Shani Stotram — Complete Lyrics
शनि स्तोत्रम्
Sanskrit text with English transliteration and translation
Verse 1
ॐ शनैश्चरः स्वधाकारी छायाभूः सूर्यनन्दनः ।
मार्तण्डजो यमः सौरिः पङ्गूश्च ग्रहनायकः ॥ १॥
oṃ śanaiścaraḥ svadhākārī chāyābhūḥ sūryanandanaḥ |
mārtaṇḍajo yamaḥ sauriḥ paṅgūśca grahanāyakaḥ || 1||
Om. Shanaishchara (the slow-mover), maker of the svadha offering, son of Chhaya, delight of Surya; born of Martanda, Yama (the just), Sauri, the lame one, and the chief of the planets;
Verse 2
ब्रह्मण्योऽक्रूरधर्मज्ञो नीलवर्णोऽञ्जनद्युतिः ।
द्वादशैतानि नामानि त्रिसन्ध्यं यः पठेन्नरः ॥ २॥
brahmaṇyo'krūradharmajño nīlavarṇo'ñjanadyutiḥ |
dvādaśaitāni nāmāni trisandhyaṃ yaḥ paṭhennaraḥ || 2||
Devoted to the sacred, the non-cruel one, knower of dharma, dark of hue, lustrous as black collyrium — the person who recites these twelve names at the three junctions of the day,
Verse 3
तस्य पीडां नचैवाहं करिष्यामि न संशयः ।
गोचरे जन्मलग्ने च वापस्वन्तर्दशासु च ॥ ३॥
tasya pīḍāṃ nacaivāhaṃ kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ |
gocare janmalagne ca vāpasvantardaśāsu ca || 3||
upon him I (Saturn) will inflict no suffering — there is no doubt — whether in transit (gochara), upon his natal ascendant, or during my sub-periods (antardasha).
Verse 4
॥ इति शनैश्चरस्तोत्रम् ॥
|| iti śanaiścarastotram ||
Thus ends the Shanaishchara Stotram.
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