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Kumara Suktam
Kumara Suktam
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Devotional text
kumārasūktam m kumārasūktam m ṛṣiḥḥvāmadevaḥ, devatā1-6agniḥ, 7-8somakaḥmakaḥsāhadevyaḥyaḥ, 10aśvinau, chandaḥdaḥ1,4gāyatrīī, 2,5,6virāḍgāyatrī, 3, 7-10nicṛdgāyatrī svaraḥvaraḥṣaḍjaḥḥ a̱gnirhotātā̭noadhva̱revā̱jīsanpari̭ṇīyate| de̱vode̱veṣṷya̱jñiyaḥya̭ḥ||4.015.01 pari̭trivi̱ṣṭya̭dhva̱raṃyātyaya̱gnīra̱thīri̭va| āde̱veṣu̱prayo̱dadha̭t||4.015.02 pari̱vāja̭patiḥḥka̱vira̱gnirha̱vyānya̭kramītmīt| dadha̱dratnā̭nidā̱śuṣeṣḙ||4.015.03 a̱yaṃyaḥsṛñja̭yepu̱rodai̭vavā̱tesa̭mi̱dhyateyatḙ| dyu̱mā~a̭mitra̱dambha̭naḥ||4.015.04 asya̭ghāvī̱raīva̭to̱'gnerī̭śīta̱martya̭ḥ| ti̱gmajamaja̭mbhasya mī̱ḻhuṣaḥṣa̭ḥ||4.015.05 tamarva̭ntaṃta̱ṃnasā̭na̱sima̭ru̱ṣaṃnadi̱vaḥśiśṷm| ma̱rmṛ̱jyantetḙdi̱vedi̭ve||4.015.06 bodhadha̱dyanmā̱hari̭bhyāṃyāṃkumā̱raḥsā̭hade̱vyaḥyaḥ| acchāchā̱nahū̱tauda̭ram||4.015.07 u̱tatyāyāya̭ja̱tāharī̭kumā̱rātsāsā̭hade̱vyātyāt| praya̭tāsa̱dyaāda̭de||4.015.08 e̱ṣavā̭ṃdevāvaśvinā nākumā̱raḥsā̭hade̱vyaḥyaḥ| dī̱rghāyuyṷrastu̱somama̭kaḥ||4.015.09 taṃyu̱vaṃdḙvāvaśvinā nākumā̱raṃsā̭hade̱vyamyam| kumārasūktam m dī̱rghāyuyṷṣaṃkṛṇotanatana||4.015.10 ṛṣiḥḥ-1, 3-8, 10-12kumāraātreyo, vṛśovājāraubhīvā; 2, 9vṛśojāraḥ|| devatā- agniḥ|| chandaḥdaḥ-1, 3, 7, 8triṣṭupaḥupaḥ2svarāṭpaṅktiḥḥ4, 5, 9, 10nivṛttriṣṭupupa; 6bhurivapaṅktiḥḥ11virāṭtriṣṭupup; 12nicṛdatijagatī||jagatī|| svaraḥvaraḥ- 1, 3-5, 7-11dhaivataḥ; 2, 6pañcamaḥmaḥ, 12niṣādaḥṣādaḥ|| ku̱mā̱raṃmā̱tāyṷva̱tiḥsamṷbdhaṃdha̱ṃguhā̭bibharti̱nada̭dāti pi̱tre| anī̭kamasyaya̱nami̱najjanānā̭saḥpu̱raḥpa̭śyanti̱nihi̭tamara̱tau||5.002.01 kame̱taṃtvaṃvaṃyṷvatekumā̱raṃpeṣī̭bibharṣi̱mahi̭ṣījajāna| pū̱rvīrhigarbha̭ḥśa̱rado̭va̱vardhāpa̭śyaṃyaṃjā̱taṃyadasṷ̄tamā̱tā||5.002.02 hira̭ṇyadantaṃta̱ṃśuci̭varṇamāmā̱rātkṣetrā̭dapaśyaya̱māyṷdhā̱mimāmā̭nam| da̱dā̱noa̭smāa̱mṛta̭ṃvi̱pṛkva̱tkiṃṃmāma̭ni̱ndrāḥāḥkṛ̭ṇavannanunu̱kthāḥthāḥ||5.002.03 kṣetrā̭dapaśyaṃyaṃsanu̱taścara̭ntaṃtaṃsu̱madyū̱thaṃnapu̱ruśobhabha̭mānam| natāa̭gṛbhra̱nnaja̭niṣṭa̱hiṣaḥpali̭knī̱ridyṷva̱tayo̭bhavanti ||5.002.04 kemḙmarya̱kaṃviya̭vanta̱gobhi̱rnayeṣā̭ṃgo̱pāara̭ṇaści̱dāsa̭| yaī̭ṃjagṛ̱bhurava̱tesṛ̭ja̱ntvājāvājā̭tipa̱śvaupa̭naściki̱tvānvān||5.002.05 