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शुभं करोति

Śubhaṃ Karoti

The Prayer at the Evening Lamp

  • Prayer at the lamp · Sanskrit verses and Marathi lines
  • Sanskrit and Marathi
  • Household tradition, handed down by ear
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शुभं करोति कल्याणम् आरोग्यं धनसंपदा ।
शत्रुबुद्धिविनाशाय दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ १ ॥

śubhaṃ karoti kalyāṇam ārogyaṃ dhanasaṃpadā |
śatrubuddhivināśāya dīpajyotirnamo'stu te || 1 ||

हे दीपज्योती, तू शुभ आणि कल्याण करतेस, आरोग्य आणि धनसंपदा देतेस, शत्रुबुद्धीचा नाश करतेस: तुला नमस्कार.

हे दीपज्योति, तुम शुभ और कल्याण करती हो, आरोग्य और धन-सम्पदा देती हो, शत्रुबुद्धि का नाश करती हो: तुम्हें नमस्कार।

Flame of the lamp, you bring what is good and auspicious, health and wealth, and you destroy the thought of enmity: salutation to you.

Word by word (English) & note
शुभं करोति
brings good
कल्याणम्
welfare
शत्रुबुद्धि
the thought of enmity
दीपज्योतिः
the flame of the lamp

Some printings read आरोग्यं सुखसंपदा. शत्रुबुद्धि is enmity in the mind, one’s own or another’s.

दिव्या दिव्या दीपत्कार । कानी कुंडले मोतीहार ।
दिव्याला पाहून नमस्कार ॥ २ ॥

divyā divyā dīpatkār | kānī kuṇḍale motīhār |
divyālā pāhūn namaskār || 2 ||

दिव्या, हे दिव्या, तुझा झगमगता प्रकाश कानांतील कुंडलांसारखा आणि मोत्यांच्या हारासारखा: दिव्याला पाहून नमस्कार.

दीपक, हे दीपक, जगमगाता प्रकाश, कानों के कुण्डल और मोतियों के हार जैसा: दीपक को देखकर नमस्कार।

Lamp, O lamp, shining bright, like earrings in the ears and a string of pearls: seeing the lamp, I bow.

Word by word (English) & note
दीपत्कार
the shining of the lamp
कुंडले
earrings
मोतीहार
a string of pearls

दीपत्कार is spelt several ways (दिपत्कार, दिपोत्कार) and is usually understood as the lamp’s shining. The earrings and pearls may describe the flames, or the god the lamp lights up.

तिळाचे तेल कापसाची वात । दिवा जळो मध्यान्हरात ।
दिवा लावला देवांपाशी । उजेड पडला तुळशीपाशी ।
माझा नमस्कार सर्व देवांपाशी ॥ ३ ॥

tiḷāche tel kāpasāchī vāt | divā jaḷo madhyānharāt |
divā lāvalā devāmpāśī | ujeḍ paḍalā tuḷaśīpāśī |
mājhā namaskār sarva devāmpāśī || 3 ||

तिळाचे तेल आणि कापसाची वात: दिवा मध्यरात्रीपर्यंत तेवत राहो. दिवा देवांजवळ लावला, त्याचा उजेड तुळशीजवळ पडला: माझा नमस्कार सर्व देवांना.

तिल का तेल और कपास की बाती: दीपक आधी रात तक जले। दीपक देवताओं के पास जलाया, उसका उजाला तुलसी के पास पड़ा: मेरा नमस्कार सब देवताओं को।

Sesame oil and a cotton wick: may the lamp burn till midnight. The lamp is lit before the gods, and its light falls on the tulsī: my salutation to all the gods.

Word by word (English) & note
वात
wick
मध्यान्हरात
midnight
तुळशीपाशी
by the tulsī

Some homes say दिवा जळो सारी रात, ‘may it burn all night’.

