Aditya Hridaya Stotram
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A hymn to Surya from the Ramayana, recited on Vijayadashami alongside the Aprajita Stotram and Ramraksha Stotram to close out the Navratri fast.
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Texts recited at the altar on Vijayadashami
The speaker says that after placing the twigs on the Kalash one sits at the altar, with dhoop-deep already burning or the day's pujan done, and recites the Aprajita Stotra, the Ramraksha Stotra and the Aditya Hridaya on Dashami — in both Chaitra and Sharadiya Navratri, all three without fail. If not those three, do a path of the Kavach along with what the transcript renders as "satnam" and the like, and then do aarti.
What is the Aditya Hridaya Stotra, and can it be recited?
The recitation of the Aditya Hridaya Stotra can absolutely be done, the speaker says. The account comes that before Bhagavan Shri Ram was to slay Ravana, Maharshi Agastya gave him the upadesh of the Aditya Hridaya Stotra. Every deity has its own hriday paath — of Shri Ram, of Krishna ji, of any form of Jagdamba — and it is extremely swift in giving fruit and highly capable of granting protection.
Should an Anushthan be done at home or at a tirtha?
We will not say go for every Parva Kala. But if there is some special Parva Kala, or one in which a crowd is unlikely, then go and do it there. The rest of the time, do it near your home.
For Simha lagna, how would the sadhana of the Aditya Hridaya Stotra be?
Akash ji writes that his lagna is Simha and asks how the sadhana of the Aditya Hridaya Stotra would be for self-confidence and strength, and for another stotra suggestion. It will be very good indeed, he answers — the Aditya Hridaya Stotra. Those who do the Aditya Hridaya Stotra should observe full brahmacharya, should look upon women with full respect, and should remain in full brahmacharya mentally as well.
Twelve months, with a Shiva yantra or rudraksha worn alongside
If you do this thing for twelve months, and along with it, if possible, go about wearing a yantra related to Bhagavan Shiva, or a rudraksha — whatever is right and seems proper to you — then by the grace of Surya a great deal is attained.
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