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𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣 𑌸𑍂𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌮𑍍

Narayana Suktam in Grantha · 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥

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

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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.

✦ As told in scripture

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

𑍐 𑌸𑌹 𑌨𑌾𑌵𑌵𑌤𑍁। 𑌸𑌹 𑌨𑍗 𑌭𑍁𑌨𑌕𑍍𑌤𑍁। 𑌸𑌹 𑌵𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑌰𑌵𑌾𑌵𑌹𑍈। 𑌤𑍇𑌜𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌨𑌾𑌵𑌧𑍀𑌤𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌮𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌾𑌵𑌹𑍈॥ 𑍐 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃॥

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

𑍐 𑌸𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌶𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌂 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌶𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌮𑍍। 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌂 𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌮𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌂 𑌪𑌦𑌮𑍍॥

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

𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌂 𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌮𑍍। 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍇𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌂 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌜𑍀𑌵𑌤𑌿॥

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

𑌪𑌤𑌿𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌂 𑌶𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌂 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌮𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌮𑍍। 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌜𑍍𑌞𑍇𑌯𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌮𑍍॥

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

𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌪𑌰𑍋 𑌜𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌃। 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌃॥

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

𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌪𑌰𑍋 𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌾 𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌂 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌃। 𑌯𑌚𑍍𑌚 𑌕𑌿𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌜𑍍𑌜𑌗𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌦𑍃𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌤𑍇 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑍂𑌯𑌤𑍇𑌽𑌪𑌿 𑌵𑌾॥

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

𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌬𑌹𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌚 𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌃। 𑌅𑌨𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌮𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌯𑌂 𑌕𑌵𑌿𑌂 𑌸𑌮𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌽𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌶𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌮𑍍॥

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

𑌪𑌦𑍍𑌮𑌕𑍋𑌶𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑍀𑌕𑌾𑌶𑌂 𑌹𑍃𑌦𑌯𑌂 𑌚𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯𑌧𑍋𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌮𑍍। 𑌅𑌧𑍋 𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟𑍍𑌯𑌾 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌨𑌾𑌭𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌮𑍁𑌪𑌰𑌿 𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌤𑌿॥

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

𑌜𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌾𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌂 𑌭𑌾𑌤𑌿 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌯𑌤𑌨𑌂 𑌮𑌹𑌤𑍍। 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌤𑌂 𑌸𑌿𑌰𑌾𑌭𑌿𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍁 𑌲𑌮𑍍𑌬𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌕𑍋𑌶𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌭𑌮𑍍॥

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

𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑍇 𑌸𑍁𑌷𑌿𑌰𑌂 𑌸𑍂𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮𑌂 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌮𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌸𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌿𑌤𑌮𑍍। 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌨𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍𑌚𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍋𑌮𑍁𑌖𑌃॥

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

𑌸𑍋𑌽𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌭𑍁𑌗𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌭𑌜𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌠𑌨𑍍𑌨𑌾𑌹𑌾𑌰𑌮𑌜𑌰𑌃 𑌕𑌵𑌿𑌃। 𑌤𑌿𑌰𑍍𑌯𑌗𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌮𑌧𑌃𑌶𑌾𑌯𑍀 𑌰𑌶𑍍𑌮𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌤𑌾𑌃॥

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

𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌾𑌪𑌯𑌤𑌿 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌂 𑌦𑍇𑌹𑌮𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌦𑌤𑌲𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌕𑌃। 𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌵𑌹𑍍𑌨𑌿𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌾 𑌅𑌣𑍀𑌯𑍋𑌰𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌾 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌾॥

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

𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌤𑍋𑌯𑌦𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌾𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌲𑍍𑌲𑍇𑌖𑍇𑌵 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌾। 𑌨𑍀𑌵𑌾𑌰𑌶𑍂𑌕𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌵𑍀 𑌪𑍀𑌤𑌾 𑌭𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌣𑍂𑌪𑌮𑌾॥

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

𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌃 𑌶𑌿𑌖𑌾𑌯𑌾 𑌮𑌧𑍍𑌯𑍇 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍍𑌮𑌾 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌤𑌃। 𑌸 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌸 𑌶𑌿𑌵𑌃 𑌸 𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌃 𑌸𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌃 𑌸𑍋𑌽𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰𑌃 𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌃 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌾𑌟𑍍॥

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

𑌋𑌤𑌂 𑌸𑌤𑍍𑌯𑌂 𑌪𑌰𑌂 𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑍁𑌷𑌂 𑌕𑍃𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌪𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌲𑌮𑍍। 𑌊𑌰𑍍𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍇𑌤𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌂 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑍂𑌪𑌾𑌯 𑌵𑍈 𑌨𑌮𑍋 𑌨𑌮𑌃॥

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

𑍐 𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌾𑌯 𑌵𑌿𑌦𑍍𑌮𑌹𑍇 𑌵𑌾𑌸𑍁𑌦𑍇𑌵𑌾𑌯 𑌧𑍀𑌮𑌹𑌿। 𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌨𑍋 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌣𑍁𑌃 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌚𑍋𑌦𑌯𑌾𑌤𑍍॥ 𑍐 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃 𑌶𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌃॥

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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𑌸𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌰𑌶𑍀𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌂🔊SahasrashirshamWith a thousand heads

𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌂🔊VishvakshamEyes everywhere, all-seeing

𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌶𑌮𑍍𑌭𑍁𑌵𑌮𑍍🔊VishvashambhuvamSource of the universe's well-being

𑌨𑌾𑌰𑌾𑌯𑌣𑌂🔊NarayanamNarayana — the supreme refuge of all

𑌅𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌰𑌂🔊AksharamImperishable, eternal

𑌪𑌰𑌮𑌂 𑌪𑌦𑌮𑍍🔊Paramam PadamThe supreme abode

𑌹𑌰𑌿𑌮𑍍🔊HarimHari — remover of sorrow

𑌆𑌤𑍍𑌮𑍇𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌰𑌂🔊AtmeshvaramLord of all souls

𑌶𑌾𑌶𑍍𑌵𑌤𑌂🔊ShashvatamEternal

𑌅𑌚𑍍𑌯𑍁𑌤𑌮𑍍🔊AchyutamThe infallible one

𑌜𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑌿𑌃🔊JyotihLight, radiance

𑌬𑍍𑌰𑌹𑍍𑌮🔊BrahmaThe absolute truth

𑌤𑌤𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌵𑌂🔊TattvamThe ultimate reality

𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌾🔊DhyataThe meditator

𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨𑌂🔊DhyanamThe meditation itself

𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑍍𑌯🔊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.

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This page shows the complete Narayana Suktam written in the Grantha 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.