Anant Chaturdashi Anant Sutra Bandhan Mantra and Anant Stotra
Complete lyrics with original text, transliteration, and meaning, 3 sections
Anantchaturdashi Significance, Sacred Anant Sutra Lord Vishnu festival
Anant Sutra Bandhan Mantra (Mantra for Tying the Sacred Thread)
Original
अनंतसागरमहासमुद्रे मग्नान्समभ्युद्धर वासुदेव। अनंतरूपे विनियोजितात्मा ह्यनंतसूत्रं प्रतिगृह्नि सर्वम्॥
Transliteration
Anantasāgaramahāsamudre magnānsamabhyuddhara Vāsudeva। Anantarūpe viniyojitātmā hyanantasūtraṃ pratigṛhṇi sarvam॥
Meaning / Translation
O Vasudeva (Lord Vishnu), lift up those drowned in the great ocean of the infinite world. O You who are of infinite form, with focused mind, accept this Anant Sutra (sacred thread) for the fulfillment of all desires and protection.
Anant Stotra (Hymn to Lord Ananta Vishnu)
Original
अनंतं चतुर्भुजं शंखचक्रगदापदम्। श्रीवत्सांकितवक्षःस्थलं कौस्तुभभूषितम्॥ पीताम्बरधरं देवमनंतशयनं हरिम्। लक्ष्मीकान्तं जगन्नाथमनंतं प्रणमाम्यहम्॥ अनंतवीर्यमनंतशक्तमनंतबुद्धिदम्। अनंतस्वरूपं विश्वमनंतं प्रणमाम्यहम्॥ अनंतं ब्रह्मणः पूर्वमनंतं विष्णुरात्मनः। अनंतं रुद्ररूपेण अनंतं सर्वकारणम्॥ अनंतं सर्वभूतानामन्तरात्मा सनातनः। अनंतं मोक्षदं देवमनंतं शरणं मम॥
Transliteration
Anantaṃ caturbhujaṃ śaṅkhacakragadāpadam। Śrīvatsāṅkitavakṣasthalaṃ kaustubhabhūṣitam॥ Pītāmbaradharaṃ devamanantaśayanaṃ harim। Lakṣmīkāntaṃ jagannāthamanantaṃ praṇamāmyaham॥ Anantavīryamanantaśaktimanantabuddhidam। Anantasvarūpaṃ viśvamanantaṃ praṇamāmyaham॥ Anantaṃ brahmaṇaḥ pūrvamanantaṃ viṣṇurātmanaḥ। Anantaṃ rudrarūpeṇa anantaṃ sarvakāraṇam॥ Anantaṃ sarvabhūtānāmantarātmā sanātanaḥ। Anantaṃ mokṣadaṃ devamanantaṃ śaraṇaṃ mama॥
Meaning / Translation
I bow to the Infinite (Ananta), the four-armed Lord holding conch, discus, mace, and lotus; whose chest bears the Shrivatsa mark and is adorned with the Kaustubha gem; who wears yellow garments, reclines on the infinite serpent (Ananta Shesha), is Hari, the beloved of Lakshmi, and the Lord of the universe. I bow to the Infinite, who possesses infinite valor, infinite power, bestows infinite wisdom, whose form is the infinite universe. The Infinite existed before Brahma, is the soul of Vishnu, manifests as Rudra, and is the cause of all causes. The Infinite is the inner self of all beings, eternal; the Infinite is the giver of liberation — that Infinite Lord is my refuge.
Anant Chaturdashi Vrat Sankalpa (Resolution for the Vow)
Original
ॐ विष्णुर्विष्णुर्विष्णुः। अद्य ब्रह्मणो द्वितीये परार्द्धे श्रीश्वेतवाराहकल्पे वैवस्वतमन्वन्तरे अष्टाविंशतितमे कलियुगे कलि प्रथमे चरणे जम्बूद्वीपे भरतखण्डे भारतवर्षे आर्यावर्तान्तर्गते पुण्यप्रदेशे [अपने स्थान का नाम] अस्मिन् वर्तमानव्यावहारिके चन्द्रसूर्योदयास्तसमये शुभे शुभमुहूर्ते अनन्तचतुर्दशीव्रतं करिष्ये। अनन्तसूत्रं धारयिष्ये। भगवान् अनन्तरूपी विष्णुः प्रीयेताम्।
Transliteration
Oṃ Viṣṇurviṣṇurviṣṇuḥ। Adya brahmaṇo dvitīye parārdhe śrīśvetavārāhakalpe vaivasvatamanvantare aṣṭāviṃśatitame kaliyuge kali prathame caraṇe jambūdvīpe bharatakhaṇḍe bhāratavarṣe āryāvartāntargate puṇyapradeśe [apne sthāna kā nāma] asmin vartamānavyāvahārike candrasūryodayāstasamaye śubhe śubhamuhūrte anantacaturdaśīvratam kariṣye। Anantasūtraṃ dhārayiṣye। Bhagavān anantarūpī Viṣṇuḥ prīyetām।
Meaning / Translation
Om, Vishnu, Vishnu, Vishnu. Today, in the second half of Brahma's life, in the Shweta Varaha Kalpa, in the Vaivasvata Manvantara, in the 28th Kali Yuga, in the first phase of Kali, in Jambudvipa, Bharatakhanda, Bharatavarsha, within Aryavarta, in the sacred land of [your location], at this auspicious time of sunrise and sunset, on this holy Muhurta, I resolve to observe the Anant Chaturdashi Vrat. I shall wear the Anant Sutra. May Lord Vishnu in His infinite form (Ananta) be pleased.