About this book
The offering of light sung morning and evening at Haidakhan — to Bābājī at dawn, to the Divine Mother at dusk.
- Source
- Haidakhandi Samaj
- Contains
- Nineteen pieces (English) · sixteen (transliterated Sanskrit) · about 7,000 words together
- Sung
- Morning to Bābājī, evening to the Divine Mother
- Read here in
- English translation and transliterated Sanskrit, plus an illustrated sheet
Āratī is the offering of light — a flame moved before the divine image while verses are sung. At Haiḍākhāṇ this is done twice daily: in the morning to Bābājī, in the evening to the Divine Mother, described here as the Father’s and the Mother’s offering respectively.
What is inside
| Piece | About |
|---|---|
| Om Śrī Sadgurave Namaḥa | The āratī to Śrī Bābājī |
| Hymn to the Lord of Sages | Śrī Munīndra Stava |
| Hymn to the King of Sages II | Śrī Munīndra Sūkta |
| Invocation | Jaikār |
| Prayer to Lord Śiva | Śivāṣṭak |
| Prayer of Self-Surrender | Śaraṇāgati Stav |
| and further pieces | the collection runs to nineteen in English, sixteen in transliterated Sanskrit |
Offered three ways
This is one of the more practically organised items on the shelf: the same āratī is given as an English translation for readers who want the sense, as transliterated Sanskrit with a pronunciation key for those who want to sing it in the original sound, and as a single illustrated sheet setting both the morning and evening āratīs side by side — the form most useful to someone actually attending or leading the ceremony.
A small honest note on the source
The source folder held two further copies of the same lyrics under different filenames, word for word identical to the files published here. Rather than publish duplicates, only one copy of each piece is offered — a minor editorial fact, but one this library records rather than leaves silent.
Who compiled it
Issued by the Haidakhandi Samaj, the community that maintains Bābājī’s āśrams. As with the bhajans collection, these are not the work of a named author but the community’s own living liturgy, gathered here rather than composed for this edition.
What you are actually reading
- A collected liturgical text, not translated by this library.
- Offered in English, in transliterated Sanskrit with a pronunciation guide, and as a single illustrated sheet with both aratis together.
If you are deciding where to start
Read — or sing — this if you want the specific daily offering used at Haiḍākhāṇ itself, in a form built for actual use rather than only reading.
Read Haidakhan Bhajans first if you want the broader songbook before this more focused, twice-daily liturgical piece.