Navagraha
Surya — the Sun
ॐ ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सः सूर्याय नमः
Simple reading
Om hraam hreem hraum sah soor-yaa-ya na-mah
Oṁ hrāṁ hrīṁ hrauṁ saḥ sūryāya namaḥ
About this mantra
The bīja-mantra of the Sun, first of the nine grahas, and the one the graha-shanti sequence opens with. Jyotisha counts Surya as the significator of the self, vitality, authority and the father.
Meaning
Om, with the seed-syllables hrāṁ hrīṁ hrauṁ saḥ, salutations to Surya, the Sun. In the chart the Sun stands for the soul's own fire: vitality, dignity, the father, the strength to be seen. The reciter asks that this fire burn steady, warming a life rather than scorching it.
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 ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सः सूर्याय नमः
Oṁ hrāṁ hrīṁ hrauṁ saḥ sūryāya namaḥ
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Aim for eleven. Stop reading as soon as the whole mantra comes on its own.
Progress stays on this device.
When to recite it
Counted on Sundays and in graha-shanti where the Sun needs strengthening: flagging confidence, matters of father and authority, the start of public undertakings.
Word by word
- ॐoṁ
- the primordial sound
- ह्रां ह्रीं ह्रौं सःhrāṁ hrīṁ hrauṁ saḥ
- the bīja (seed) syllables of this graha
- सूर्यायsūryāya
- to Surya
- नमःnamaḥ
- I bow, salutations
Source: Navagraha bīja-mantra tradition (jyotiṣa / graha-śānti practice)
Note: Given here in its commonly used form; wording can vary slightly between family and regional traditions.