Surya
Ravi — the shining one (Surya name 2 of 12)
ॐ रवये नमः
Simple reading
Om ra-va-ye na-mah
Oṁ Ravaye Namaḥ
About this mantra
Ravi, 'the shining, the praised', is the second name. Where Mitra greets the sun as friend, Ravi names what the eyes actually meet: radiance that has been hymned in every language the world has had. The week still begins with it; ravivār, Sunday, is this name.
Meaning
Om, salutations to Ravi, the radiant one whom all praise. The mantra bows to the plain fact of brightness: light that needs no other lamp to be seen by. Saying it, the reciter joins the oldest chorus there is: all that lives under the sun, praising the sun.
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.
Whole mantra
This mantra is a single line. Learn it whole, then add it to your review deck so it comes back for a check.
ॐ रवये नमः
Oṁ Ravaye Namaḥ
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When to recite it
One of the twelve names of the Surya Namaskar cycle, recited one per posture at sunrise, or counted together as a Sunday (Ravivar) jaap. Turn to Ravi on mornings that need gratitude more than requests, and on Ravivar itself, the weekday that carries his name.
Word by word
- ॐoṁ
- the primordial sound
- रवयेravaye
- the shining, praised one
- नमःnamaḥ
- I bow, salutations
Source: Sūrya Namaskāra mantra sequence (traditional twelve names of Sūrya)