Om Jai Jagdish Hare Aarti — Complete Lyrics, Meaning & Significance

What is the Om Jai Jagdish Hare Aarti?

The Om Jai Jagdish Hare is the most universally sung aarti in Hindu worship. An aarti is a ritual of offering a circular flame before the deity while singing devotional praise — symbolising the offering of one's ego and illuminating the divine form.

This aarti is sung in virtually every Hindu household during daily puja, in temples across India and wherever Hindus gather to worship. Composed in the mid-19th century by Shradha Ram Phillauri, it is addressed to Lord Vishnu (Jagdish — Lord of the Universe) but is considered universally applicable to any deity.

Complete Aarti — All Verses

ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे। भक्त जनों के संकट, दास जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे॥ Om Jai Jagdish Hare, Swami Jai Jagdish Hare — Bhakt Janon Ke Sankat, Das Janon Ke Sankat, Kshan Mein Door Kare

जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुख विनसे मन का। सुख-सम्पत्ति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का॥ Jo Dhyave Phal Pave, Dukh Vinas Man Ka — Sukh Sampatti Ghar Aave, Kasht Mite Tan Ka
"Whoever meditates on you receives the fruits — suffering of the mind ceases, happiness and prosperity come home, and bodily pain is removed."

मात-पिता तुम मेरे, शरण गहूँ किसकी। तुम बिन और न दूजा, आस करूँ किसकी॥ Mat-Pita Tum Mere, Sharan Gahuun Kiski — Tum Bin Aur Na Dooja, Aas Karuun Kiski
"You are my mother and father — whose shelter shall I seek? Without you there is no other — in whom shall I place my hope?"

तुम पूरण परमात्मा, तुम अन्तर्यामी। पार ब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सब के स्वामी॥ Tum Pooran Paramatma, Tum Antaryami — Par Brahma Parameshwar, Tum Sab Ke Swami
"You are the complete Supreme Self, you are the inner knower of all hearts — you are the supreme Brahman, the lord of all existence."