Shani Aarti

श्री शनिदेव जी की आरती

पूजा के अंत में जब शनि देव के सम्मुख दीप की आरती उतारी जाती है, तब यही गाया जाता है। पाँच छोटे छंद, जो भारत भर के घरों में कण्ठस्थ हैं। यहाँ सम्पूर्ण रूप में, जैसे गाए जाते हैं।

When the lamp is circled before Shani Dev at the close of worship, this is what is sung. Five short couplets, kept in households across India. Here they are in full, as they are sung.

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The aarti

About these verses

Each couplet closes with जय जय, which the assembly answers, which is why it is printed at the end of every second line rather than sung only once at the start.

1

जय जय श्री शनिदेव भक्तन हितकारी । सूरज के पुत्र प्रभू छाया महतारी । जय जय ॥

Jaya Jaya Shri Shanideva Bhaktana Hitakari, Suraja Ke Putra Prabhu Chhaya Mahatari. Jaya Jaya.

Victory to Shani Dev, who works the good of those devoted to him. Son of the Sun, whose mother is Chhaya.
2

श्याम अंक वक्र दृष्ट चतुर्भुजा धारी । नीलाम्बर धार नाथ गज की असवारी । जय जय ॥

Shyama Anga Vakra-Drishti Chaturbhuja Dhari, Nilambara Dhara Natha Gaja Ki Asavari. Jaya Jaya.

Dark of form, his gaze oblique, bearing four arms; robed in blue, the lord who rides the elephant.
3

किरिट मुकुट शीश रजित दिपत है लिलारी । मुक्तन की माला गले शोभित बलिहारी । जय जय ॥

Krita Mukuta Shisha Rajita Dipata Hai Lilari, Muktana Ki Mala Gale Shobhita Balihari. Jaya Jaya.

A crown set on his head, his brow shining; a garland of pearls at his throat. I give myself to that sight.
4

मोदक मिष्ठान पान चढ़त हैं सुपारी । लोहा तिल तेल उड़द महिषी अति प्यारी । जय जय ॥

Modaka Aura Mishthana Chadhe, Chadhati Pana Supari, Loha, Tila, Tela, Urada Mahishi Hai Ati Pyari. Jaya Jaya.

Sweets, modak, betel leaf and areca nut are offered him; iron, sesame, oil and black gram are dear to him, and the buffalo is his mount.
5

देव दनुज ऋषी मुनी सुमरिन नर नारी । विश्वनाथ धरत ध्यान शरण हैं तुम्हारी । जय जय ॥

Deva Danuja Rishi Muni Sumirata Nara Nari, Vishvanatha Dharata Dhyana Hama Hain Sharana Tumhari. Jaya Jaya.

Gods and asuras, sages and ascetics, men and women alike remember him; even Vishvanath holds him in meditation. We are in your refuge.

A reminder on Saturday morning

Shanivar is his day. We will write once a week, before it begins, and before the days that matter for Shani Dev. Nothing else, and one click stops it.

The Aarti has been recited in countless households and printed in many editions. If the words you keep differ a little from these, your reading is not wrong - it is another line of the same living tradition.

About this text and where it comes from

We publish the aarti as it appears in the Shani Chalisa Arati Sahit tradition, opening जय जय श्री शनिदेव भक्तन हितकारी. Printed booklets differ in small spellings, such as दिपत/दीपत and असवारी/सवारी, without changing the sense.

Primary: sanskritdocuments.org. Shani Chalisa with the aarti on the same page, in Devanagari.
Corroborating: Shani Chalisa Arati Sahit, Amit Pocket Books, Jalandhar. Page scans consulted directly; that booklet's OCR text is unreliable and was not used.

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