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Sanskrit Transliteration

1 ॐ मि�त्रा�य न� om mitrāya namaḥ

2 ॐ रवय� न� om ravaye namaḥ

3 ॐ सू�य��य न� om sūryāya namaḥ

4 ॐ भा�नव� न� om bhānave namaḥ

5 ॐ खगा�य न� om khagāya namaḥ

6 ॐ पू�ष्णे� न� om puṣṇe namaḥ

7 ॐ हि�रण्यगाभा��य न� om hiraṇya garbhāya namaḥ

8 ॐ �र�चय� न� om marīcaye namaḥ

9 ॐ आदि�त्य�य न� om ādityāya namaḥ

10 ॐ सूहिवत्रा� न� om savitre namaḥ

11 ॐ अर्का��य न� om arkāya namaḥ

12 ॐ भा�स्र्कार�य न� om bhāskarāya namaḥ

13 ॐ श्री�सूहिवतृ$सू�य�न�र�यणे�य न� om śrīsavitṛsūryanārāyaṇāya

namaḥ

Mantras:-

13 Surya Namasakras are practised per cycle.

In the table, the following first 12 mantras corresponds to the 12 asanas in Surya Namasakara and can

also be chanted or repeated mentally during the performance of each corresponding asana. They can

also be pronounced at Pranamasana.The following   mantra   is pronounced at the beginning of a Surya

Namaskara cycle:

ॐ ध्ये�ये� सदा सवि�त्र मण्डल मध्ये�र्ती� नारायेण सरासिसजा सनासन्नि� वि�ष्टः�

के� ये�रा�ना मकेराके� ण्डल�ना विकेरा�टी हारा� विहाराण्मये �पु�रा धृ$र्तीशं&ख चक्रः�

om dhyeyaḥ sadā savitra maṇḍala madhyavartī nārāyaṇa sarasijā sanasanni viṣṭaḥ

keyūravāna makarakuṇḍalavāna kirīṭī hārī hiraṇmaya vapura dhṛtaśaṁkha cakraḥ

The following mantra is pronounced at the end of a Surya Namaskara cycle:

आदिदात्येस्ये नामस्केराना. ये� के� �/न्ति1र्ती दिदाना� दिदाना�

आये�� प्रज्ञा बलम. ��ये/म. र्ती�जास्र्ती�शंना. च जायेर्ती�

ādityasya namaskāran ye kurvanti dine dine

āyuḥ prajñā balam vīryam tejasteśān ca jāyate