va̱sāṃrājā̭naṃvasa̱tiṃjanā̭nā̱marā̭tayo̱nida̭dhu̱rmartyḙṣu| brahmā̱ṇyatre̱rava̱taṃsṛ̭jantunindi̱tāro̱nindyā̭sobhavantu||5.002.06 śuna̭ści̱cchepaṃchepa̱ṃnidi̭taṃsa̱hasrā̱dyūpāūpā̭damuñco̱aśa̭miṣṭa̱hiṣaḥ| e̱vāsmadada̭gne̱vimṷmugdhi̱pāśā̱nhota̭ścikitva i̱hatūni̱ṣadya̭||5.002.07 hṛ̱ṇī̱yamā̭no̱apa̱himadaiye̱ḥpramḙde̱vānā̭ṃvrata̱pāṷvāca| indro̭vi̱dvā~ā~anu̱hitvāvā̭ca̱cakṣa̱tenā̱hama̭gne̱anṷśiṣṭa̱āgāgā̭m||5.002.08 vijyoti̭ṣābṛha̱tābhā̭tya̱gnirārā̱virviśvā̭nikṛṇutemahi̱tvāvā| prādeādḙvīrmā̱yāḥsa̭hatedu̱revā̱ḥśiśīśī̭te̱śaṛṅgee̱rakṣa̭sevi̱nikṣḙ||5.002.09 u̱tasvāvā̱nāso̭di̱viṣa̭ntva̱gnesti̱gmāyumāyṷdhā̱rakṣa̭se̱hanta̱vāṷ| madḙcidasya̱prarṷjanti̱bhāmā̱nava̭rantetepari̱bādho̱adḙvīḥ||5.002.10 kumārasūktam m e̱taṃte̱stomaṃma̭ṃtuvijātajāta̱vipro̱ratha̱ṃnadhīra̱ḥsvapāvapā̭atakṣamm| yadīdada̭gne̱prati̱tvaṃvaṃdḙva̱haryā̱ḥsva̭rvatīratīra̱paḙnājayema||5.002.11 tu̱vi̱grīvo̭vṛṣa̱bhovā̭vṛdhā̱no̭'śa̱trva1va1̱̭ryaḥsama̭jāti̱veda̭ḥ| itī̱mama̱gnima̱mṛtā̭ avocanba ba̱rhiṣma̭te̱ mana̭ve̱ śarma̭ yaṃsaddha̱viṣma̭te̱ mana̭ve̱ śarma̭ yaṃsat|| 5.002.12 kumārasūktam m kumārasūktaṃṃsvararahitamtam agnirhotātānoadhvarevarevājīsanpariṇīyate| devodeveṣuyajñiyaḥyaḥ||4.015.01 pari triviṣṭyadhvaraṃvaraṃyātyagnīrathīrivava| ādeveṣuprayodadhat||4.015.02 pari vājapatiḥ ḥkaviragnirhavyānyakramītmīt| dadhadratnānidāśuṣeṣe||4.015.03 ayaṃyaḥsṛñjayeyepurodaivavātesamidhyateyate| dyumā~umā~amitradambhanaḥnaḥ||4.015.04 asya ghāvīraīvato'gnerīśītaśītamartyaḥ| tigmajambhasya mīḻhuṣaḥṣaḥ||4.015.05 tamarvantaṃtaṃnasānasimaruṣaṃ ṣaṃnadivaḥvaḥśiśumm| marmṛjyantetedivediveve||4.015.06 bodhadyanmāharibhyāṃyāṃkumāraḥsāhadevyaḥyaḥ| acchāchānahūta udaram||4.015.07 utatyāyāyajatāharīkumārātsāhadevyāt yāt| prayatāyatāsadyaādade||4.015.08 eṣavāṃdevāvaśvinā nākumāraḥsāhadevyaḥyaḥ| dīrghāyurastusomakaḥmakaḥ||4.015.09 taṃyuvaṃdevāvaśvinā nākumāraṃsāhadevyamyam| dīrghāyuṣaṃyuṣaṃkṛṇotanatana||4.015.10 kumāraṃmātāyuvatiḥ ḥsamubdhaṃdhaṃguhābibhartinadadāti pitre| anīkamasyayanaminajjanāsaḥnāsaḥpuraḥpaśyantinihitamaratau||5.002.01 kametaṃtvaṃvaṃyuvatekumāraṃpeṣībibharṣimahiṣīṣījajāna| pūrvīrhigarbhaḥśaradovavardhāpaśyaṃyaṃjātaṃyadasūtamātā||5.002.02 