Stotrambramha ji

श्री ब्रह्मस्तोत्र (श्री भागवत पुराण अंतर्गत)

Shri Brahma Stotram (From Bhagvata Purana)

The Shri Brahma Stotram, from the Seventh Skandha of the Shrimad Bhagavata Purana, is a hymn uttered by Hiranyakashipu in praise of Lord Brahma. It extols Brahma as the primal seed of the universe, the self-luminous Hiranyagarbha, and the inner Self of all beings, who through the three gunas creates, sustains, and dissolves the cosmos.

Shimad Bhagvat Purana, Skanda 7, Adhyay 3 (श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः ७/अध्यायः ३)

श्रीहिरण्यकशिपुरुवाच। कल्पान्ते कालसृष्टेन योऽन्धेन तमसावृतम् । अभिव्यनक्जगदिदं स्वयं ज्योतिः स्वरोचिषा ॥ १॥

Shri Hiranyakashipu said: At the end of the kalpa, this universe was enveloped in blinding darkness born of Time; then You, self-luminous, revealed it once again by Your own radiance.

आत्मना त्रिवृता चेदं सृजत्यवति लुम्पति । रजः सत्त्वतमोधाम्ने पराय महते नमः ॥ २॥

By Your threefold self You create, sustain, and dissolve this universe. Salutations to You, the abode of rajas, sattva, and tamas, the supreme and the great one.

नम आद्याय बीजाय ज्ञानविज्ञानमूर्तये । प्राणेन्द्रियमनोबुद्धिविकारैर्व्यक्तिमीयुषे ॥ ३॥

Salutations to the primeval one, the seed of all, the embodiment of knowledge and realization, who has become manifest through the modifications of the vital breath, the senses, the mind, and the intellect.

त्वमीशिषे जगतस्तस्थुषश्च प्राणेन मुख्येन पतिः प्रजानाम् । चित्तस्य चित्तेर्मनः इन्द्रियाणां पतिर्महान्भूत गुणाशयेशः ॥ ४॥

Through the chief vital breath You rule over the moving and the unmoving world, and You are the Lord of all creatures. You are the master of consciousness, awareness, the mind, and the senses; as the great principle You are the Lord of the elements, the sense-objects, and their latent impressions.

त्वं सप्ततन्तून्वितनोऽपि तन्वा त्रय्या चतुर्होत्रकविद्यया च । त्वमेक आत्मात्मवतामनादि- रनन्तपारः कविरन्तरात्मा ॥ ५॥

The Vedas, which set forth the sacrifice performed by the four officiating priests — the Hotṛ, the Adhvaryu, the Brahman, and the Udgātṛ — are Your very body. Through that body You unfold the seven sacrifices that begin with the Agniṣṭoma. You alone are the Self of all living beings, for You are beginningless, endless and boundless, the omniscient seer and the indwelling Self within all.

त्वमेव कालोऽनिमिषो जनाना- मायुर्लवाद्यावयवैः क्षिणोषि । कूटस्थ आत्मा परमेष्ठ्यजोमहां- स्त्वं जीवलोकस्य च जीव आत्मा ॥ ६॥

You alone are Time. Ever vigilant, moment by moment, You wear away the lifespans of all people through Your divisions — the moment, the instant, and the rest. And yet You remain changeless; for You are consciousness itself, the supreme Lord, the unborn and the great one, the inner Self who gives life to the whole world of living beings.

त्वत्तः परं नापरमप्यनेज- देजच्च किञ्चिद्व्यतिरिक्तमस्ति । विद्याः कलास्ते तनवश्च सर्वा हिरण्यगर्भोऽसि बृहत् त्रिपृष्ठः ॥ ७॥

Higher than You there is nothing, nor anything lower; nothing moving or unmoving exists apart from You. All the sciences and arts are Your bodies. You are Hiranyagarbha, the vast one who abides beyond the three gunas.

व्यक्तं विभो स्थूलमिदं शरीरं येनेन्द्रियप्राणमनोगुणांस्त्वम् । भुङ्क्षे स्थितो धामनि पारमेष्ठ्य-अव्यक्त आत्मा पुरुषः पुराणः ॥ ८॥

O all-pervading Lord, this manifest, gross universe is Your body, through which You enjoy the senses, the vital breath, the mind, and their objects. Yet, abiding in Your supreme abode, You are the unmanifest Self, the ancient Purusha.

अनन्ताव्यक्त रूपेण येनेदमखिलं ततम् । चिदचिच्छक्तियुक्ताय तस्मै भगवते नमः ॥ ९॥

Salutations to that Lord, endowed with the powers of the sentient and the insentient, by whose infinite and unmanifest form this entire universe is pervaded.

इति ब्रह्मस्तोत्रं समाप्तम् ।

Thus ends the Brahma Stotram.

Additional Information अतिरिक्त जानकारी

Significanceमहत्व

This Brahma Stotram is drawn from the Shrimad Bhagavata Mahapurana, Seventh Skandha, Third Chapter, where it is uttered by Hiranyakashipu at the culmination of his severe penance to propitiate Lord Brahma.

The hymn praises Brahma as the primal seed of the universe, the embodiment of knowledge and realization, the threefold power that creates, protects and dissolves, and the inner Self of all living beings.

It stands as a striking testimony that even a great asura recognised Brahma as Hiranyagarbha, the self-luminous Lord who pervades all that moves and does not move.

Sources & Referencesस्रोत एवं संदर्भ

Source: Shimad Bhagvat Purana, Skanda 7, Adhyay 3 (श्रीमद्भागवतपुराणम्/स्कन्धः ७/अध्यायः ३)

Reference: https://sa.wikisource.org/s/bn4