Navagraha
Brahma Murari — the morning graha verse
ब्रह्मा मुरारिस्त्रिपुरान्तकारी भानुः शशी भूमिसुतो बुधश्च । गुरुश्च शुक्रः शनिराहुकेतवः कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम् ॥
Simple reading
Brah-maa mu-raa-ris tri-pu-raan-ta-kaa-ree, bhaa-nuh sha-shee bhoo-mi-su-to bu-dhash-cha, gu-rush-cha shuk-rah sha-ni raa-hu ke-ta-vah, kur-van-tu sar-ve ma-ma su-pra-bhaa-tam
Brahmā murāris tripurāntakārī bhānuḥ śaśī bhūmisuto budhaś ca, guruś ca śukraḥ śani-rāhu-ketavaḥ kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam
About this mantra
The morning verse that greets all nine grahas at once, recited on waking so the whole day may be auspicious. It names Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva before the nine grahas, and so sets the whole cosmos in order before the day's first step touches the floor.
Meaning
May Brahma, Murari (Vishnu), the ender of Tripura (Shiva), the Sun, the Moon, Mars son of the earth, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu all make my morning auspicious. One breath gathers the trimurti and all nine grahas into a single request, made before the day can make any other: let this morning be good.
Learn it by heart
Say the first line until it comes without reading, then add the next line and say both, until the whole mantra comes on its own.
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ब्रह्मा मुरारिस्त्रिपुरान्तकारी भानुः शशी भूमिसुतो बुधश्च ।
Brahmā murāris tripurāntakārī bhānuḥ śaśī bhūmisuto budhaś ca, guruś ca śukraḥ śani-rāhu-ketavaḥ kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam
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Aim for eleven before the next line. Move on when the line comes without reading.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
First thing on waking, before anything else claims the mind; it also opens graha-shanti rites and journeys, and suits a household saying it together at the start of the day.
Word by word
- ब्रह्मा मुरारिः त्रिपुरान्तकारीbrahmā murāriḥ tripurāntakārī
- Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva
- भानुः शशीbhānuḥ śaśī
- the Sun and the Moon
- भूमिसुतो बुधश्चbhūmisuto budhaś ca
- Mars, son of the earth, and Mercury
- गुरुश्च शुक्रःguruś ca śukraḥ
- Jupiter and Venus
- शनिराहुकेतवःśani-rāhu-ketavaḥ
- Saturn, Rahu, and Ketu
- कुर्वन्तु सर्वे मम सुप्रभातम्kurvantu sarve mama suprabhātam
- may they all make my morning auspicious
Source: Traditional prātaḥ-smaraṇa verse (Navagraha Stotra corpus)