घरातली इडापिडा बाहेर जावो ।
बाहेरची लक्ष्मी घरात येवो ।
घरच्या धन्याला उदंड आयुष्य लाभो ॥ ४ ॥

gharātalī iḍāpiḍā bāher jāvo |
bāherachī lakṣmī gharāt yevo |
gharachyā dhanyālā udaṇḍ āyuṣya lābho || 4 ||

घरातील संकटे आणि त्रास बाहेर जावोत, बाहेरची लक्ष्मी घरात येवो, घराच्या धन्याला दीर्घ आयुष्य लाभो.

घर के कष्ट और बाधाएँ बाहर जाएँ, बाहर की लक्ष्मी घर में आए, घर के स्वामी को लम्बी आयु मिले।

May the ills and troubles of the house go out; may Lakṣmī come in from outside; may the master of the house have long life.

Word by word (English) & note
इडापिडा
ills and troubles
धन्याला
to the master of the house
उदंड
abundant, long

Many homes now say घरच्या सर्वांना, ‘to everyone in the house’; Jñāna Prabodhinī’s text ends देवो, ‘may [God] give’.

दीपज्योतिः परब्रह्म दीपज्योतिर्जनार्दनः ।
दीपो हरतु मे पापं दीपज्योतिर्नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ५ ॥

dīpajyotiḥ parabrahma dīpajyotirjanārdanaḥ |
dīpo haratu me pāpaṃ dīpajyotirnamo'stu te || 5 ||

दिव्याची ज्योत परब्रह्म आहे, दिव्याची ज्योत जनार्दन (विष्णू) आहे. दिवा माझे पाप हरण करो: हे दीपज्योती, तुला नमस्कार.

दीपज्योति परब्रह्म है, दीपज्योति जनार्दन (विष्णु) है। दीपक मेरे पाप हर ले: हे दीपज्योति, तुम्हें नमस्कार।

The flame of the lamp is the supreme Brahman; the flame of the lamp is Janārdana. May the lamp take away my sin: flame of the lamp, salutation to you.

Word by word (English) & note
परब्रह्म
the supreme Brahman
जनार्दनः
Janārdana, a name of Viṣṇu
हरतु
may it take away

Many homes end this verse संध्यादीप नमोऽस्तु ते, ‘lamp of the evening, salutation to you’, and some say it straight after the first verse.

Translations stay close to the words; words we supply are in [brackets]. Where a line is read in more than one way, the note beside it says so. How we edit → Found an error in this text? Tell us.

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परंपराProvenance

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परंपरागत

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A household prayer handed down by ear. Its Sanskrit verses are said across India and appear in many collections without an author; its Marathi lines exist in as many versions as there are families, and we have found no early printed source for them.

Source
Household tradition, handed down by ear
Text checked against
  • Webdunia Marathi (2018)
  • Majhi Marathi
  • Maza Marathi
  • Mantramaya
  • Jñāna Prabodhinī’s Lakṣmīpūjan pothī, for the इडापिडा lines
Context
The prayer said every evening in Maharashtrian homes when the lamp is lit before the gods, and usually the first prayer a child learns. Two Sanskrit verses honour the lamp’s flame as Brahman and ask it for health, wealth and the end of enmity. The Marathi lines, which every family says a little differently, picture the lamp’s light falling on the tulsī and ask that the ills of the house go out and Lakṣmī come in. This is the core shared by the printings we compared; some homes add a verse to the aśvattha tree, or a line welcoming Lakṣmī.
Recited
  • Every evening, when the lamp is lit
  • The children’s evening recitation, the parvachā
  • Dīvāḷī evenings

उगमOrigin

सिंधुकृष्णागंगागोदावरीनर्मदायमुनामुंबईपुणेशुभं करोतिMaharashtra
MaharashtraSaid in homes across Maharashtra. The Sanskrit verses are known well beyond it.
  • Precise place
  • Associated place
  • Region
  • Uncertain
  • Pan-Indian

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