Vishnu · Aarti
Om Jai Jagdish Hare
Composed in the nineteenth century by Shraddha Ram Phillauri and attributed in its closing verse to Shivananda Swami, this is the most universally sung Hindu aarti, offered to Vishnu as Jagdish, lord of the world. It concludes almost every household and temple worship in North India.
The text
ॐ जय जगदीश हरे, स्वामी जय जगदीश हरे । भक्त जनों के संकट, क्षण में दूर करे ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥ जो ध्यावे फल पावे, दुख बिनसे मन का । सुख सम्पति घर आवे, कष्ट मिटे तन का ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥ मात-पिता तुम मेरे, शरण गहूँ किसकी । तुम बिन और न दूजा, आस करूँ जिसकी ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥ तुम पूरण परमात्मा, तुम अंतर्यामी । पारब्रह्म परमेश्वर, तुम सबके स्वामी ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥ तुम करुणा के सागर, तुम पालनकर्ता । मैं मूरख खल कामी, कृपा करो भर्ता ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥ तुम हो एक अगोचर, सबके प्राणपति । किस विधि मिलूँ दयामय, तुमको मैं कुमति ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥ दीनबंधु दुखहर्ता, तुम ठाकुर मेरे । अपने हाथ उठाओ, द्वार पड़ा तेरे ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥ विषय विकार मिटाओ, पाप हरो देवा । श्रद्धा भक्ति बढ़ाओ, संतन की सेवा ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥ श्री जगदीशजी की आरती, जो कोई नर गावे । कहत शिवानंद स्वामी, मनवांछित फल पावे ॥ ॐ जय जगदीश हरे ॥
Meaning in English
Victory to the Lord of the universe, who removes his devotees' troubles in an instant. Whoever meditates on him gains the fruit, the mind's sorrow dissolves, ease and plenty come home and bodily suffering ends. He is mother and father, the only refuge; the perfect supreme Self, the indweller, master of all; an ocean of compassion and the sustainer, before whom the singer confesses his own faults and asks to be lifted by the hand. The final verse promises that whoever sings this aarti gains the desired fruit.
About this text
Composed in the nineteenth century by Shraddha Ram Phillauri and attributed in its closing verse to Shivananda Swami, this is the most universally sung Hindu aarti, offered to Vishnu as Jagdish, lord of the world. It concludes almost every household and temple worship in North India.