kumārasūktam m hiraṇyadantaṃtaṃśucivarṇamārātkṣetrādapaśyamāyudhāyamāyudhāmimānammānam| dadānoasmāamṛtaṃvipṛkvatkiṃṃmāmanindrāḥāḥkṛṇavannanukthāḥthāḥ||5.002.03 kṣetrādapaśyaṃyaṃsanutaścarantaṃtaṃsumadyūthaṃūthaṃnapuru śobhamānambhamānam| natāagṛbhrannajaniṣṭahiṣaḥpaliknīridyuvatayobhavanti ||5.002.04 kememaryakaṃkaṃviyavantatagobhirnayeṣāṃgopāpāaraṇaścidāsadāsa| yaīṃjagṛbhuravatesṛjantvājāti paśvaupanaścikitvānvān||5.002.05 vasāṃrājānaṃvasatiṃ ṃjanānāmarātayonidadhurmartyeṣuṣu| brahmāṇyatreraveravataṃsṛjantu ninditāronindyāsobhavantu||5.002.06 śunaścicchepaṃchepaṃniditaṃtaṃsahasrādyūpādamuñcoaśamiṣṭahiṣaḥ| evāsmadagnevimumugdhi pāśānhotaścikitvavaihatūniṣadya||5.002.07 hṛṇīyamānoapahimadaiyeḥpramedevānāṃvratapātapāuvāca| indrovidvā~ā~anuhitvāvācacakṣatenāhamagneeanuśiṣṭa āgāmgām||5.002.08 vijyotiṣāṣābṛhatābhātyagnirāvirviśvānikṛṇutemahitvāvā| prādevīrmāyāḥyāḥsahatedurevāḥśiśīteśīteśaṛṅgeerakṣasesevinikṣe||5.002.09 utasvānāsodiviṣantvagnestigmāyudhāmāyudhārakṣasesehantavātavāu| madecidasya prarujantibhāmānavaranteteparibādhoadevīḥ||5.002.10 etaṃtestomaṃmaṃtuvijātajātaviprorathaṃnadhīraḥsvapāvapāatakṣamm| yadīdagnepratitvaṃvaṃdevaharyāḥsvarvatīrapatīrapaenājayema||5.002.11 tuvigrīvovṛṣabhovāvṛdhāno'śatrva1ryaḥ ḥsamajāti vedaḥ| itīmamagnimamṛtā mamṛtāavocanbarhiṣmatetemanaveśarmayaṃsaddhaviṣmatete manaveśarmayaṃsat||5.002.12
About this suktam
Devotional recitation is one of the simplest and most powerful practices in the Hindu tradition. Regular chanting calms the mind, purifies the atmosphere of the home, and deepens one’s connection with the deity. These sacred compositions have been sung by devotees for generations and are suitable for daily practice, during morning or evening puja, or on special festival days.
How to chant
Sit comfortably facing your home altar or a clean, quiet space. Light a lamp or incense if you wish. Begin with a short prayer to Ganesha, then recite the text slowly and clearly, focusing on the meaning rather than speed. Consistency matters more than duration — even five minutes of daily chanting brings visible peace of mind.
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