ්වමධඃශායී රශ්මයස්තස්ය සන්තතාඃ..

So'grabhugvibhajantishthannaharamajarah kavih; Tiryagurdhvamadhahshayi rashmayastasya santatah.

Meaning:The foremost enjoyer, abiding while apportioning the food, undecaying, the wise one; lying athwart, above and below, his rays are spread without break.

Verse 12

සන්තාපයති ස්වං දේහමාපාදතලමස්තකඃ. තස්ය මධ්යේ වහ්නිශිඛා අණීයෝර්ධ්වා ව්යවස්ථිතා..

Santapayati svam dehamapadatalamastakah; Tasya madhye vahnishikha aniyordhva vyavasthita.

Meaning:He warms his own body from the soles of the feet to the head. In the midst of that fire abides a tongue of flame, subtlest, pointing upward.

Verse 13

නීලතෝයදමධ්යස්ථාද්විද්යුල්ලේඛේව භාස්වරා. නීවාරශූකවත්තන්වී පීතා භාස්වත්යණූපමා..

Nilatoyadamadhyasthadvidyullekheva bhasvara; Nivarashukavattanvi pita bhasvatyanupama.

Meaning:Brilliant like a streak of lightning set in the midst of a blue rain-cloud; slender as the awn of a rice-grain, golden, radiant, atom-like.

Verse 14

තස්යාඃ ශිඛායා මධ්යේ පරමාත්මා ව්යවස්ථිතඃ. ස බ්රහ්ම ස ශිවඃ ස හරිඃ සේන්ද්රඃ සෝ(අ)ක්ෂරඃ පරමඃ ස්වරාට්..

Tasyah shikhaya madhye paramatma vyavasthitah; Sa brahma sa shivah sa harih sendrah so'ksharah paramah svarat.

Meaning:In the middle of that flame the Supreme Self abides: He is Brahma, He is Shiva, He is Hari, He is Indra; He is the imperishable, the supreme, the self-luminous sovereign.

Verse 15

ඍතං සත්යං පරං බ්රහ්ම පුරුෂං කෘෂ්ණපිඞ්ගලම්. ඌර්ධ්වරේතං විරූපාක්ෂං විශ්වරූපාය වෛ නමෝ නමඃ..

Ritam satyam param brahma purusham krishnapingalam; Urdhvaretam virupaksham vishvarupaya vai namo namah.

Meaning:The Cosmic Order, the Truth, the supreme Brahman, the Purusha dark-and-tawny, the ever-chaste, the strange-eyed one — to the Universal Form, salutations again and again.

Verse 16

ඕං නාරායණාය විද්මහේ වාසුදේවාය ධීමහි. තන්නෝ විෂ්ණුඃ ප්රචෝදයාත්.. ඕං ශාන්තිඃ ශාන්තිඃ ශාන්තිඃ..

Om Narayanaya vidmahe Vasudevaya dhimahi; Tanno Vishnuh prachodayat. Om shantih shantih shantih.

Meaning:Om. May we know Narayana, may we meditate upon Vasudeva; may that Vishnu impel us. Om, peace, peace, peace.

Word-by-Word Meaning

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සහස්රශීර්ෂං🔊SahasrashirshamWith a thousand heads

විශ්වාක්ෂං🔊VishvakshamEyes everywhere, all-seeing

විශ්වශම්භුවම්🔊VishvashambhuvamSource of the universe's well-being

නාරායණං🔊NarayanamNarayana — the supreme refuge of all

අක්ෂරං🔊AksharamImperishable, eternal

පරමං පදම්🔊Paramam PadamThe supreme abode

හරිම්🔊HarimHari — remover of sorrow

ආත්මේශ්වරං🔊AtmeshvaramLord of all souls

ශාශ්වතං🔊ShashvatamEternal

අච්යුතම්🔊AchyutamThe infallible one

ජ්යෝතිඃ🔊JyotihLight, radiance

බ්රහ්ම🔊BrahmaThe absolute truth

තත්ත්වං🔊TattvamThe ultimate reality

ධ්යාතා🔊DhyataThe meditator

ධ්යානං🔊DhyanamThe meditation itself

ව්යාප්ය🔊VyapyaPervading, encompassing

Benefits of Chanting Narayana Suktam

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One of the most important Vedic hymns establishing Vishnu/Narayana as supreme

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Chanted during Vishnu abhishekam in all major temples

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'Narayanah Parah' repeated 6 times — creates powerful affirmation

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Reveals that Narayana pervades everything — inside and outside

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Grants deep peace and connection to the ultimate reality

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Essential for Vaishnava (Vishnu devotee) daily practice

How to Chant Narayana Suktam

Repetitions11times

Best TimeDuring Vishnu puja, Ekadashi, or morning meditation

This suktam is traditionally chanted during Vishnu abhishekam (ritual bathing). Sit quietly and chant with the understanding that Narayana pervades everything. The repetition of 'Narayanah Parah' in verse 4 is particularly powerful — it affirms that the light, the soul, the truth, and reality itself IS Narayana.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page shows the complete Narayana Suktam written in the Sinhala script — the same Sanskrit/Hindi verses, transliterated character-by-character so you can read and chant comfortably. Tap any line (or the ▶ button) to hear it recited aloud.

Yes — only the script changes; the words and their meaning are the original. The verse-by-verse meaning, benefits and how-to-chant guidance on this page apply exactly the same.

A Vedic hymn from the Taittiriya Aranyaka (Yajurveda) declaring that Narayana (Vishnu) is the supreme reality that pervades everything. It is one of the foundational texts of Vaishnavism.

'Nara' means the collection of all beings, and 'Ayana' means refuge or abode. So Narayana means 'the refuge of all beings' — the ultimate shelter for all of existence.

Purusha Suktam describes how the Cosmic Being sacrificed himself to create the universe. Narayana Suktam declares that this Cosmic Being IS Narayana and that he pervades everything. They are complementary — one describes creation, the other identifies the creator.